ARTISTS
Kunsten Retro
“Walking through the large, bright rooms is like walking inside a sculpture, where the space is perpetually changing, automatically luring you around on a voyage of discovery."
This is how one critic described the brand new museum in 1972. It was an opportunity for visitors to explore an exhibition featuring a selection of works from the museum’s permanent collection. Ever-changing natural light, linen-clad walls, marble and light-grey floor carpets – in this setting they could take in exciting works by modern Danish and international artists such as Asger Jorn, Richard Mortensen, Else Alfelt, Vilhelm Lundstrøm, Pablo Picasso, Lynn Chadwick, Le Corbusier and Max Ernst – to name but a few.
Now, 50 years later, in this self-same setting and based on the same gesamtkunstwerk principle – in which art, architecture and design come together to form an overall entity – Kunsten is presenting works from its permanent collection.
Featuring the characteristic linen walls, Kunsten Retro recreates the exhibition architecture of 1972 and displays a new selection of artworks from the Kunsten collection, which now spans an impressive 100 years of art history. Though the setting is identical, the exhibition will reflect the fact that both the content and the mode of presentation have evolved over the past five decades.
The exhibition features classics, which were also part of the 1972 exhibition, some less frequently seen works and some brand new acquisitions: from Vilhelm Lundstrøm’s radical packing box picture (1919), the highly imaginative paintings of the CoBrA artists and the ground-breaking art of the 1960s to the more recent contemporary works that in recent years have been incorporated into Kunsten’s collection.
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“Walking through the large, bright rooms is like walking inside a sculpture, where the space is perpetually changing, automatically luring you around on a voyage of discovery."
This is how one critic described the brand new museum in 1972. It was an opportunity for visitors to explore an exhibition featuring a selection of works from the museum’s permanent collection. Ever-changing natural light, linen-clad walls, marble and light-grey floor carpets – in this setting they could take in exciting works by modern Danish and international artists such as Asger Jorn, Richard Mortensen, Else Alfelt, Vilhelm Lundstrøm, Pablo Picasso, Lynn Chadwick, Le Corbusier and Max Ernst – to name but a few.
Now, 50 years later, in this self-same setting and based on the same gesamtkunstwerk principle – in which art, architecture and design come together to form an overall entity – Kunsten is presenting works from its permanent collection.
Featuring the characteristic linen walls, Kunsten Retro recreates the exhibition architecture of 1972 and displays a new selection of artworks from the Kunsten collection, which now spans an impressive 100 years of art history. Though the setting is identical, the exhibition will reflect the fact that both the content and the mode of presentation have evolved over the past five decades.
The exhibition features classics, which were also part of the 1972 exhibition, some less frequently seen works and some brand new acquisitions: from Vilhelm Lundstrøm’s radical packing box picture (1919), the highly imaginative paintings of the CoBrA artists and the ground-breaking art of the 1960s to the more recent contemporary works that in recent years have been incorporated into Kunsten’s collection.
Artists on show
- Agostino Bonalumi
- Albert Mertz
- Alberto Magnelli
- Arthur Köpcke
- Asger Jorn
- Auguste Herbin
- Ben Vautier
- Berit Heggenhougen-Jensen
- Carl-Henning Pedersen
- Claus Carstensen
- Constant Nieuwenhuys
- Daniel Spoerri
- Ebba Nina Beck Carstensen
- Egill Jacobsen
- Ejler Kristian Torbensen Bille
- Else Kirsten Tove Alfelt
- Erik August Frandsen
- Erik Hagens
- Ernest Mancoba
- Fernand Léger
- Frank Stella
- Getulio Alviani
- Harald Giersing
- Harry Bertoia
- Harry Frithjof Eigil Carlsson
- Henry Heerup
- Henry Moore
- Ingar Dragset
- Jean Dewasne
- Jesus-Rafael Soto
- John Cage
- Kaarina Kaikkonen
- Kai Nielsen
- Karel Appel
- Kirsten Annette Christensen
- Kirsten Justesen
- Kujahn Blask
- Lars Nørgård
- Le Corbusier
- Louise Nevelson
- Lynn Chadwick
- Max Ernst
- Michael Elmgreen
- Michael Kvium
- Michelangelo Pistoletto
- Nam June Paik
- Niels William Scharff
- Niki de Saint Phalle
- Nina Beier
- Olaf Rude
- Ole Sporring
- Pablo Picasso
- Paolo Scheggi
- Paolo Scheggi
- Peter Bonde
- Pierre Alechinsky
- Poul Pedersen
- Preben Hornung
- Raymond Hains
- Reinhoud d'Haese
- Richard Mortensen
- Rita Kernn-Larsen
- Robert Jacobsen
- Sofie Hesselholdt
- Sonia Delaunay
- Sonja Ida Ferlov-Mancoba
- Sophia Kalkau
- Sophie Dupont
- Stephen Gilbert
- Turi Simeti
- Ursula Klara Reuter Christiansen
- Vibeke Mejlvang
- Victor Vasarely
- Viggo Thorvald Edvard Weie
- Vilhelm Henry Lundstrøm
- Wilhelm Freddie
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