Bjørn Nørgaard
Bjørn Nørgaard (born May 21, 1947 in Copenhagen ) is a Danish sculptor and performance artist .
life and work
Nørgaard began his artistic career by studying at the “School for Experimental Art” in Copenhagen, which he graduated in 1964. In the late 1960s he took on various happenings in part, as the kvindelige Kristus (The female Christ) in 1966 and Hesteofringen (The horse sacrifice) in 1970. In 1966 he participated alongside Henning Christiansen in the action "MANRESA" (Homage Schmela ) by Joseph Beuys , which took place on December 15th in the Schmela Gallery in Düsseldorf.
After Nørgaard experimented with graphics, ceramics and the production of films in the 1960s, he was interested in sculpture since the 1970s. His exhibitions took place not only in Denmark or the Scandinavian countries, but also in Paris, Hamburg, New York, Sydney, Istanbul, etc. The leitmotif of his art is transformation.
From 1985 to 1994 he was a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts . He is also the holder of the European Cross of Honor "Pro Arte" . A sculpture by Nørgaard is in the education center of the Federal Employment Agency in Münster , another at the Germaniahafen in Kiel .
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1970: tabernacle. Louisiana Museum of Modern Art , Humlebæk
- 1987: The sleeping man. DAAD gallery , Berlin
- 1992: Participation in the Vorsatz 2 of the gallery Vorsetzen , Hamburg
- 1997: Museum Denmark. Arken Museum for Modern Art , Copenhagen
- 1999: Tapestries for a queen. Kunsthalle Fridericianum , Kassel
- 2000: north. Kunsthalle Wien , Vienna
- 2005: Bjørn Nørgaard and HC Andersen. Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense
- 2006: I moved in as a stranger and 5 days until the end of art. Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel
- 2008: Løgumkloster , Tønder
Works (selection)
- 1982: Menneskemuren (The Human Wall)
- 1986: Thors Tårn (Thor's Tower)
- 1989: Adam and Eva , Kiel, Ernst-Busch-Platz
- 2003–2018: Tomb for Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, Roskilde Cathedral
literature
- Götz Adriani , Winfried Konnertz and Karin Thomas: Joseph Beuys . DuMont, Cologne 1994, ISBN 3-7701-3321-8 (new edition).
- Ingrid Mössinger (Ed.): Bjørn Nørgaard . Wienand Verlag, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-86832-001-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Götz Adriani , Winfried Konnertz and Karin Thomas: Joseph Beuys . DuMont, Cologne 1994, ISBN 3-7701-3321-8 , p. 82 ff . (New edition).
- ↑ https://www.svz.de/deutschland-welt/panorama/grabmal-fuer-daenemarks-koenigin-margrethe-ist-verbind-id19658166.html
Web links
- Short biography (English)
- Official website
- Literature by and about Bjørn Nørgaard in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nørgaard, Bjørn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish sculptor and performance artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |