Jes Petersen

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Peter Jes Petersen (* 1936 in Trögelsby , Flensburg ; † April 1-2, 2006 in Berlin ) was a German gallery owner and publisher .

Life

Petersen, the son of a farmer , discovered the literature and art of classical modernism at a young age - at a time, the 1950s , when many works, authors and painters had been forgotten. In Glücksburg he founded the publishing house Petersen Press , in which he books a. a. published by Raoul Hausmann and Franz Jung . When Petersen re-published the book Das Liebeskonzil by Oskar Panizza, originally published in 1894, in 1962 , the book was put on the index and Petersen was brought to trial for allegedly disseminating pornographic writings.

In Berlin Petersen worked as an assistant to the painter Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern . In 1977 he opened his gallery in Pestalozzistraße , where he exhibited the works of many young, still little-known artists, including Martin Kippenberger and Dorothy Iannone .

From 1987 he worked again as a publisher and brought u. a. Books by Aleister Crowley published . He was tried for cocaine trafficking in the 1990s ; Petersen was sentenced to several years in prison.

Petersen died on the night of April 1st, 2006 in Berlin.

bibliography

Author (selection)

  • Piero Manzoni. Life and work. Petersen Press, Berlin 1969.
  • Jes Petersen's wondrous journey. Distillery, 2005. Edited by Andreas Hansen .

Editor (selection)

  • The horse ass view of Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern . Hanser, Munich 1972.
  • The automatic message . Petersen Press, Berlin 1977.
  • Strontium. Correspondence with Raoul Haussmann and Franz Jung. Basisdruck, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-86163-113-X .

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personal data
SURNAME Petersen, Isa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Petersen, Peter Jes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German gallery owner and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Trögelsby near Flensburg
DATE OF DEATH April 1, 2006 or April 2, 2006
Place of death Berlin