Asger Jorn in Images, Words and Forms
Distributed for Scheidegger and Spiess
- Contents

Foreword
Introduction
Asger Jorn, a Bad Painter? / Press reviews of the first exhibition in Silkeborg
Paris, the City of Love / Surprising discoveries and new horizons
That’s the Way You Were . . . ! / From the writings of Jorn’s mother
On the Road / Insights into the daily life of a nomadic artist
Asger Jorn, a “Professor for Things in General”? / Refusal of a doctorate by the University of Copenhagen
The Synthesis / A leitmotif for thinking, living, and creating
Father Jorn / Dedications to Klaus, Susanne, Troels, Martha, Olga, Ole, Bodil, and Ib
A Word and a Blow! / The Cobra group and the Situationist International
Asger Jorn, Picasso of the North? / TheScandinavian Institute of Comparative Vandalism
Art and Politics / To every age its art, to art its freedom
Asger Jorn, Verbal Acrobat / The evolution and transformation of titles
Casa Jorn, Albissola / Refuge of a master world builder
On Everyone’s Lips / Philosophical tidbits from Jorn’s cuisine
Asger Jorn, a Sore Winner? / The refusal of the National Guggenheim Award
Jorn the Art Collector / A glimpse into the Silkeborg cabinet of wonders
Hope Dies Last / Impressions of the attending physician during Jorn’s last days
Biography
Image Credits
Imprint
Art: Art--General Studies
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