Danish artist Asger Jorn (1914-1973) is internationally renowned
for his activities within the CoBrA and the International
Situationist groups. Quite apart from his paintings, prints,
ceramics and sculptures, Jorn produced a remarkable amount of
theoretical work. His ideas are still extremely relevant to
contemporary discourse. However, in contrast to his artistic
oeuvre, Jorn's theoretical arguments have received much less
attention from scholars of architecture, art history or philosophy.
This book for the first time reveals this largely ignored aspect of
Jorn's work. Jorn's opinions and motivations are subsequently
contextualized within the theoretical debate of his time and are
linked in the book to examples of built architecture, which
influenced and informed his conception of architecture and
urbanism. His position regarding the relationship between
architecture and art encompasses a harsh critique of modern
architecture. By developing the concept of an "Architecture
Sauvage," a notion coined by Guy Debord many years later, Asger
Jorn tries to map out a series of perspectives for the way modern
architecture can help to create a pleasing and dynamic everyday
environment for human beings.
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