CoBrA Art Group - Jorgen Nash - Avant Garden Art

 

 Jørgen Nash (1920 – 2004) was a Danish artist, writer and central proponent of Situationism.He was born in Vejrum, Jutland, Denmark.
From 1948 to 1951 he was involved with CoBrA. He went on to join the Situationist International.
After the SPUR group was expelled from the Situationist International, they continued to do collaborative work, linking up with Wir in 1966 to form Geflecht. Sturm developed colorspatial anti-objects and had his first solo exhibition in the Galerie van de Loo, Munich.
From 1970 he worked as an Art educator, developing a Child Forum with Galerie van de Loo. In 1975 he set up the Kollektiv Herzogstrasse with Prem. From 1980 to 1982, he was guest professor at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin, taking over Hann Trier's class. He continued to exhibit across Germany and from 1985 to 1998 was professor at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich. He died in February 2008 in Munich.Wikipedia

 

 

Jorgen Nash - Avant-Garde Art

Jorgen Nash (March 16, 1920 – May 17, 2004) was a Danish artist, writer and central proponent of Situationism.
"Member of Danish resistance during WW II, arrested twice. Fled to Sweden, where he lived his last forty years in the forest at a place called Drakabygget, outside Örkelljunga, 50 km northeast of Helsingborg in the south of Sweden.
Well-known multi-artist, infamous for his happenings and the amount of artists from all over who lived at Drakabygget from time to time.Married to Liz Zwick. Father of Cecilia Zwick-Nash and five more children from three different marriages.
Brother of Asger Jorn. Changed his name early on in order to set him free from his more famous brother.His major claim to fame was when he, along with other members of Bauhaus Situationniste and as a part of an anti consumerism manifestation, decapitated the world famous The Little Mermaid at Langelinie in Copenhagen harbour on 24 April 1964, something he openly confessed only few years before his death. The head was never found again, and a new one had to be made. The statue has since been decapitated and vandalised repeatedly, as well as being painted and dressed in burqas. On 24 April 1964, Nash with other members of Bauhaus Situationniste decapitated the statue of The Little Mermaid in Copenhagen harbour. This manifestation was part of the movements campaign against consumerist society."(imdb.com)