"In my paintings, it has to loose, it has to become a mystery . . . "
To read about the artist :
« Per Kirkeby - Malerei », Poul E. Tojner, Ed. Buchhandlung König, Cologne, 2003
« Prototypen der Natur », A. Sommer, Ed. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, Allemag., 2006
« Kirkeby - 2008 », cat. d'expo., R. Shiff et autres, Louisiana, Humlebæk, 2008
« Die Welt ist Material », Beat Wismer, Ed. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern, All., 2009
To read from the artist :
« Bravura », coll. Ecrits d'artistes, Ed. E. N. S. des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1998
Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
* « Oeuvre Katalog 1958-1977- Gravures, linogravures, bois gravés », John Hunov, Ed. Den danske Radeerforening, Copenhague, 1979Werkverzeichnis der Radierungen 1977-1983 », Vol. I, Troels Andersen, Ed. Gachnang & Springer, Bern-Berlin, 1986Werkverzeichnis der Radierungen 1983-1998 », Vol. II, Troels Andersen, Ed. Gachnang & Springer, Bern-Berlin, 2002
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Biography :Per Kirkeby, born in 1938 in Copenhagen (Denmark), painter, sculptor, printmaker, filmmaker, writer and geologist, is a major figure in contemporary Scandinavian art. He studies natural science at the University of Copenhagen and attends numerous scientific expeditions as a geologist at Narssaq and Greenland (1958-1965). He . . . .
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