{"id":2872,"date":"2012-02-09T19:42:01","date_gmt":"2012-02-09T19:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/index.php\/2012\/02\/09\/per-kirkeby-retrospective-as-a-trained\/"},"modified":"2025-09-04T22:27:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T22:27:33","slug":"per-kirkeby-retrospective-as-a-trained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/per-kirkeby-retrospective-as-a-trained","title":{"rendered":"Per Kirkeby and the Forbidden Paintings of Kurt Schwitters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69edfed524dd8&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69edfed524dd8\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"438\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-id=\"2873\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/tumblr_lz55e1xvVU1r7s5hko1_500.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/tumblr_lz55e1xvVU1r7s5hko1_500.png 450w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/tumblr_lz55e1xvVU1r7s5hko1_500-300x292.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB10001424052970204740904577193000254637374.html#slide\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Per Kirkeby Retrospective<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>As a trained geologist, Danish avant-garde artist Per Kirkeby has found inspiration in the world around him as much as in the art of others. \u201cPer Kirkeby and the Forbidden Paintings of Kurt Schwitters\u201d at the Bozar offers a retrospective of Mr. Kirkeby\u2019s oeuvre, with works on diverse media ranging from bronze, to blackboard, to canvas and paper, including \u201cUntitled\u201d (1982, left). The show, celebrating the Danish European Union presidency, juxtaposes pieces by the 73-year-old artist with unusual landscape paintings by Dadaist Kurt Schwitters. The museum also opened the intriguing \u201cCy Twombly: Photographs 1951-2010\u201d this week (through April 29).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/artist.cfm?tArtist_id=128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Check out Per Kirkeby\u2019s profile at lalouver.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Per Kirkeby Retrospective As a trained geologist, Danish avant-garde artist Per Kirkeby has found inspiration in the world around him as much as in the art of others. \u201cPer Kirkeby and the Forbidden Paintings of Kurt Schwitters\u201d at the Bozar offers a retrospective of Mr. Kirkeby\u2019s oeuvre, with works on diverse media ranging from bronze, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1699,1700,1197],"class_list":["post-2872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-brussels","tag-michael-werner","tag-per-kirkeby","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Per Kirkeby and the Forbidden Paintings of Kurt Schwitters - L.A. 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