{"id":75,"date":"2018-05-18T22:06:23","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T22:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/index.php\/2018\/05\/18\/per-kirkeby-19382018-on-9-may-the-danish\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T08:15:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T15:15:01","slug":"per-kirkeby-19382018-on-9-may-the-danish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/per-kirkeby-19382018-on-9-may-the-danish","title":{"rendered":"Per Kirkeby (1938\u20132018)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d28e4994726&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d28e4994726\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"342\" height=\"400\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" 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The many approaches available to Kirkeby\u2019s work reflect his unlimited exploration of art forms and the energy with which he worked. Kirkeby\u2019s art is not intellectual or conceptual in nature \u2013 everywhere, it has great and immediate visual accessibility \u2013 but, as he insisted, art and the power of the image are always up for discussion in the existential space where the artwork meets the viewer.\u201d \u2013 Poul Erik T\u00f8jner, <a href=\"https:\/\/frieze.com\/article\/kirkeby-1938-2018\">Frieze Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d28e4996e90&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69d28e4996e90\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"993\" height=\"800\" 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\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/per-kirkeby-2005-la-louver-gallery-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/per-kirkeby-2005-la-louver-gallery-1.jpg 993w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/per-kirkeby-2005-la-louver-gallery-1-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lalouver.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/per-kirkeby-2005-la-louver-gallery-1-768x619.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" \/><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\n\n\n<p>We had the privilege to present two solo exhibition with Per Kirkeby, in <a href=\"http:\/\/lalouver.com\/exhibition.cfm?tExhibition_id=349\">1997 <\/a>and again in <a href=\"http:\/\/lalouver.com\/artist.cfm?tArtist_id=128\">2005.<\/a>&nbsp;Images included are from his 2005 solo show, described by <a href=\"http:\/\/lalouver.com\/html\/gallery-history-images\/other-resources\/Per-Kirkeby-Los-Angeles-Times-2005.pdf\">David Pagel of the L.A. Times<\/a> as: \u201cNeither expressive nor bombastic, they\u2019re not touchy-feely explorations of the artist\u2019s emotions. Yet there\u2019s plenty of room for affect, for finding connections and metaphors for human struggles and sentiments.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lalouver.com\/artist.cfm?tArtist_id=128\">Visit Per Kirkeby's artist page<\/a> for more.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IMAGES: (top to bottom) Portrait of Per Kirkeby in his studio, date unknown; L.A. Louver installation images&nbsp;\u201cPer Kirkeby,\u201d 2005;&nbsp;Per Kirkeby, \u201cUntitled (PK05 10),\u201d 2005, oil on canvas, 78 \u00be x 98 \u00bd in. (200 x 250 cm), Private collection<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Per Kirkeby (1938\u20132018) \u201cOn 9 May, the Danish artist Per Kirkeby died at age 79 after a long illness.&nbsp; . The many approaches available to Kirkeby\u2019s work reflect his unlimited exploration of art forms and the energy with which he worked. 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