Per Kirkeby – Portugal (2008)

Portugalien, by the world-famous Danish painter, Per Kirkeby (1938-2018), who is richly represented at Louisiana and constitutes one of the focal points of the museum's collection. The work is from 2008 and displays a painterly intensity that once again testifies to the artist's ability to renew his work while maintaining a fundamental painterly commitment.

No other Danish artist in the 20th century – perhaps with the exception of Asger Jorn – has explored the geography of art as broadly and deeply as Per Kirkeby.

With his background as a trained geologist and later as a central member of the Danish artist group, Eks-skolen, Kirkeby has created an impressive body of work that covers virtually all genres: Poetry, writing, film, scenography, architecture, painting, sculpture and graphics.

The international recognition is indisputable – both in the wider art world and among artist colleagues, where Kirkeby in many respects today appears as an artist's artist.

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