Stalke Collection

Archive: View all past exhibition from 1987

Stalke Collection spans more than fifty years of dedicated collecting. It began in 1974, when Sam Jedig acquired his first work — a painting by the Icelandic artist Gunnar Örn, then living in Copenhagen. This marked the foundation of Galleri Jedig, established in 1982, which later evolved into Stalke Galleri in 1987.

A decisive moment came in the mid-1990s, when an exhibition of Olafur Eliasson reconnected Jedig with Gunnar Örn, initiating a long-term artistic collaboration that continued until Örn’s death in 2008.

The collection reflects the artists who have been central to the gallery’s program. It holds a strong position within American Conceptual and Minimal Art, represented by figures such as William Anastasi and Dove Bradshaw, whose work introduced key avant-garde ideas to a Danish context.

During the 1990s, the collection expanded through Copenhagen’s experimental Baghuset milieu, including artists such as Lars Bent Petersen and Jes Brinch, alongside significant Danish figures including Albert Mertz, Thomas Bang, Torben Ebbesen, Thorbjørn Lausten, and Margrete Sørensen.

More recent additions include Cordy Ryman, whose work engages abstraction and material processes, and Aske Sigurd Kraul, representing a younger generation of materially driven practices.

The collection is continuously activated through the gallery’s exhibitions and collaborations. Works are regularly loaned to museums and institutions in Denmark and internationally, reinforcing its role within both artistic production and historical discourse.