Klaus Jorn
Portrait of Klaus Jorn, photographed in the 1980s. Original print from the Stalke Galleri archive, given directly by the artist.
Klaus Jorn’s collaboration with Stalke Galleri began in the early 1980s, when he met Sam Jedig—then running Galleri Jedig. Recognizing Jorn’s position as a philosophical outsider within the Danish art scene, Jedig brought him into the gallery’s program, which later evolved into Stalke Galleri. This collaboration led to a major solo exhibition at Alexander Wood Gallery in New York in 1988, and continued with both solo and group shows in Denmark.
Around that time, Gabrielle Peretta authored a substantial essay for a catalogue accompanying the New York exhibition. Her text explored the complex dynamic in Jorn’s practice—balancing the weight of his father Asger Jorn’s legacy with a strong personal need for artistic autonomy.
This section presents documentation from that formative phase, showing how Jorn’s collaboration with Stalke Galleri offered a platform for an independent and uncompromising artistic voice.
