I denne præsentation af Museum Jorns samling af J. A. Jerichaus værker og arkivalier rettes fokus på Jerichau som brydningsfigur. Præsentationen formidler en dramatisk kunstnerkarriere, der endte med et tragisk selvmord. Værkerne giver et indtryk af hvordan 1800-tallets naturalistiske skildringer af landskaber og klassiske figurer afløses af et ekspressivt formsprog.

Museum Jorn pays tribute to this important period in Danish art with a compressed presentation of works from some of the school's most important representatives: Per Kirkeby, Peter Louis-Jensen, Poul Gernes and John Davidsen.

Now the filtrate of the museum's work with contemporary art's international heavyweights can be experienced in a dialogical presentation, where the most important new acquisitions are shown side by side with Per Kirkeby's art.

Museum Jorn today has the world’s largest collection of Asger Jorn’s (1914-1973) works, and through a large and varied selection, the exhibition reproduces the story of the world-renowned artist from Silkeborg.

The exhibition presents a large part of the museum's collection of Jorn's modifications - including Jorn's first modification experiment on postcards, Raphael's angels from around 1946, and the main work The Unsettling Duckling from 1959.