FROM THE BANK TO BEUYS

A unique look into the engine room of the experimental art scene of the 1970s

With this exhibition, Museum Jorn tells the story of bank clerk, art collector and gallerist John Hunov’s Daner Galleriet, which in the years 1972-77 presented a total of 40 exhibitions with a number of Danish and international artists, who later turned out to be some of the most influential of the period. The gallery was not commercial, and therefore functioned as a project space for the artists, who showed everything from photographs, paintings, objects, performances to a gallery operetta at their exhibitions.

In addition to original works, the exhibition at Museum Jorn also shows a large number of archival material such as posters, correspondence and photos – this is done in an attempt to recreate as much as possible of the 40 exhibitions, to give an insight into both the history of the gallery, and not least in the experimental art scene of the 1970s.

In 2020, Museum Jorn was given the opportunity to acquire large parts of John Hunov’s archives, and earlier this year the museum received a generous donation from the Hunov family, which, together with a number of loans from private collectors has made it possible to carry out the exhibition.

The following artists are represented in the exhibition: Henning Christiansen (DK), Hans Peter Feldmann (D), Poul Gernes (DK), Per Kirkeby (DK), Jochen Gerz (D), Ursula Reuter Christiansen (DK), Petr Štembera (CZ), Harald Engman (DK), Joseph Beuys (D), Stanley Brouwn (NL), Jytte Rex (DK), Bjørn Nørgaard (DK), Johannes Rasmussen (DK), Eske K. Mathiesen / Johannes Rasmussen (DK), Henrik Have (DK), Didier Bay (FR), Joel Glassman (US), Steen Høyer (DK), Ken Friedman (US), A.R.- Penck (D), Lene Adler Petersen (DK), Paul-Armand Gette (F), Annette Messager (F), Christian Boltanski (F), Flemming Kofoed (DK), Jacques Charlier (B), Jörg Immendorff (D), Jean Le Gac (F), Anne og Patrick Poirier (F), Wolfgang Weck (D), Georges Touzenis (GR), Jean Roualdès (F), Poul Pedersen (DK), Jørgen Nash (DK), Sarkis (TR/F), Luciano Castelli (ZH) og Richard Winther (DK).