
Welcome to the limited English version of Art Stories
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Follow trail
Follow a trail through Art Stories and discover how the content is related, criss-crossing time and genres
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Kirsten Justesen, born 1943
Justesen is a pioneer in body art and has used her own body as her art’s primary tool for more than 30 years.
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With Sculpture II Justesen introduces her own naked body as her main motif and artistic tool
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Kirsten Justesen: Sculpture II, 1968
Sculpture II is Justesen’s first and now iconic work within body art
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Read the story about how body art and feminism in the 1960s and 1970s often have convergent agendas
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Pussy Power and body art
From the outset, body art was closely related to feminism
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In the story about artist's wives you can read about some of the female pioneers on the Danish art scene around the year 1900
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Artists’ wives
Monumental portraits of artists’ wives was a widespread trend around the year 1900
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Willumsen's painting of his wife Edith in a mountaineous landscape reflects his fascination with the relation between (wo)man and nature
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J.F. Willumsen: A Mountain Climber, 1912
Willumsen’s majestic depiction of his wife Edith in a mountaineous setting is about humanity’s relationship with nature
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Willumsen scientifically investigated the quality and durability of his pigments and primers, and yet he experienced great difficulties during his work on A Mountain Climber
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Willumsen’s technique
A conservator examines an old, unsolved mystery about the creation of Willumsen’s A Mountain Climber
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Willumsen's characteristically monumental style with intense colours and blinding light effects made him a controversial figure on the contemporary Danish art scene
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J.F. Willumsen 1863-1958
Willumsen’s unique, monumental style with intense colours and dashing light made him a controversial figure of his time