Art excursion with friends and their grandchildren
Text and photos Erik K Abrahamsen
CORNER 2011:
The 1. february 2011 Claus Levy, Per Baagøe, I and Hannah Carlsen with her two grandchildren travelled to Sophienholm Art Exhibition to visit Corner 2011 Art exhibition.
Per Baagøe is member of Corner Artist Association and we were all invited to experience the annual exhibition.
Hannah Carlsen is one week alone with her grandchildren Bror, 6 years old and Ejnar, 3 years old. The boys parents are on a promotion tour to a film festival in Holland.
To have 2 young boys with us in an art exhibition will be a challenge for all!
But Hannah got an idea:
To give the two boys focus of play entertainment Hannah bought a magnetic fishing rod with 12 small fishes each with a magnet on the mouth.
Corner founded 1932 consists of 45 members and is today the second largest artist association in Denmark.
CORNER 2011:
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Finn Heiberg,
Painter, born 1957:
And from now on we can enjoy the paintings and one another compagny the next 4 hours:
Finn Heiberg,
Painter, born 1957:
Jens-Peter Kellermann,
Sculptor, born 1952:
Daniel Enkaoua,
Painter, born 1962 i France:
Cathie Pilkington,
Painter and sculptor, born 1968 in England:
Lene Rasmussen,
black-and- white artist, born 1959:
Egon Bjerg Nielsen,
Painter, born 1937:
Friends on Corner 2011 Art Exhibition,
Sophienholm:
Lars Ravn,
Painter, born 1959:
Roald Als,
Painter, cartoonist and author, born 1948:
Per Baagøe,
Painter, born 1946:
Alba S Enstroem,
Painter, born 1960:
And here we are all together after lunch, walk along Bagsvaerd Lake and an excellent art experience at Corner 2011 in Sophienholm, Bagsværd:
We did it! – enjoyed 4 hours art experience in harmony and fun.
When we finished we had all more energy than when we started – included the childrens grandmother Hannah Carlsen!
Permanent Exhibition in Sophienholm:
COBRA Ceiling 1949
The Cobra Ceiling had been painted 1949 in Bregnerød in a summerhouse “Frederiksholm” owned by The Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen by:
Asger Jorn, Carl-Henning Pedersen, Anders Østerlin, Erling Jørgensen, Mogens Balle, C.O. Hulten, Alfred H. Lilljendahll, Mogens Jessen(not Cobra painted 1959) and Vibeke Alfelt.
All in all 17 paintings (minus one from 1959) painted on wood of the ceiling as the first common project as COBRA Group.
Cobra was founded 8. november 1948 in Paris by Jorn (Denmark), Appel, Constant, Corneille (all three from Holland), Dotremont (Belgium) and Noiret.
Cobra: Co- for Copenhagen, br- for Brussel and a- for Amsterdam.
In August and september 1949 Asger Jorn invited artist friends for a Cobra Conference in Frederiksholm Cottage in Bregnerød, Denmark. In those 2 months they painted and decorated the walls and ceilings of the Frederiksholm Cottage. It was a collective project, where they lived, eat and painted together.
Frederiksholm Cottage was builded in 1935 in Bregnerød as neighbour to Ravnsholt forest and lake. Unfortunately the foundation was bricks and not concrete, and with lack of damp barrier. That allows moisture to destroy the walls and ceilings.
Incomprehensible – the cottage was drawn by professional architects and builded by The Academy for education af danish architectures! Responsibility by institutions and prominent peoples could have saved the cottage.
Today the Frederiksholm Cottage in Bregnerød is a ruin.
Fortunately the above ceiling had survived by intervention by Virtus Schade and The Mayor of Lyngby Taarbaek Commune Paul Fenneberg Lyngby. He baught the 35 m2 Cobra Ceiling and gave it as a gift to Sophienholm in 1969.
Reference: www.cobramuseum.dk
Asger Jorn, COBRA Ceiling 1949,
Painter, author and sculptor, 1914-73:
The Corner 2011 is open 14. january – 27 february 2011
Sophienholm, Nybrovej 401, 2800 Lyngby
Open under exhibitions: Tuesday-sunday kl. 11-17. Thursday kl. 11-20. Manday closed
Telephone: 45 88 40 07
Bus nr. 191 (direction Sorgenfri) from Lyngby Station
Postscript:
I have written and told through photoes the story of the two brothers Bror and Ejnar, 6 and 3 years old, because I find it important to give our children and grandchildren the experiences of art. They can feel and sense art directly in exhibitions and experience the parents and grandparents experiences too.
The children will learn to behave socially and understand to respect other people in the art exhibition. That means, that the children knows themselves so much, that they can controle their own spontanity in order not to disrespect other visitors boundaries of having a relaxed atmosphere in the art exhibition.
It will not take away childrens creative spontaneity, but will give them focus and a unique and natural selfcontrol.
When we are with children outside and in the nature we can fight, play, run and make all noise or silent fun together.
Of cause with necessary respect for animals and other people in the area!
Copenhagen 1. februar 2011
Copyright Erik K Abrahamsen 2011
With Love
Erik