Lene Adler Petersen Explained

Lene Adler Petersen (born January 1944 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a Danish artist. Her artistic practice is characterized through a continuous collecting, sorting and mixing process of media and techniques and includes happenings and performance art as well as painting, ceramics, drawings, printmaking and installations, film and photography.

Biography

Adler Petersen was educated at Det Jyske Kunstakademi 1964-66 and The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts 1968-69. She stems from a generation of Danish artists who came to visibility in the 1960s through performance art, installation art and film.

Adler Petersen's interest in collecting and sorting play a crucial role in her diverse artistic expressions. Her political conceptual work is characterized by an investigation into the contemporary representations of women. An early work of hers, "Uddrivelsen fra templet, nøgen kvindelig Kristus, d. 29. maj, kl. 15.50, 1969, Børsen", is a performance made together with artist Bjørn Nørgaard, who she later married. In the performance, Adler Petersen carried a cross through the Børsen while naked, mimicking the crucifixion of Jesus.[1]

By the time she completed her study of visual arts at the Royal Danish Academy, she was already part of the experimental art scene in Copenhagen formed around Eks-skolen. During that period she worked primarily as filmmaker, painter and a collage artist besides engaging and contributing to the collaborative work in the Danish art community. Throughout her life Lene Adler Petersen has been involved in several artist groups as ABCinema, Eks-skolens trykkeri, Tidskriftet Kvinder and Arme and Ben.[2] She has been a member of the Danish artists association Kammeraterne since 1995.

Since the 1960s, Adler Petersen has created a rich collection of drawings. She has significantly influenced a generation of younger Danish artists by making way for the making of conceptual and feminist art in Scandinavia. Her interests in creativity, the role of subjectivity and personal history form a unique artistic position that challenges conventional paradigmas of gender, female representation and artistic production.

Adler Petersen is represented in private institution and museums among others; The National Gallery of Denmark, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Kunsten and Kobberstiksamlingen.

Selected works

Publications and artist books

Public collections

References

Notes and References

  1. Ser. Sker. Skriver. Introduktion af Birgitte Anderberg. Gyldendal 2010.
  2. Passager i Lene Adler Petersens kunst fra 1960erne til i dag, Birgitte Anderberg. Billedkunst nr 1, 2006.
  3. Web site: Anderberg . Birgitte . 6 July 2018. Statens Museum for Kunst . "The Female Christ", 1969 . 13 March 2022.
  4. Web site: Det Danske Filminstitut . Tre Piger Og en Gris . da. 13 March 2022.
  5. Web site: 8 December 2021. Royal Danish Academy . 'Tingene, Din Historie, Befri Dig for Tingene (Friheden Fører Folket)" .
  6. Web site: Statens Museum for Kunst . The National Gallery of Denmark . Lene Adler Petersen .
  7. Book: Kromann, Sidenius, Themsen, Vierø. . Danish Artists' Books . Møller & Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König. . 2013 . 978-3863354749 . Denmark . da, en.

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