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[ Fone ] Sexisme Existence
Jonna Pedersen
Works and poetry 2017-2023
Pages: 224, hard back
Languages: English and Danish
Text: Ph.D., Associate Professor Mette Simonsen Abildgaard - Art Historian Mette Kristensen
Poetry: Jonna Pedersen
Translation: Glen Garner (Mette Simonsen Abildgaard’s and Mette Kristensen’s texts) - Cinnober
Photo: Marianne Leth - Cinnober
Design: maurydesign.dk
Print: LaserTryk
@2023 Cinnober Edition, Jonna Pedersen and the authors
ISBN: 978-87-987429-8-2
Price: 250 DKK/ 35 € / 38 US$ + postage
This book provides an in depth insight into Jonna Pedersen’s artistic work in the period 2017 to 2023, and is richly illustrated with photos of works.
Ph.D., Associate Professor Mette Simonsen Abildgaard’s essay “Ping! The Reflectively Nostalgic Telephone Call” offers both an exciting and historical view of the history of the telephone and the artist’s interest in this communication technology, expressed in the work series [ Fone ]. For several of the works, the artist has written small prose poems.
In her essay, “The Impact of the Past on Our Lives Today”, Art Historian Mette Kristensen tells about Jonna Pedersen’s Existence series where the artist sets out to investigate impacts of the past and childhood that have the potential to prompt more general reflection on the present age and our identity and existence in a constantly changing world.
The book also contains an introduction to the work “The Sexism Game” and the solo exhibition “Yes. No! Maybe...” and Jonna Pedersen’s short story “Ursula Bent”, which deals with self affirmation.
Denne bog giver et indgående indblik i Jonna Pedersens kunstneriske arbejde i perioden 2017 til 2023, og er rigt
illustreret med fotos af værker.
I teksten ”Ping! Den refleksivt nostalgiske telefonsamtale” giver Ph.D., Lektor Mette Simonsen Abildgaard en både spændende og historisk indsigt i telefonens historie og kunstnerens interesse for denne kommunikationsteknologi, udtrykt i værkserien [ Fone ]. Til flere af værkerne har kunstneren skrevet små prosadigte.
I teksten ”Fortidens aftryk på vores eksistens” beretter kunsthistoriker Mette Kristensen om Jonna Pedersens værkserie Existence, hvor kunstneren undersøger forskellige aftryk fra fortiden og barndommen, som kan føre til mere overordnede refleksioner over nutiden, vores identitet og eksistens i en verden i konstant forandring.
Bogen indeholder desuden en indføring i værket ”Sexismespillet” og soloudstillingen ”Ja. Nej! Måske…” samt Jonna Pedersens novelle ”Ursula Bent”, som omhandler det, at stå ved den man er.
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Bogen kan købes i
Kunsthal Charlottenborgs boghandel - København
Kunsthal Vejle - Vejle (send mail til sanne@juhlerhansen.dk)
eller bestilles på kunst@jonnapedersen.dk
Brændende Kærlighed - Dansk madkultur ifølge Jonna Pedersen
Tekst på dansk af kunstskribent Inge Schjødt og Cinnober Edition
Fotos: Jonna Pedersen
Digte: Jonna Pedersen
60 sider, illustreret i farver, soft back
Cinnober Edition 2017, København
ISBN: 978-87-987429-7-5
Pris: DKK 50 + porto
BRÆNDENDE KÆRLIGHED handler om Jonna Pedersens undersøgelse af dansk madkultur, udtrykt i malerier, collage og digte. Bogen viser hendes kunstneriske tilgang som en narrativ dokumentarisk undersøgelse, hvor fokus er mad som et kulturelt fænomen. Jonna Pedersen er nysgerrig på de betydninger, vi tillægger mad i vores hverdag. Mad er en sanselig oplevelse, og i værkerne har hun arbejdet med at få det sanselige frem. Al maden i motiverne er tilberedt, og anretningerne har stået model i atelieret.
Hos Jonna Pedersen er der traditioner og sanselighed på menuen, såvel som humor, nærvær og genkendelsens glæde, som stimulerer os til at opleve vores egne madfortællinger. Kunstneren serverer os en anledning til refleksion i mødet med malerierne af bøf, boller i karry og stegt flæsk med persillesovs.
I en stribe digte har Pedersen tillige sat ord på sanseligheden. Og opskrifterne fra et gammelt opskriftshæfte fra Voss er blevet omdannet til elementer i en række collager, der alle omhandler problematikken omkring hvad vi skal have til aftensmad.
Denmark: Constructions - Imago Mundi
Contemporary Artists from Denmark
Imago Mundi - Luciano Benetton Collection
Texts by Luciano Benetton, Angelika Dahl Serritzlew, Sophus Gether
Talent and ability, extraordinary reflections on the role of art and, above all, great expressive freedom. Imago Mundi showcases Danish contemporary art, its vibrancy, its richness, through the works of 160 established artists and emerging young talents including Jonna Pedersen. Painters, photographers, sculptors, illustrators, video artists and even performers who, through the most diverse materials, techniques and styles, give life to a collection in which artistic expression finds, and makes its own, the made in Denmark ability to bring together concrete content, creativity and sense. Beauty, formal simplicity and construction of life, lived and imagined.
Denmark: Constructions. Contemporary Artists from Denmark is an Imago Mundi collection, a cultural, democratic, global, non-profit project, promoted by Luciano Benetton with the aim of creating the widest possible mapping of the different contemporary artistic experiences of our world. In Imago Mundi, each country is represented by the works of established artists and new talents, commissioned with the maximum freedom of expression, whose only constraint is the 10x12 cm format.
DOCUMENTARY
jONNA Pedersen: pAINTING
Text in English by art historian Trine Ross, art historian Bente Jensen and art critic Ed McCormack
160 pages in colour
Photos: Dorte Krogh - Marianne Leth
Layout: Cinnnober
Print: Handy-Print A/S
ISBN 978-87-987429-4-4
Cinnober Edition 2011, Copenhagen
Price: € 15 / DKK 150 + postage
DOCUMENTARY is a book about art and reality. Individually, the two concepts can be hard to define, and many have tried over the years. But this much is sure: art creates its own reality. Some art specifically and very directly depicts humanity and existence. Other art documents and depicts humanity based on the traces we leave behind.
Jonna Pedersen practices the latter, showing us reality based on human actions and traces. Barcelona, Berlin, New York and Copenhagen are cities that have inspired her. So has a local auto repair shop. Her documentation makes the invisible visible. Nothing is too ugly or nonaesthetic. Though individual places may seem to be standing still, they are constantly changing. Jonna Pedersen overlays her work with a larger temporal perspective. Her pictures are about what has happened before as well as what is going to happen next.
Art historian Trine Ross’s essay Vanitas on Jyllingevej offers an engaging introduction to Jonna Pedersen’s working process and development, describing the close connection between her life and her art.
Still lifes have a big place in Jonna Pedersen’s world. The artist’s fascination with product packaging is manifested in representations of everyday life showcasing consumer products. In her essay, Product Stories, art historian Bente Jensen describes Jonna Pedersen’s reinvention of this classic painting genre.
Additionally, in several places the book is supplemented by reviews of specific works, written by the New York-based art critic Ed McCormack. Ross, Jensen and McCormack together give us a nuanced and fascinating picture of Jonna Pedersen’s work in the period from 2006 to 2010.
DOKUMENTAR
jONNA Pedersen: maleri 2006-2010
Tekst på dansk: kunsthistoriker Trine Ross og kunsthistoriker Bente Jensen
Fotos: Dorte Krogh og Marianne Leth
144 sider, illustreret i farver, soft back
Cinnober Edition 2010, København
ISBN: 78-987429-3-0
Pris: DKK 150 + porto
DOKUMENTAR handler om kunsten og virkeligheden. To størrelser, der hver især er svære at definere, dog er der gennem tiden blevet gjort utallige forsøg på dette. Uanset hvad skaber kunsten sin egen virkelighed. Der er kunst, der specifikt og meget direkte fortæller om mennesket og tilværelsen; og der er kunst, der dokumenterer og fortæller om mennesket ud fra dets spor.
Jonna Pedersen viser os virkeligheden ud fra menneskets spor og gøren. Storbyer i form af Barcelona, Berlin, New York og København har været inspirationskilder for Jonna Pedersen. Samt et autoværksted. I hendes dokumentation gøres det usynlige synligt, og intet er for grimt eller uæstetisk. Det enkelte sted står stille og er samtidig i forandring, Jonna Pedersen indarbejder et større tidsperspektiv i sine værker. Værkerne handler også om, hvad der er sket, og hvad der kommer til at ske.
I teksten Forgængeligheden på Jyllingevej giver Trine Ross en medlevende indsigt i kunstnerens arbejde med den kunstneriske proces og man indføres i udviklingen og opnår forståelse af, hvordan livet og kunsten hænger sammen. Jonna Pedersens univers omhandler også stilleben. Kunstnerens fascination af emballage udmønter sig i gengivelser af det nære liv i form af konsumprodukter. I teksten Konsumfortællinger beretter Bente Jensen om, hvordan Jonna Pedersen genoptager, revitaliserer og fortolker en klassisk kunstnerisk genre.
Trine Ross og Bente Jensen giver os tilsammen et nuanceret og fascinerende billede af Jonna Pedersens værkproduktion i perioden 2006-2010.
New York City Blues
Robin Tewes - Grace Graupe Pillard - Bjørn Eriksen - Jonna Pedersen
Text by art historian Bente Jensen and art critic Ole Lindboe
2 artists from New York looking at New York from the inside - 2 artists from Copenhagen looking at New York from the outside.
48 pages, Danish text, resumé in English
Cinnober Edition 2012, Copenhagen
Global Village - a catalogue
70 artists
Text by curator Jeroen van Paassen
The Global Village exhibition 2010 is chaptured in a catalogue; 140 full colour pages with detailed information about each artist and each artwork. The catalogue also includes photo's of the performances, the beautifull 16th century church and information about this project by one of the organisers.
2010, 140 pages in colour
Publisher: Gigaboek
ISBN 97890-8548-2550
Kunstens kald
Text in Danish by art critic Leo Tandrup
Works of 47 artists are being discussed, i.e. Lars Nørgaard, Bjørn Nørgaard, Anders Kirkegaard, Gunleif Grube, Bentemarie Kjeldbæk, Lis Zwick, Jens Galschiøt, Erik Clausen, Bjørn Eriksen, Claus Bojesen, Jonna Pedersen, Lars Svanholm, Kurt Rasmussen, Per Kramer, Bent Riis, Anker Eli and Denis Virlogeux.
2010. 100 pages, illustrated in colours, soft back
Publisher: linje k
ISBN: 978-87-993431-1-9
Deadpan Danes on a Mission of Cool
Bjørn Eriksen And Jonna Pedersen
Text by art critic Ed McCormack
2008. 16 pages, illustrated in colours, soft back
Urbane Fortællinger
Bjørn Eriksen - Jonna Pedersen
Text in Danish by art critic Ole Lindboe
2008. 32 pages, illustrated in colours, soft back
The Breadth of Reality: Jonna Pedersen and Painting
Text by art critic Ole Lindboe
Photos: Dorte Krogh
2005. 48 pages, illustrated in colours
Publisher: Art Page
Parallelle text in Danish and English
ISBN: 87-91775-01-9
Pris: DKK 150 + porto
Price: DKK 150 + postage
URBAN TRIBE - Jonna Pedersen
Text by art critic Ole Lindboe
2005, 16 pages