Exhibition view of Jonna Pedersen’s art at Heerup Museum

Heerup & pro - on a voyage of discovery

21 June - 17 September 2023 at Heerup Museum

Heerup Museum's exhibition HEERUP & PRO – ON A JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY presents new works by eleven artists from the Artists Association PRO, which are displayed in a lush dialogue with works by Heerup. Throughout the past year, PRO's artists have explored the museum's collection and archive and have been freely inspired by Heerup's works. The exhibition is a visual and lived experience of Heerup's life and art.

Heerup's oeuvre has inspired Jonna Pedersen to investigate the theme of togetherness and 'getting to know each other', which she has expressed in painting, installation, poems and linoleum prints.

She has recreated Heerup's painting Dancing Girl in her own universe and added romance in the form of a pair of dancing women's clogs and men's shoes. She has called the painting Summer Dance, where the viewer perhaps can imagine a dance with a partner on a beautiful sunny day.

She has also created a coffee table installation in honor of Heerup, where she has set up coffee and dialogue. She has imagined having him visit her studio legeHUSET, and described it in a poem, printed on the tablecloth. In this conversation corner, she invites the visitors to sit down and have a dialogue with Heerup.

A photo of Heerup, wearing blue and white-striped pyjamas, where he hangs linoleum cuts to dry, gave her the idea to create a clothesline where her own and PRO's works both hang and at the same time form a gathering point. Here hang, among other things, her poem Mocha On The Tongue, about drinking coffee, printed on a towel.

The photo also started her creation of linoleum prints – in colour. One print is about coming to coffee, the second is a paraphrase of the painting Summer Dance and for the third she was inspired by Heerup's Santa Claus. Then she felt like using the linoleum print Come For 3 O’clock Coffee in another medium and has created a digital collage on glass.

Participating PRO artists: Annette Sjølund, Bjørn Eriksen, Gunnar Bay, Hans Kjær, Hans Tyrrestrup, Jan Jensen, Henriette Lorentz, Jonna Pedersen, Jon Gislason, Ole Bach Sørensen and Karsten Vogel.
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Henriette Sjølund

Jonna Pedersen

Bjørn Eriksen

Jan Jensen and Karsten Vogel

Jon Gislason and Henriette Lorentz

Hans Tyrrestrup

Hans Kjær

Karsten Vogel

Ole Bach Sørensen

Gunnar Bay

Back: *Getting To Know Each Other* / Installation with clothesline, poem on towel, print on towel, lino cut and sketches from other PRO artists / variable dimensions (150 x 300 cm) / 2023
Front: *Visit by Heerup* / Installation with table, chair, stool, fabric-covered cups and jug on mirror and tablecloth with poem / 58 x 65 x 170 cm / 2023

Heerup & PRO - på opdagelsesrejse

21. juni - 17. september 2023 på Heerup Museum

Heerup Museums udstilling HEERUP & PRO – PÅ OPDAGELSESREJSE præsenterer nye værker af elleve kunstnere fra Kunstnersammenslutningen PRO, der vises i en frodig dialog med værker af Heerup. Igennem det seneste år er PROs kunstnere gået på opdagelse i museets samling og arkiv og har frit ladet sig inspirere af Heerups værker. Udstillingen er en visuel og indlevet oplevelse af Heerups liv og kunst.

Heerups oeuvre har inspireret Jonna Pedersen til at undersøge temaet sammenhørighed og ‘at komme hinanden ved’, som hun har udtrykt i maleri, installation, digte og linoleumstryk.

Heerups maleri Dansende pige har hun genskabt i sit eget univers og tilføjet romantik i form af et par dansende dametræsko og herresko. Maleriet har hun kaldt Sommerdans, hvor beskueren måske selv kan forestille sig en dans med en partner på en smuk solskinsdag.

Hun har også skabt en kaffebordsinstallation til ære for Heerup, hvor hun har dækket op til kaffe og dialog. Hun har forestillet sig at få ham på besøg i sit atelier legeHUSET, og beskrevet det i et digt, trykt på dugen. I dette samtalehjørne inviterer hun de besøgende til at sætte sig og have en dialog med Heerup.

Et foto af Heerup, iført blå og hvidstribet pyjamas, hvor han hænger linoleumssnit til tørre, gav hende ideen til at skabe en tørresnor, hvor egne og PROs værker både hænger og samtidig er et samlingspunkt. Her hænger bl.a. hendes digt Mokka på tungen, om at drikke kaffe som er trykt på et håndklæde.

Fotoet satte hende også i gang med at skabe linoleumstryk – i farver. Det ene tryk handler om at komme til kaffe, det andet er en parafrase over maleriet Sommerdans og det tredje har hun skabt ud fra Heerups julemandssprællemand. Derefter fik hun lyst til at bruge linoleumstrykket Kom til kaffe kl. tre i et andet medie og har skabt en digital collage på glas, hvor Heerups inspirationsfugl og øjet fra hans skraldemodel Fotografen kigger ud.

Deltagende PRO kunstnere: Annette Sjølund, Bjørn Eriksen, Gunnar Bay, Hans Kjær, Hans Tyrrestrup, Jan Jensen, Henriette Lorentz, Jonna Pedersen, Jon Gislason, Ole Bach Sørensen og Karsten Vogel.