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Per kirkeby brick sculpture artist

          Per Kirkeby is best known as the romantic and heroic abstract Nordic painter, yet he created brick sculptures from his first exhibition in to his final.

        1. In , he exhibited his first brick sculpture in Ikast, Jutland, inspired by the Mayan architecture he saw during a previous trip to Mexico.
        2. Per Kirkeby is one of Denmark's most beloved artists.
        3. Since the very beginning of his career Kirkeby introduced large brick sculptures into his practice, which have since punctuated his whole artistic trajectory.
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          5. Per Kirkeby is one of Denmark's most beloved artists....

          Kirkeby in brick

          The SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark, expands its collection with four brick sculptures by Per Kirkeby.

          As one of Denmark’s most important artists Per Kirkeby (b.

          1938) is strongly represented at the SMK. With support from the New Carlsberg Foundation, the museum has now acquired the four brick sculptures Kopenhagen I–II(1965/66), EssenVIII (Säulenstumpf) (1977) and Essen IX (Tor) (1977)for its permanent collection.

          From object to monument

          Today, many of Per Kirkeby’s site-specific brick monuments are present in the public realm.

          However, his experiments with the unassuming and ubiquitous material began as early as the 1960s and later became a recurring format in the artist’s practice.

          Kirkeby's brick sculpture at Humlebæk Station was conceived deliberately as a landmark for the museum: a sort of introduction to a trip to the museum.

          Kopenhagen I–II are among Kirkeby’s very first brick sculptures. Constructed as stelae of loosely stacked bricks, the early sculptures appear as structural studies of the basic conditions of the material. Their serial character and cubic shape reflect thei