Jørgen Nash

Who was Jørgen Nash?

Jørgen Nash was a Danish artist, writer and central proponent of situationism. He was born in Vejrum, Jutland, Denmark, baptized Jørgen Axel Jørgensen, the brother of Asger Jorn. He later changed his family name from Jørgensen to Nash. He was married three times and has six children. His last marriage was with the painter Lis Zwick and would last until his death in 2004. The last 40 years of his life he lived in the artist collective Drakabygget outside Örkelljunga, Sweden.

From 1948 to 1951 he was involved with CoBrA. He went on to join the Situationist International.

In 1959 he produced Stavrim, Sonetter a book of poetry illustrated by Jorn.

In 1960 he founded the Situationist Bauhaus based at the farm Drakabygget with Jorn.

He is the editor of Drakabygget, a journal about art and social philosophy.

In 1963 became an honorary artist of the Royal Danish Academy of Art.

He has exhibited at:

⁕Galerias del Palacio de Belles Artes, Mexico City

⁕Kobe Art Museum, Kobe, Japan

⁕Museum of Modern Art New York

⁕Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm

⁕National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo

⁕Museum de Art Moderno, Mexico City

⁕Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo

⁕Malmo Museum, Sweden