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Seriograhic, Edition HC. Signed by the artist, 1974
Poul AggerFrom Wikipedia
Born 15 May 1936 (87 years old) Copenhagen
Occupation Painter, sculptor, printmaker Member of the Danish Art Fund's Committee for Art in the Public Space (1987–1989) Poul Winkel Agger (born 15 May 1936 in Copenhagen) is a Danish painter, printmaker and sculptor. He was a student of Mogens Andersen in the period 1955–1958. At Andersen, he was trained in drawing after classical sculpture at the Statens Museum for Kunst, among other things. Agger himself early on developed a fabulous art with surrealist undertones.
Agger's pictures are characterized by the contrast between machine-like forms, partly painted in pure colors and provided with facial features and amoeba shapes – and the background, which is usually a single color in grey, blue, white or black. His graphic works have largely concentrated on black and white linoleum prints. In the 1980s he started working with screen printing. In both the linoleum prints and the serigraphs, the amoeba forms are predominant. From 1987 he has also worked with stoneware sculptures.
Agger was one of the initiators of the Summer Exhibition in 1961. This was for several years an important alternative to the established exhibitions in Denmark. He is also a member of the artist organization Grønningen, one of Denmark's largest.
Agger is represented in many of the Danish art museums and in other public collections. He has carried out decorations in several places in Denmark. |
