Helhesten (The Hell-horse): Danish Cultural Resistance during World War II

Apr 10 - Oct 4, 2015

This exhibition examines the innovative, abstract work of the group of Danish artists know as Helhesten (Hell-horse), including Else Altfelt, Ejler Bille, Henry Heerup, and Asger Jorn, who participated in the resistance to the Nazi occupation of Denmark. Their daring work—artistic acts of resistance—inspired and shaped the objectives of the avant-garde Cobra art movement following the war, and included many of the same artists. Precursors to the Cobra art movement, Helhesten artists published their radical ideas and art in Helhesten, the journal they founded and produced between 1941 and 1944. The works in this exhibition, selected by curator Kerry Greaves, establish the historical and artistic context for the Cobra art movement as well as NSU Museum of Art’s exceptional collection of works by Cobra artists, the largest collection of its kind in America.

Supported through a grant from the James L. Knight Foundation, as part of its Knight Arts Challenge with additional funding provided by Linda J. Marks and Stephen R. Marks, Daniel and Jan Lewis and the David and Francie Horvitz Family Foundation.

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