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Jesper Just

Film noir meets the Hollywood musical in the short films of Danish artist Jesper Just. His characters interrupt strange, shadowy rituals to pour their emotions out in song, often confusing gender roles in the process. His works have been seen all over the United States and Europe, at institutions including the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, and the Moderna Museet in Stockholm.


Click here to read our interview with Jesper Just about his 2013 Venice Biennale pavilion.

Born 1974
Hometown Copenhagen, Denmark
Lives and Works Copenhagen, Denmark and New York, NY
Education
The Royal Danish Academy of Portraiture, Sculpture, and Architecture, Copenhagen, Denmark
Permanent Collection

Arken, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denmark
ARoS, Aarhus Art Museum, Denmark
FRAC, Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain Champagne-Ardenne, France
Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Honart Museum, Iran
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Musée d'Art Moderne, Luxembourg
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y Léon, Spain
Royal Museum of Fine Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Tate London, London, England

Representing Galleries

James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France

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