Biography

JENS CHRISTIAN TOP
born 1950 in Esbjerg, Denmark



traces of human beings

present themselves autonomously
objets trouvés stolen from the real world
some elements of retrospectiveness in the motifs
Bakersfield, Harzen, Cala Bona - suppliers of readymades





Solo exhibitions


På Vej og Gade, Københavns Bymuseum 1997
Under Himmel og Jord, Esbjerg Kunstmuseum 1999
Fishing for Sand Eels, Aberdeen Maritime Museum, Scotland 2002
Død i Paris, Phototek Esbjerg 2002
På Grænsen, Sønderborg Slot 2016

 

Childhood Garden, Boldesager, Esbjerg


photo 1958: Peder Top

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Group exhibtions 


Eighth British Print Biennale, Bradford, England 1984
Charlottenborgs Forårsudstilling 1979, 1995, 1996
Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling 1978, 1980
Kunstnernes Påskeudstilling 1997
KS 1994, 1996, 1997 (KS-Prisen 1997)
Fra Bybus til Ri-Bus, Odense Film Festival 1999
Under Himmel og Vand, Odense Film Festival 2002 (special mention)
Rullekone, Odense Film Festival 2004 
Under Himmel og Vand, Mandags Dokumentar forår 2007
Klima und Mensch, Brunswiker Pavillon, Kiel 2019
Experimente, Brunswiker Pavillon, Kiel 2021

 

 

Publications


Politiken, 2. sektion, 26. november 1983
Politiken, 2. sektion, 23. august 1997
Hrymfaxe, Nr. 3, September 1997
Berlingske Tidende, 4. sektion, 17. oktober 1997
På Tobisfiskeri, Fiskeri- og Søfartsmuseet 2000
Kunstmagasinet Janus, Nr. 1, Marts 2014 
Kunstmagasinet Janus, Nr. 4, December 2015
René Fievé - en Kunstner på tværs, Forlaget Hrymfaxe 2019
En kunstner ved havet, Filmstriben 2020
Erik Hansen - Esbjergs mørkemaler, Forlaget Hrymfaxe 2022
Kunstmagasinet Janus, Nr. 2, Juni 2023
Erik Hansen - Esbjergs mørkemaler, Filmstriben 2023
Gustav Carlsson (1944-2021), Vestjydske Fortællere, 2023



 

looking towards bressay, shetland islands


photo 2003: Hanne Louise Knudsen

 

Happy to meet the works of painter Anna Klindt Sørensen (1899-1985), photographer Holger Damgaard (1870-1945) and architect Ole Falkentorp (1886-1948).




 

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