Steen Krarup Jensen
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Steen Krarup Jensen is a Danish sculptor, poet
, song writer and social criticist
. He is educated in sculpture at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts during the period from 1971 to 1978. In 1977 he received Viggo Jarls Legacy.
Steen Krarup Jensen has worked with marble
og granite
and been experimenting with a lot of other materials in mobiles
og assemblages
. He is also one of the two inventors of the asphaltophone (see musical road
).
Steen Krarup Jensen was the founder of Danske Billedkunstneres Fagforening, a union of Danish sculptors. In connection to that, he became famous in 1981 when he blew up a sculpture with dynamite
as a protest against the living conditions of Danish sculptors.
As a writer he has written a large number of texts for variety shows, songs and newspaper chronicles.
In 2007, Steen Krarup Jensen and composer Jakob Freud-Magnus won a Danish contest by writing a suggestion for a new national anthem
.
Steen Krarup Jensen is the father of jazz musician Simon Jensen
.
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, song writer and social criticist
Social criticism
The term social criticism locates the reasons for malicious conditions of the society in flawed social structures. People adhering to a social critics aim at practical solutions by specific measures, often consensual reform but sometimes also by powerful revolution.- European roots :Religious...
. He is educated in sculpture at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts during the period from 1971 to 1978. In 1977 he received Viggo Jarls Legacy.
Steen Krarup Jensen has worked with marble
Marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.Geologists use the term "marble" to refer to metamorphosed limestone; however stonemasons use the term more broadly to encompass unmetamorphosed limestone.Marble is commonly used for...
og granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
and been experimenting with a lot of other materials in mobiles
Mobile (sculpture)
A mobile is a type of kinetic sculpture constructed to take advantage of the principle of equilibrium. It consists of a number of rods, from which weighted objects or further rods hang. The objects hanging from the rods balance each other, so that the rods remain more or less horizontal...
og assemblages
Assemblage (art)
Assemblage is an artistic process. In the visual arts, it consists of making three-dimensional or two-dimensional artistic compositions by putting together found objects...
. He is also one of the two inventors of the asphaltophone (see musical road
Musical road
A Musical road is a road, or part of a road, which when driven over causes a tactile vibration and audible rumbling transmitted through the wheels into the car body in the form of a musical tune....
).
Steen Krarup Jensen was the founder of Danske Billedkunstneres Fagforening, a union of Danish sculptors. In connection to that, he became famous in 1981 when he blew up a sculpture with dynamite
Dynamite
Dynamite is an explosive material based on nitroglycerin, initially using diatomaceous earth , or another absorbent substance such as powdered shells, clay, sawdust, or wood pulp. Dynamites using organic materials such as sawdust are less stable and such use has been generally discontinued...
as a protest against the living conditions of Danish sculptors.
As a writer he has written a large number of texts for variety shows, songs and newspaper chronicles.
In 2007, Steen Krarup Jensen and composer Jakob Freud-Magnus won a Danish contest by writing a suggestion for a new national anthem
National anthem
A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...
.
Steen Krarup Jensen is the father of jazz musician Simon Jensen
Simon Jensen
Simon Jensen is a Danish jazz flutist, composer and poet. He is active in several genres and leads his own band, Simon Jensen Band...
.
Sources
- Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbach Kunstnerleksikons information about Steen Krarup Jensen
- Further biographical information about Steen Krarup Jensen (in Danish)
- Text and notes (Steen Krarup Jensen/Jacob Freud-Magnus) for the winning song of the national anthem contest
- Recording of the winning song (Steen Krarup Jensen/Jacob Freud-Magnus) of the national anthem contest.