Udstillinger — CHPEA Museum

Previous exhibitions

Exhibition at Bovbjerg Lighthouse: BOVBJERGET – Artistic Lives by the North Sea, 3 Sept – 26 Oct.”Bovbjerget – Artistic Lives by the North Sea” is the first exhibition to focus on the artistic lives of Else Alfelt and Carl-Henning Pedersen by the western coast of Jutland. The artists were fascinated by the rough and wind-blown landscape by the North Sea, and in 1959 they were able to establish a studio in the village of Bovbjerg. Until 1974 this studio was their joint summer home where they created a number of their major works. Læs mere...
ELSE ALFELT Travel through barricades, mountainous landscapes, and cosmic spheres when Carl-Henning Pedersen & Else Alfelt’s Museum presents the poetic universe of Else Alfelt.Læs mere...
Carl-Henning Pedersen - Images in Clay Renowned CoBrA artist Carl-Henning Pedersen is primarily known for his imaginative and fantastical paintings. Images in Clay is the first museum exhibition to focus entirely on the artist’s ceramic works. The exhibition explores the entire colourful spectrum of Carl-Henning Pedersen’s ceramic works.Læs mere...
’BJERGTAGET’, or SPELLBOUND – Else Alfelt 110 Years In this exhibition we celebrate what would have been the year Alfelt turned 110 years old by highlighting one of her major sources of inspiration: Mountains. Why was Alfelt so preoccupied with painting mountains. And what do the mountains in her works represent?Læs mere...
PANTA REI ’Panta Rei’ is an electro-acoustic sound work for 8 sound speakers created by Ditte Rønn in conversation with paintings by Carl-Henning Pedersen (1913-2007). In the sound work Rønn not only responds to the paintings but also to Pedersen’s clear vision and driving force.Læs mere...
Carl-Henning Pedersen - BETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH It caused a great stir in the media when Carl-Henning Pedersen was chosen to decorate Ribe Cathedral in the late 1980s. The exhibiton sheds light on his thoughts and preparations during the monumental task. Læs mere...
Else Alfelt - THE FLOWER OF THE UNIVERSE Let the calm wash over you in our temporary exhibition THE FLOWER OF THE UNIVERSE as you experience our re-creation of Else Alfelt's zen-garden from 1968 and a wall-to-wall carpet with hypnotic artwork by Else Alfelt.Læs mere...
VOLIÈRE / FUZZY Taking his inspiration from Carl-Henning Pedersen's imagery, the Danish composer Fuzzy has created an alternating sound poem that emphasises the musicality of the paintings.Læs mere...
HØST – A Contrafactual Exhibition The exhibition is based on a thought experiment concerning the historic HØST artists’ group and how a HØST Exhibition might have looked, had the group continued its activities till this day. As such the exhibition showcases works by both original HØST artists like Carl-Henning Pedersen and Else Alfelt as well as current artists.Læs mere...
ORIGIN ORIGIN is a work of sound art by Danish composer Ditte Rønn and an interpretation of Carl-Henning Pedersen’s monumental “The Play of Imagination around the Wheel of Life” from 1966-68. The work is activated by motion sensors when visitors enter the inner Angli courtyard. It greets visitors through a 14-channel loudspeaker system placed on the roof of the circular Angli building, cloaking them in wall-to-wall sound. The open-air sound artwork is free of charge.Læs mere...
ART & LOVE This exhibition tells the unique story of an inspiring life together, with Carl-Henning Pedersen’s watercolours and Sidsel Ramson’s photographs from their many travels. A life based on love and artistic interaction between her photojournalism and his fabulating imagery.Læs mere...
BRANDS & PEDERSEN In celebration of Cobra's 70th Anniversary, we explore the similarities and differences between Carl-Henning Pedersen and the Dutch Cobra painter Eugène Brands (1913-2002).Læs mere...
A Fabulous Encounter - H.R.H. Prince Henrik of Denmark & Carl-Henning Pedersen A Fabulous Encounter unfolds between H.R.H. Prince Henrik’s life-like bronze sculptures and the wondrous paintings of Carl-Henning Pedersen.Læs mere...
THE EYE IN THE MASK... a part of Socle du Monde and Aarhus 2017 In 2017, Carl-Henning Pedersen & Else Alfelt’s Museum is a co-organizer of the 7th Art Biennale, Socle du Monde. The museum’s contribution to the Biennale and its theme “to turn the world up-side down” is the exhibition The Eye in the Mask, curated by internationally renowned Jean-Hubert Martin. Læs mere...
ON THE OTHER SIDE...In the museum’s collection, hidden on the back of the many well-known canvases by Carl-Henning Pedersen and Else Alfelt, exists a unique assortment of so far unseen paintings. In our exhibition ON THE OTHER SIDE…, these little-seen treasures are brought into the open for some overdue attention.Læs mere...
FIRST EXHIBITION 1976 // 2016 - 40 YEARS ANNIVERSARY Carl-Henning Pedersen & Else Alfelts Museum first opened its doors to the public on September 13, 1976, showing some 100 artworks by Else Alfeltunder the headline FIRST EXHIBITION. Now, to celebrate the museum’s 40th anniversary, we have recreated its very first exhibition, which was curated by Carl-Henning Pedersen himself.Læs mere...
Helhesten and the Danish Avant-garde during World War II War Horses is the first museum exhibition to focus on “Helhesten” (Ghost Horse), the Danish avant-garde group of artists founded in Copenhagen in 1941 by leading modernists of the period. Among them were the painters Ejler Bille (1910-2004), Egill Jacobsen (1910-1998), Asger Jorn (1914-1973) and Carl-Henning Pedersen (1913-2007)Læs mere...
Henry Heerup - Dane Fæ The Danish artist Henry Heerup (1907-1993) was not only at the core of Danish art for half a century, he was also deeply involved in the epoch-making development of European art before, during and after the Second World War. Yet a great deal remains to be said in relation to this special artist.Læs mere...
Abstract Women... Else Alfelt and Marianne Grønnow An exhibition about two deeply original Danish painters with a shared interest in abstract representations of nature and in repetition as artistic technique. Læs mere...
Svend Wiig Hansen – Gigant The exhibition takes as its focus Svend Wiig Hansen's many self-portraits in different artistic media such as drawings, graphic design, gouache, and small sculptures. It represents the hitherto largest collection of Svend Wiig Hansen's portraits.Læs mere...
A Dialogue between Alfelt and Pedersen Our Spring exhibition explores similarities and differences between the artistic approaches of Carl-Henning Pedersen and Else Alfelt - the artist couple who remained in a fruitful relationship from their first encounter in 1933 until the untimely death of Else Alfelt in 1974.Læs mere...
Nieuwenhuijs... Myth and Magic The Dutch artist Jan Nieuwenhuijs (1922-1986) played an important part in the formation of the international Cobra movement. His art is inhabited by fantastic creatures existing in an infinite, indefinable space.Læs mere...
Carl-Henning Pedersen 100 Years On the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of Carl-Henning Pedersen's birth, the ARKEN Museum and the Carl-Henning Pedersen & Else Alfelt Museum will present a large-scale collaborative exhibition of works by the Danish Cobra painter, to be shown at ARKEN in the spring of 2013 and at CHPEAM in the fall of 2013 Læs mere...
Between Heaven and Earth During his long life, lasting 93 years, Carl-Henning Pedersen carried out several large-scale decoration assignments. Several of them are found in the immediate vicinity of the museum, with the museum's own colourful, ceramic design as the centre Læs mere...
Svavar Gudnason – Landscape and Abstraction Landscape and Abstraction is a retrospective of works by the Icelandic painter Svavar Gudnason. He introduced the abstract style of painting in Iceland, developed through his association with the Danish art scene Læs mere...
Be Spontaneous For Else Alfelt as well as Carl-Henning Pedersen, painting spontaneously was an artistic principle which had implications beyond mere personal taste. The exhibition shows examples of their spontaneous approach to oil painting and watercolours. Læs mere...
The Phoenix The bird as recurring motif in Carl-Henning Pedersen's art.Læs mere...
Helhesten - Høst - Cobra The exhibition takes a closer look at the formative ideas and the spirit of community of the groundbreaking artists' groups and collectives known as Helhesten (The Demon Horse), Høst (Harvest), and the renowned Cobra movement.Læs mere...
Sonja Ferlov Mancoba – Confiance Sonja Ferlov Mancoba (1911-84) holds a remarkable position in Danish modernism. Not only was she one of very few Danish women artists, she also worked mainly with sculpture, was internationally oriented, and went abroad at an early point in her life.Læs mere...
A Photographic Odyssey – Sidsel Ramson Sidsel Ramson belongs in the tradition of “concerned photography” and has travelled all around the world with her camera. The exhibition presents a selection of Ramson's photographs through 30 years and is based on her book of the same title Læs mere...
Italian Motifs In early May, Herning will host the major bicycle race Giro d'Italia. At the museum we will therefore focus on Carl-Henning Pedersen and Else Alfelt's fascination with Italy. The exhibition presents a selection of works inspired by the creative couple's numerous trips to Italy.Læs mere...
COVER – Kunstnergruppen 5 STK (The Artist Group 5 People)Cover is the title of the collective project by the artist group known as “5 Stk”. At the heart of the exhibition is an interactive work that recreates nature using various untraditional materials Læs mere...
Dotremont – Ode to Denmark This fall, the general secretary of Cobra, Belgian artist Christian Dotremont, is invited to Herning. Dotremont, along with Asger Jorn, was one of the founders of Cobra. He was a writer and poet, but during the 1960s Læs mere...
Stardust - Cosmic Motifs in Carl-Henning Pedersen & Else Alfelt's Art In modern abstract painting, as practised by Carl-Henning Pedersen and Else Alfelt, the universe, the planets, even the mysteries of heaven play a special role. This interest in the cosmos reflects the artists' vision that a new Læs mere...
Egill Jacobsen – Objectivity and Mystery The summer will be in the sign of the mask when the museum opens its doors on a large-scale exhibition of paintings by the Danish Cobra painter Egill Jacobsen Læs mere...
From Humlebæk to Herning The museum has received a fine deposit from the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk. The deposit, donated for a 10-year period, includes paintings and watercolours by Carl-Henning Pedersen, a single oil painting by Ejler Bille and two paintings by the inimitable Henry Heerup Læs mere...
Else Alfelt – The Aesthetics of Emptiness Exhibition catalogue: Tomhedens Æstetik (The Aesthetics of Emptiness) This large-scale exhibition celebrates the hundredth anniversary of one of the most significant women artists in Danish modernism Læs mere...
Permanent collection: Maskefald (Masks Falling)Masks are a recurring theme in Carl-Henning Pedersen's work. We find the mask motif in his watercolours, ink drawings, paintings, and even his sculptures. We find them early and we find them late in the many works created during his long life.Læs mere...
Special Exhibition: Meeting Place COBRA – Reinhoud and Peders The exhibition Meeting Place COBRA at the Carl-Henning Pedersen & Else Alfelt Museum focuses on the shared Cobra spirit, and how the various Cobra members inspired each other.Læs mere...
Erindringsspor (Traces of Memories)A central part of the museum's collection consists of archive material that has been updated over the years. This collection of sketches, notebooks, photos and diaries provide a nuanced account of Carl-Henning Pedersen and Else Alfelt's lives, and, not least, their creative work Læs mere...
Permanent collection: Drawn Poems, Painted Words and Logograms The Cobra movement is often associated with expressive and colourful canvases, painted by artists such as Asger Jorn, Karel Appel, Egill Jacobsen and Carl-Henning Pedersen. However, Cobra was many other things besides visual art, as the movement's many-sided activities demonstrate. The Cobra artists were interested in a broad spectrum of knowledge, including philosophy, music, poetry, psychology, anthropology and ethnography Læs mere...
Special Exhibition: Karel Appel Over the summer, the Carl-Henning Pedersen & Ese Alfelt Museum presents an exhibition of works by Karel Appel, born in Holland. The exhibition is the first major one-man show of Appel's work in Denmark in 40 years, spanning five decades of his production.Læs mere...