Jesper Just (born 1974) is a Danish artist, who lives and works in New York. From 1997 to 2003, he studied at the

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. He has work in museums including the

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in New York,

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in London and the

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in New York.

Films

His film trilogy ''A Voyage in Dwelling'' (2008) included performances by

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, and music composed by

Dorit Chrysler Dorit Chrysler, born as Dorit Kreisler, is a renowned Austrian born composer, thereminist and sound artist. She has written music for films, TV and video art featured in museum collections such as the Guggenheim and MoMA. Dorit co-founded the New ...

Exhibitions

*''A Fine Romance'',

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, St. Paul (2004) *''Something to Love'', Herning Kunstmuseum, Herning, Denmark (2005) and

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, Stockholm, Sweden (2006) *''Black Box'',

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, Washington, DC (2006) *''Something To Love'', Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006) *''Jesper Just'',

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, Miami, (2007) and touring Kunsthuis Witte de With in Rotterdam, Ursula Blickle Foundation in

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, Germany, and the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst in Ghent, Belgium (2007) *''It Will All End in Tears'', La Casa Encendida, Madrid, (2008) *''Romantic Delusions'', Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn (2008/2009) *''Intercourses'', Danish Pavilion, 55th International Art Exhibition of la Biennale di Venezia (2013)

Reception

In 2006 a ''

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'' reviewer described ''It Will All End in Tears'' as "... a beautiful spectacle that dazzles as it happens and then fades away like a puff of smoke". In 2008 a different ''New York Times'' reviewer described him as a "... still young, abundantly talented and wonderfully original artist". He received second prize in the

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at Kópavogur Arts Museum in Reykjavik in 2008, and the

Eckersberg Medal The Eckersberg Medal (originally the ''Akademiets Aarsmedaille'' or Annual Academy Medal) is an annual award of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. It is named after Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, known as the father of Danish painting. The Ec ...

in 2014.

References

* Amsellem, Patrick, ed. ''Jesper Just: Romantic Delusions'', exhibition catalogue essay by Bill Horrigan. Brooklyn: Brooklyn Museum, 2008. * Just, Jesper, ed. "It Will All End in Tears", exhibition catalogue, Texts by Agustin Perez Rubio, Svala Vangsdatter Andersen and Octavio Zaya. Madrid: La Casa Encendida, 2008. * Von Olfers, Sophie, ed. ''Jesper Just Film Works, 2001-2007'', exhibition catalogue, Rotterdam: Witte de With, 2007. * Knudsen, Gry Høngsmark and Holger Reenberg eds. ''Something to Love'', exhibition catalogue, Herning: Herning Kunstmuseum, 2005.
"Fall Preview: Jesper Just's Schizo Enigma. Four Films at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, September 2, 2008"
''The Village Voice''

''The New York Times'', August 10, 2007
"Jesper Just and Dorit Chrysler: This nameless spectacle (live)"
video interview by

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