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Jette Bang & Kirsten Klein Jette Bang & Kirsten Klein Jette Bang & Kirsten Klein 1 Tak For økonomisk støtte til udstillingen takkes Statens Kunstfond Grosserer L.F. Foghts Fond Skibsreder C. Kraemer og Hustru Mathielde Kraemer’s Grønlandsfond Arktisk Institut Mariagerfjord Kommune Statens Kunstfondimut Grosserer L.F.Foghts Fond-imut Skibsreder C. Kraemer og Hustru Mathielde Kraemers Grønlandsfond-imut Arktisk Institut Mariagerfjord Kommunemullu saqqummersitsinermut aningaasaliinerannut qujanaq. Thank you to the Danish Arts Foundation Grosserer L.F. Foghts Fond Skibsreder C. Kraemer og Hustru Mathielde Kraemer’s Grønlandsfond Arctic Institute Mariagerfjord Municipality for their financial support for the exhibition. 2 Forord Ved åbningen i foråret 1997 af en retrospektiv udstilling i Paris med den store fotograf Henri Cartier-Bres- son udtalte kunstneren i et interview med avisen ”Le Monde”: ”I dag kan man blive professor i alt, undtagen sensibilitet”. Både Jette Bang og Kirsten Klein ville i givet fald være selvskrevne professorer på området sensibilitet. Hver for sig demonstrerer de ud over den selvfølgelige tekniske og professionelle kvaliteter den sensibilitet over for motivet, som gør fotografiet til kunst. Der skal nok være taget flere millioner fotos i Grønland. Alene isfjeldene har stået model til mange hund- rede tusinde click, men også solnedgange, mennesker på kajen og mennesker i det hele taget. Mange er fremragende fotos, velegnede til at skabe begejstring, til at illustrere en turistbrochure eller til privat glæde. Nutidens digitale kameraer har gjort det meget lettere at få gode billeder i kassen, men det bliver der ikke nødvendigvis kunst ud af. Både i Jette Bangs og Kirstens Kleins billeder oplever vi en intensitet og en indlevelseevne, som løfter deres fotos til det kunstneriske niveau. Der er en generation mellem de to kunstnere. Fælles for dem er netop en intensitet og ærlighed i fotogra- fiet. Begge behersker det sort/hvide medium, men også arbejdet med farvefoto. Selvom deres fotos kan indeholde daterende elementer, er de tidløse med en sensibilitet og en respektfuld indleven i motivet. Det er nøgterne og medlevende hverdagsskildringer. Ikke som overfladefotos eller snapshots, men mennesket og landet set indefra. Kalaallit Nunaat betyder som bekendt Menneskenes Land. Det kunne også være titlen på udstillingen, hvor de to fotografer viser henholdsvis menneskene og landet og dermed skaber et helhedsbillede af Grønland. Direktør for Det Grønlandske Hus i København Leise Johnsen har udvalgt udstillingens billeder af Jette Bangs fotos af mennesker, og Kirsten Klein har valgt sine billeder af natur og landskab. Søren C Olesen Karin Elsbudóttir Nivi Christensen Kunstetagerne Hobro Nordatlantens Brygge Nuuk Kunstmuseum 3 Siulequt Assiliillaqqissorsuup Henri Cartier-Bresson-ip 1997-ip upernaavani Parisimi kingumut qiviarluni saqqummer- sitsinermik ammaanermini, eqqumiitsuliortup avisimit ”Le Monde”-mit apersorneqarami oqaatigaa: ”Ullumik- kut malussarissuseq minillugu sunut tamanut ilisimatuunngortoqarsinnaavoq”. Jette Bang Kirsten Kleinilu malussarissusermut ilisimatuujunissaminnut naleqquttorujussuupput. Teknikkik- kut assileeriaatsikkullu pikkorissusaasa saniatigut assilisaminnut malussarissusertik ersersittarpaat, assiliisa- tik eqqumiitsulianngortillugit. Kalaallit Nunaanni millionilikkaanik arlalinnik assiliisoqareersimassajunnarsivoq. Iluliarsuit eqqarsaatigis- sagaanni hunnorujut tusindilikkaat assilisimassavaat, kisiannili aamma seqernup tarrikkiartornera, inuit talittarfimmiittut aammalumi inuit tamaasa eqqarsaatigalugit. Amerlasuut assilisaalluarput, nuannaalersitsi- sinnaalluartut, takornarissanut atuagaaralianut assitaliunneqarsinnaasut imaluunniit nammineq nuannaaru- taasinnaallutik. Nalitsinni digitalimik assiliiveqalernikuunera ilutigalugu torrallatanik assiliinissaq ajornanngin- nerulernikuuvoq, assilisalli eqqumiitsuliaarpasinnginnerullutik. Jette Bangip aammalu Kirsten Kleinip assilisaanni takusinnaavavut pimoorussaalluartumik sungiussisimassu- seqarlunilu assilissat eqqumiitsuliatullusooq isikkoqalersarlutik. Eqqumiitsuliortut marluullutik akunnerminni kinguaariinnik ataatsinik nikingapput. Marluullutik assiliinerminni assimi pimoorussilluarneq ilumuussuserlu ersersittarpaat. Marluullutik assit qalipaateqanngitsut aammali qalipaatillit piginnaasaqarfigivaat. Naak assilisaat pisoqaassusileriigaasinnaagaluartut, nalissaqanngilluinnar- tuupput malussarissutsimik ataqqinnittumillu sungiussisimanermik assilisaallutik. Ulluinnarni pisartut ilumo- orsaartuullutillu tiguartinnartuupput. Qaasiuunnakkatut imaluunniit snapshotsitut assilisaanatik, kisiannili inuit nunallu iluannit isigalugit. Kalaallit Nunaat naluneqanngitsutuut Inuit Nunaattut isumaqarpoq. Saqqummersitsinermi aamma taanna qulequtsiunneqarsinnaavoq, tamaalilluni assiliisartut marluk inunnik nunamiillu assilisaat atorlugit Kalaallit Nunaat ataatsimoortumik ersersinneqassalluni. Jette Bangip inunnik assiliisarsimaneranik assit saqqummersitsinermi saqqummersinneqartussat Køben- havnimi Kalaallit Illuanni pisortap Leise Johnsenimit toqqarneqarput, aammalu Kirsten Kleinip pinngortitami nunamilu assilisani toqqarnikuullugit. Søren C Olesen Karin Elsbudóttir Nivi Christensen Kunstetagerne Hobro Nordatlantens Brygge Nuummi Eqqumiitsulianik Saqqummersitsivik 4 Foreword In spring 1997, at the opening of a retrospective exhibition of his work in Paris, the great photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson said, in an interview with the newspaper Le Monde: “Today you can become a professor in anything with the exception of sensitivity.” Nonetheless, you might say that both Jette Bang and Kirsten Klein are ex officio professors in the field of sensitivity. In addition to the obvious technical and professional qualities, both of them demonstrate a sensi- tivity to their subjects, which transforms photography into art. There must have been taken millions of photos in Greenland. The icebergs alone must have been the subject of hundreds of thousands of clicks, not to mention sunsets, people on the quayside and people in general. Many of them are superb photos, perfect for generating enthusiasm, illustrating tour brochures or simply for personal pleasure. Today’s digital cameras have made it much easier to come up with excellent pictures. But they are not necessarily art. In both Jette Bang’s and Kirsten Klein’s photos, we experience an intensity and empathy that elevate them to an artistic level. There is a generation between the two artists. What their photographs have in common is intensity and hon- esty. Both are masters of the medium of black and white, but they also use/used colour photography. Even though their photos may contain elements that are very much of their time, they are timeless, with a sensitiv- ity towards, and empathy with the subject. While they are objective, sympathetic depictions of everyday life, they are not superficial snapshots but photographs of people and the country seen from within. As we know, Kalaallit Nunaat means “The Land of the People”. That could also be the title of this exhibition, in which the two photographers present both people and the land, thus creating a general impression of Greenland. The Director of the Greenlandic House in Copenhagen, Leise Johnsen selected photos for the exhibition from Jette Bang’s photos of people, while Kirsten Klein selected her own photos of nature and landscape. Søren C Olesen Karin Elsbudóttir Nivi Christensen Kunstetagerne Hobro North Atlantic House Nuuk Museum of Art 5 6 Jette Bang 7 Leise Johnsen Jette Bang Jette Bang fotograf og forfatter (1914 - 1964) rejser til Grønland i 1936. Hun er 22 år og nyuddannet fotograf fra reklame fotofirmaet Jonals Co i København. Dette blev den første af mange rejser rundt i Grønland, som blev Jette Bangs fotografiske udgangspunkt resten af livet. Jette Bangs fotografier udstråler et sjældent, intenst nærvær og bærer samtidig det moderne fotografis vikler, lys, former og kompositioner hvilket gør fotografierne både dragende, som et aftryk af en svunden tid og samtidig forunderlige tidsløse. Jette Bang rejste med den nyeste teknologi indenfor fotografiet. Dette gør det muligt for hende at tage fotos i langt større omfang end det tidli- gere havde været muligt. Endvidere rejser hun med det ene formål at få taget fotos på sin rejse, hvor det tidligere langt oftere havde været en bi- beskæftigelse for datidens præst, udstedsbestyrer, læge eller lignende. Den daværende statsminister Stauning var protektor for den første ud- stilling med Jette Bangs fotografier på Kunstindustrimuseet i Køben- havn d. 6. februar 1937. Udstillingen blev et stort tilløbsstykke, da der tidligere kun havde været muligt at se enkelte fotos fra Grønland og her Avia og hendes søn var så pludselig 400 fotografier der viste den grønlandske dagligdag og foran sommerteltet, menneskerne der levede der. Savissivik, 1936 Jette Bangs fotos er i høj grad med til at skabe det billede danskerne Avia erneralu toqqip fik af Grønland og grønlænderne. Fotobogen ”Grønland” udkommer i aasarsiorfigisao saavani, 1940 og bliver en del af den danske repræsentation i udlandet og blev Savissivik, 1936 således også kilden til det internationales blik ind i datidens Grønland. Avia and her son in I dag bliver Jette Bangs billeder brugt i mange henseender og hendes front of the summertent, billedsprog er blevet en del af det historiske blik på Grønland. Savissivik, 1936 Foto: Jette Bang Photos/Arktisk Institut. 8 9 Jette Bangs fotosamling blev efter hendes død overdraget til Arktisk Institut og der blev oprettet en fond der skulle
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