This 'desert island' is a Danish artist's muse

The Independent on Sunday | June 28, 2009| | Copyright

Charles Darwent travels to Laeso to see why it inspires Per Kirkeby, this summer's star of Tate Modern

Until this spring, I knew exactly two things about Laeso: that it was home to a mythological Norse giant called Aegir, and that Per Kirkeby has a studio there. Neither was entirely enticing. Aegir's wife, Ran, spent her days whipping up hurricanes to sink ships. And when I interviewed Kirkeby in Copenhagen in April - the grand old man of Danish art is the star of Tate Modern this summer - he admitted hating the colour green. "This," he said, gesturing at his immaculate lawn, "is shit." ...

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