Asger Jorn's House Museum
Two European museums are named after him: the Jorn Museum in SilKeborg and the Jorn House Museum in Albissola Marina.
The latter was donated to the town by the artist himself in 1973, the year he died, provided it would become a museum, retaining his works and original furniture inside.
In 2014, the house, as well as his contents, was completely restored and returned to its original splendour. Asger Jorn bought a rundown building in the old area called ‘Bruciati’, in 1957, after being diagnosed with serious health problems. He moved there with his wife and children to benefit from the mild weather. The house was in poor state despite its noble beginnings: it had probably belonged to the Rovere family.
The artist renovated it with the help of Umberto Gambetta, a skillful worker of Albisola: he embellished it with art works and conceived it as a consistent set of spaces, shapes, with natural, free and vivid colours. Art for Jorn had a strong socio-psychological meaning, so much so that he believed it had the power to improve people’s life. His garden was teeming with man-like sculptures and reliefs, which he believed would be able to defend the house and harmonise nature’s energies.
