
Take a visual trip through 40 years of Copenhagen Jazz Festival art posters
The story of Copenhagen Jazz Festival is closely tied to its posters, as every edition since 1982 has had a diverse range of visual artists creating each year’s art poster. This incredibly varied series of posters, whose means of expression span both painting, collage, photography and graphical rendering, has turned into somewhat collectible items, garnering praise as artworks in their own right. A defining factor behind the praise is the artists themselves, each representing the absolute elite in their artistic fields.
Here’s your chance at a trip through the many posters that have helped shape the visual identity of Copenhagen Jazz Festival since 1982 – and vice versa.
Kunstner: Christiane Spangsberg, 2018 Kunstner: Rasmus Meisler, 2017
Kunstner: Halfdan Pisket, 2016
Kunstner: Julie Nord, 2015
Kunstner: Mikkel Sommer, 2014
Kunstner: Søren Behncke / Papfar, 2013
Kunstner: Leo Scherfig, 2012
Kunstner: Kirstine Roepstorff, 2011
Kunstner: Søren Solkær Starbird, 2010
Kunstner: Søren Solkær Starbird, 2010
Kunstner: Tal R, 2009
Kunstner: Kasper Eistrup, 2008
Kunstner: Henrik Vibskov, 2007
Kunstner: Jonas Hecksher, 2006
Kunstner: HuskMitNavn, 2005
Kunstner: Evren Tekinoktay, 2004
Kunstner: Per Arnoldi, 2003
Kunstner: Ib Spang Olsen, 2002
Kunstner: Ejler Bille, 2001
Kunstner: Bjørn Nørgaard, 2000
Kunstner: Per Kirkeby, 1999
Kunstner: Dorthe Dahlin, 1998
Kunstner: Henrik Have, 1997
Kunstner: Lars Ravn, 1996
Kunstner: Jørgen Nash, 1995
Kunstner: Leif Sylvester, 1994
Kunstner: Egon Fischer, 1993
Kunstner: Knud Odde, 1992
Kunstner: Paul Janus Ipsen, 1991
Kunstner: Erik Rasmussen, 1990
Kunstner: Bent Karl Jacobsen, 1989
Kunstner: Tom Krøjer, 1988
Kunster: Hans Henrik Lerfeldt, 1987
Kunstner: Jens Jørgen Thorsen, 1986
Kunstner: Bo Bonfils, 1985
Kunstner: Niels Reumert, 1984
Kunstner: Per Arnoldi, 1983
Kunstner: Pia Schutzmann, 1982
Kunstner: Wibroe, Duckert & Partners, 1981
Kunstner: Wibroe, Duckert & Partners, 1980
Kunstner: Ukendt, 1979 (All rights reserved (c) Copenhagen Jazz Festival and the artists, 2017.) Find plakaterne fra de seneste års jazzfestival i shoppen her: www.jazz.dk/shop