S2E5. Benni Korzen

From his Los Angeles home, Danish artist and Oscar-winning film producer BENNI KORZEN, who left Copenhagen for New York in 1964, talks first about his 200 or so abstract color paintings and collages that surround him. Benni recalls his Oscar win for Best Foreign Film for the Danish production Babette's Feast (1987), a 1960 documentary with CBS about the historic 1943 rescue of 99% of Danish Jews (of which he was one) to Sweden, and describes current projects. ----------For today's episode, Benni Korzen chose Paul Gerne's Uden titel, or Untitled, from 1968–1969 from the collection of the National Gallery of Denmark.https://open.smk.dk/en/artwork/image/KMS8160----------Private photograph----------This conversation with Tina Jøhnk Christensen occurred on October 20, 2023.----------We invite you to subscribe to Danish Originals for weekly episodes. You can also find us at:website: https://danishoriginals.com/     email: [email protected]