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Peder Stougaard with poster from 1993 by the famous poster artist Cassandre.
Peder Stougaard with poster from 1993 by the famous poster artist Cassandre.

Peder Stougaard, also known as the 'The Posterman', exhibits a selection of his collection which contains more more than 300.000 posters.

In the exhibition, you will see a selection of exhibition posters from all the exhibitions that Peder Stougaard has presented as a founder of the Danish Poster Museum. The majority of the exhibitions took place between 1993 and 2006 in the Aarhus Art Building, what we today know as Kunsthal Aarhus. The exhibition will also feature support posters, large posters featuring Hans Christian Andersen and Henry Heerup as well as some of Stougaard's own posters.

In connection with the exhibition The Posterman, an anniversary book will published for Peder Stougaard's many years as a poster collector.

The book will be available to buy at Kunsthal Aarhus, where a reception will be held for the publication.