Title: Portræt af et lokalsamfund
Description: "Amager was once known for romantic farmhouses, peculiar regional costumes and budding cabbage fields. Amager had its special identity in the same way as Denmark's other parts of the country. Communities were immutable, and local traditions shaped man. That's not the case anymore. Amager has become modern. But only recently, and that transition the artist Peter Carlsen has depicted in the genre painting Amager 2019. Søren Mentz, museum director at Museum Amager, follows the creation of the painting and a local community's transition from traditional to modern. This development has taken place everywhere in Denmark, but on Amager we can get a detailed insight into the process. Using Amager as an example, the author focuses on themes such as local identity, tradition and coherence"--translated from back cover

"Engang var Amager kendt for romantiske bondestuer, ejendommelige egnsdragter og spirende kålmarker. Amager havde sin særlige identitet på samme måde som Danmarks øvrige landsdele. Lokalsamfund var uforanderlige, og lokale traditioner formede mennesket. Sådan er det ikke mere. Amager er blevet moderne. Men først for nylig, og den overgang har kunstneren Peter Carlsen skildret i genremaleriet Amager 2019. Søren Mentz, museumsleder på Museum Amager, følger maleriets tilblivelse og et lokalsamfunds overgang fra traditionsbundet til moderne. Den udvikling har fundet sted overalt i Danmark, men på Amager kan vi få et detaljeret indblik i processen. Med Amager som eksempel stiller forfatteren skarpt på temaer som lokal identitet, tradition og sammenhængskraft"--Back cover
Subjects: History, Danish Genre painting
Places: Denmark, Amager Island