Håkon Bleken, Vår, 2015. Foto: Dag-Asle Langø.
I januar 2019 fylte Håkon Bleken 90 år. I samarbeid med Henie Onstad Kunstsenter vil Trondheim kunstmuseum i anledningen hylle en av Norges mest fremtredende kunstnere med en retrospektiv utstilling. Etter endt utstilling på Henie Onstad Kunstsenter i februar, åpner utstillingen på Trondheim kunstmuseum 23. mars. Bleken er en av Trondheims aller viktigste kunstnere gjennom tidene, ikke bare i kraft av sitt vitale kunstnerskap men også gjennom sin tydelige og engasjerte stemme i offentligheten. Det er derfor helt naturlig for Trondheim kunstmuseum å markere Blekens store jubileum med utstillingen "Do Not Go Gentle».
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Dylan Thomas, 1914 – 1953