Ingólfur Arnarsson (b. 1956) and Þuríður Rós Sigurþórsdóttir (b.1975) are somewhat different artists, yet in this exhibition their work can be seen to relate to painting without it being painting. In this exhibition a number of concrete works by Arnarsson will be shown. These may initially appear as austere sentinels, irregularly spaced around the gallery. Although identical in structure, where the concrete blocks’ outward surface has been pristinely primed, variation occurs with a rectangular section, either at the top or the bottom, that is painted with a single muted shade of watercolour. With this form we are confronted with an […]
