2015

Seydisfjordur Suite

Seydisfjordur Suite

One night only ! Opening Tuesday September 16th from 6pm – 8pm at the Bookshop-projectspace Seyðisfjörður Suite is a series of nine drawings. These drawings, executed in lead, silver and chalk on vindpappa (a black windproof house wrap), were executed over a period of six weeks at Hóll, the Birgir Andrésson House in Seyðisfjörður. In fog, mist, or low-light situations, the mind compensates for missing visual information by patching holes with memory. Similarly, a drawing can evoke a place without picturing it. Seyðisfjörður Suite is a series of impressions and evocations remembering a place that no longer exists. I draw […]

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Ljósmynd: Julia Martin

Six Icelandic representatives in Frontiers of Solitude

Icelandic artists Finnur Arnar Arnarson, Elvar Már Kjartansson, Karlotta Blöndal, Monika Frycová, Kristín Rúnarsdóttir and Þórunn Eymundardóttir have been selected to participate in the international project Frontiers of Solitude. The project focuses on current transformations of the landscape and the close connections between our post-industrial civilization and nature. The aim is to foster collaboration and an exchange of experiences between individual artists, researchers and initiatives, and to explore and interpret recent and long-term transformations of the landscape. Skaftfell is partner in the project with is lead by Skolska 28 Gallery (Deai/setkani), Czech Republic in collaboration with Atelier Nord, Norway. The […]

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