{"id":13811,"date":"2026-01-21T06:21:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T06:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skaftfell.is\/exhibition\/roman-signer-the-icelandic-works\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T14:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T14:57:07","slug":"roman-signer-the-icelandic-works","status":"publish","type":"exhibition","link":"https:\/\/skaftfell.is\/is\/exhibition\/roman-signer-the-icelandic-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Roman Signer: \u00cdslensk verk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">S\u00fdningarstj\u00f3ri: Gavin Morrison<br>4. J\u00fal\u00ed &#8211; 27. september, 2026<br>Skaftfell Myndlistarmi\u00f0st\u00f6\u00f0<br>Sey\u00f0isfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, \u00cdsland&nbsp;<br><br>Roman Signer (f. 1938) er svissneskur listama\u00f0ur sem l\u00fdsir sj\u00e1lfum s\u00e9r sem <em>Aktionsk\u00fcnstler<\/em>, athafnalistamanni. Hann gerir kvikmyndir, myndb\u00f6nd, lj\u00f3smyndir og innsetningar af svi\u00f0settum atbur\u00f0um: hlutum sem falla \u00far jafnv\u00e6gi, hversdagslegum hlutum sem ver\u00f0a fyrir \u00f3venjulegum ath\u00f6fnum og andst\u00e6\u00f0um kr\u00f6ftum. \u00deessar athafnir beinast a\u00f0 endurteknu safni hluta: bor\u00f0um, st\u00f3lum, st\u00edgv\u00e9lum, kaj\u00f6kum, regnhl\u00edfum. Allt er e\u00f0lilegt en vi\u00f0 \u00f3v\u00e6ntar a\u00f0st\u00e6\u00f0ur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Signer er einn af mikilv\u00e6gustu listam\u00f6nnum samt\u00edmans og fr\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed snemma \u00e1 t\u00edunda \u00e1ratugnum hefur hann heims\u00f3tt \u00cdsland til a\u00f0 fer\u00f0ast og vinna verk. \u00cdsland er or\u00f0i\u00f0 meira en bakgrunnur fyrir myndb\u00f6nd; \u00fea\u00f0 er n\u00e1nast a\u00f0alpers\u00f3na \u00ed verkum hans. \u00deetta samband hefur geti\u00f0 af s\u00e9r nokkur af hans mikilv\u00e6gustu verkum, svo sem: <em>Kajakfer\u00f0 um Sn\u00e6fellsnes<\/em> fr\u00e1 2000, myndbandsinnsetning me\u00f0 illa f\u00f6rnum kajak. Myndbandi\u00f0 s\u00fdnir listamanninn \u00ed kajak sem er dreginn um malarvegi Sn\u00e6fellsness. Verki\u00f0 er abs\u00fard, lj\u00f3\u00f0r\u00e6nt og gle\u00f0ilegt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00deessi s\u00fdning er yfirlitss\u00fdning \u00e1 verkum sem hann hefur unni\u00f0 \u00ed fer\u00f0um s\u00ednum til \u00cdslands. Margar \u00feessara fer\u00f0a hafa hafist \u00e1 Sey\u00f0isfir\u00f0i. \u00c1 s\u00fdningunni ver\u00f0a eldri s\u00faper-8 kvikmyndir, innsetningar, sk\u00falpt\u00farar og lj\u00f3smyndir. H\u00fan gefur t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri til a\u00f0 \u00edhuga hlutverk landslags \u00ed verkum hans og e\u00f0li s\u00e9rstaks sambands hans vi\u00f0 \u00cdsland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00cd tengslum vi\u00f0 s\u00fdninguna ver\u00f0ur n\u00fd \u00fatg\u00e1fa b\u00f3karinnar when you travel in Iceland you see a lot of water gefin \u00fat. B\u00f3kin er samtal milli \u00edslenska listamannsins Tuma Magn\u00fassonar og Signer \u00e1 fer\u00f0alagi \u00feeirra um \u00cdsland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roman Signer b\u00fdr og starfar \u00ed St. Gallen \u00ed Sviss. Hann stunda\u00f0i n\u00e1m vi\u00f0 Schule f\u00fcr Gestaltung \u00ed Z\u00fcrich \u00e1ri\u00f0 1966 og h\u00e9lt s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00e1fram \u00ed sk\u00falpt\u00farn\u00e1m vi\u00f0 Schule f\u00fcr Gestaltung \u00ed Luzern og \u00fea\u00f0an \u00ed Listah\u00e1sk\u00f3lann \u00ed Varsj\u00e1 \u00ed P\u00f3llandi. Hann \u00e1 a\u00f0 baki langan s\u00fdningarferil. Me\u00f0al mikilv\u00e6gra einkas\u00fdninga m\u00e1 nefna: Kunsthaus Z\u00fcrich, 2025; Barbican Centre, London, 2015; China Academy of Arts, Hangzhou, 2014; Swiss Institute, New York, 2010; Palais de Tokyo, Par\u00eds, 2009. Hann var fulltr\u00fai Sviss \u00e1 Feneyjatv\u00ed\u00e6ringnum \u00e1ri\u00f0 1999. Signer hefur tvisvar \u00e1\u00f0ur s\u00fdnt \u00ed Skaftfelli: Birgir Andr\u00e9sson, Tumi Magn\u00fasson og Roman Signer, 2010, og R\u00d3 R\u00d3, 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">S\u00fdningin er styrkt af:<br>Pro Helvetia, Kanton st. gallen, Myndlistarsj\u00f3\u00f0ur, Uppbyggingarsj\u00f3\u00f0ur, Austurlands, Landsbankinn og Alcoa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13815,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_exhibition_status":0,"wds_primary_location":0,"footnotes":""},"exhibition_status":[428],"location":[431],"class_list":["post-13811","exhibition","type-exhibition","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","exhibition_status-vaentanlegt","location-skaftfellsgalleriid"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skaftfell.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition\/13811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skaftfell.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skaftfell.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/exhibition"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skaftfell.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition\/13811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skaftfell.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skaftfell.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"exhibition_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skaftfell.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exhibition_status?post=13811"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skaftfell.is\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=13811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}