Curator Þórunn Eymundardóttir Every human has in common the desire to belong, to see and understand oneself. The surroundings that a person grows up in inevitably become a big part of ones identity and thus influence a persons view of the world; the view from ones doorsteps. On exhibition are selected works from the collection of the Seydisfjordur Municipality. The common thread in the selection are works that explore the point of view that humans take when celebrating their place of origin, honouring those that have made a difference in the community or remembering important milestones. The art works, in […]
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Ingólfur Arnarsson, Þuríður Rós Sigurþórsdóttir
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 […]