RAGNAR KJARTANSSON: Endless Longing, Eternal Return
19 Aug - 16 Oct 2011
Press preview: August 18, 2011, 11 am
Opening: August 18, 2011, 7 pm
On the occasion of Iceland's invitation as guest country of the Frankfurt Book Fair, the Frankfurter Kunstverein presents the first major solo exhibition in Germany of Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson (born 1976).
Contemporary Icelandic art is often characterized by intermedial and interdisciplinary approaches. Many artists work simultaneously with moving video images and still photography, sound and electronic ambient music, performances and situational actions, which develop into installations or arrangements of objects. Ragnar Kjartansson also incorporates elements from visual art, music as well as theater into his work, which takes the form of happenings, installations, drawings, photographs, and videos. His works range from regional folk tales to clichés of pop culture, and they offer views of history and the present that are simultaneously enchanting and nightmarish.
Opening: August 18, 2011, 7 pm
On the occasion of Iceland's invitation as guest country of the Frankfurt Book Fair, the Frankfurter Kunstverein presents the first major solo exhibition in Germany of Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson (born 1976).
Contemporary Icelandic art is often characterized by intermedial and interdisciplinary approaches. Many artists work simultaneously with moving video images and still photography, sound and electronic ambient music, performances and situational actions, which develop into installations or arrangements of objects. Ragnar Kjartansson also incorporates elements from visual art, music as well as theater into his work, which takes the form of happenings, installations, drawings, photographs, and videos. His works range from regional folk tales to clichés of pop culture, and they offer views of history and the present that are simultaneously enchanting and nightmarish.