Geometry

Gerðarsafn Kópavogur Art Museum Hamraborg 4, Kópavogur, Iceland

Abstract geometry was a product of experimental and progressive ideas on the nature and potential of art. The movement came like a meteor into Icelandic cultural life at the beginning of the 1950s and propelled a radical shift in the nation’s art history. The movement was a response to the prevailing aesthetics, seeking to find …

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Eiríkur Smith

Hafnarborg Center of Culture and Fine Art Strandgata 34, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland

The Icelandic art scene went through a transformative period in the 1950s, as new ideas and movements gained traction in the country. Geometric abstraction was spreading across the globe as a wave of change and Iceland was no exception. The artist Eiríkur Smith was studying in Copenhagen and Paris at the time and he was …

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