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Lawrence Weiner og Birgir Andrésson

30 March, 202313 May, 2023

Tungumálið er kjarni sköpunarferils Lawrence og Birgis. Báðir listamennirnir, sem einnig voru vinir, tengjast mætti orðanna órofa böndum og nota þau sem tjáningaraðferð, sér í lagi með því að leita í sjónrænt afl textans. Birgir og Lawrence rannsökuðu takmörk listarinnar með því að teygja sig út fyrir hefðbundnar hugmyndir um eðli hluta í rými og áhorfandann og sköpuðu þannig nýjar leiðir til tjáningar. Með tilvistar- og heimspekilegum hugleiðingum þróuðu báðir listamennirnir einstakar aðferðir við listsköpun sem bergmáluðu á alþjóðagrundvelli og breyttu stefnu samtímalistar.

Áhugi Birgis Andréssonar á aðferðum miðlunar magnaðist á uppeldisárunum en Birgir ólst upp hjá blindum foreldrum á blindraheimili. Þar af leiðandi skipuðu lýsingar með orðum mikilvægan sess í lífi Birgis og því þróaði hann með sér aukna næmni fyrir tungumálinu og lýsandi mætti þess. Einnig spilaði kímni og persónu- og þjóðareinkenni stórt hlutverk í listsköpun Birgis en saga Íslands ómar í gegnum allan feril hans. Birgir var fulltrúi Íslands á Feneyjartvíæringnum 1995 og er verk eftir hann í safneign Metropolitan Museum of Art í New York. Hann hélt einkasýningar á Listasafni Íslands og árið 2022 var sett upp stór yfirlitssýning af verkum hans á Listasafni Reykjavíkur í sýningarstjórn Robert Hobbs; með yfirlitssýningunni kom út vegleg bók um feril hans sem gefin var út af Distanz Verlag.

Lawrence Weiner helgaði sköpun sinni því að draga viðteknar reglur í efa sem gerði hann að leiðandi persónu konseptlistar á sjöunda áratug síðustu aldar. Myndrænt tungumál grafískrar notkunar á texta í hástöfum, merkjum og línum einkennir myndlist hans og hefur hlotið mikið lof. Lawrence hefur sýnt víða á alþjóðlegum vettvangi þar á meðal í Tate Modern í London; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Museo Tamayo í Mexíkóborg; Guggenheim Museum í Bilbao; The Jewish Museum í New York og í Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía í Madrid. Stór yfirlitssýning var sett upp á vegum Whitney Museum í New York; The Museum of Contemporary Art í Los Angeles og K12 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen í Dusseldorf á árunum 2007 – 2009.

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30 March, 2023
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13 May, 2023
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Tryggvagata 16
Reykjavík, 101 Iceland
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Language is at the essence of Lawrence Weiner and Birgir Andrésson’s artistries. The iconic conceptualists, who were also friends, are inextricably linked to the power of words and their methods of expression, particularly through the visual power of text. Andrésson and Weiner explored the boundaries of what art can be, pushing past traditional understandings of objecthood and viewership to create new methods of expression. For both artists, their existential and philosophical contemplations formed distinct practices that reverberated internationally to change the course of contemporary art.

Birgir Andrésson’s interest in methods of communication was heightened by growing up as a sighted person with blind parents in a home for the visually impaired. The reliance on the spoken word in Andrésson’s life created a heightened response to language and its descriptive powers. In addition to language, elements of humour, as well as national and personal identity, are important to his practice, and Icelandic history resonates strongly throughout his work. Andrésson, whose work is included in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, represented Iceland at the Venice Biennale in 1995. He had solo exhibitions at the National Gallery of Iceland and at the Reykjavík Art Museum, where a major survey show curated by art historian Robert Hobbs was presented in 2022; this survey exhibition was accompanied by a new monograph published by Distanz Verlag.

Lawrence Weiner’s devotion to questioning convention made the artist a leading figure in the 1960s Conceptual art movement, and his graphic use of capitalized text, marks, and lines formed a critically acclaimed visual language unique to him. Weiner has exhibited widely at international venues including Tate Modern, London; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Museo Tamayo, Mexico City; Guggenheim Museum Bilbao; The Jewish Museum, New York; and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. A major retrospective of Weiner’s work was presented by the Whitney Museum, New York; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; and K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf from 2007 – 2009.

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Start:
30 March, 2023
End:
13 May, 2023
Event Categories:
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Event Tags:
Website:
https://i8.is/exhibitions/204/

Organizer

i8 Gallery
Phone:
551 3666
Email:
info@i8.is
View Organizer Website

Venue

i8 Gallery
Tryggvagata 16
Reykjavík, 101 Iceland
+ Google Map
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