19.06.09 - 31.07.09 ANTHONY McCALL & FINNBOGI P�TURSSON
i8 Gallery and Sean Kelly Gallery are delighted to announce two exhibitions, featuring Anthony McCall and Finnbogi P�tursson, being held concurrently in New York and Reykjav�k, Iceland. The opening in Reykjav�k will take place on Friday, June 19, from 5pm to 7pm at i8 Gallery; the opening in New York will take place on Thursday, June 25, from 6pm to 8pm at Sean Kelly Gallery. Both artists will be present at the openings.
Anthony McCall will present Doubling Back, 2003, at the Kjart�flugeymslur positioned on the outskirts of the city. This projected light piece stretches from the floor almost to the ceiling and, over a period of forty-five minutes, two intersecting curved lines create planes in space that gradually move toward and away from each other. The installation examines drawing, volume, space and time, as well as how viewers engage with the physical realms of an artwork and each other. At i8 Gallery, McCall will present a group of early works from the 1970�s, including performance scores, films, installation drawings and photographs. McCall first presented a performance work in Iceland in 1972, along with members of the SUM collective (many of whom work currently with i8 Gallery), at the Gallery SUM during the Reykjav�k Arts Festival; SUM was a group of Icelandic artists who ran their own gallery in Reykjav�k from 1968 to 1976.
Finnbogi P�tursson will present new installations in the lower gallery at i8 Gallery. Engraved into the gallery wall, an actual sound recording from an Icelandic glacier materializes as a 'sound-image�. Another site-specific work consists of a small-scale water installation where the conjunction of light, water and rhythm create an interplay of shadows and sound caused by the passing of time.
i8 Galler� og Sean Kelly Gallery � New York kynna s�ningar listamannanna Anthony McCall og Finnboga P�turssonar sem haldnar eru samt�mis � Reykjav�k og New York. S�ningin � i8 opnar 19. j�n� kl. 17:00 og � New York �ann 25. j�n�. B��ir listamennirnir ver�a vi�staddir opnanir s�ninganna.
� i8 galler�i s�nir Anthony McCall n�leg verk � bland vi� verk fr� �ttunda �ratugnum sem m.a. tengjast gj�rningum, kvikmyndum, teikningum af innsetningum og lj�smyndum. Einnig mun Anthony s�na verki� Doubling Back fr� 2003 � Kart�flugeymslunum � �rt�nsbrekku. Verki�, sem varpar lj�sgeislum sem hreyfast um r�mi�, kannar m�rk teikningar, r�mtaks og t�ma; n.k. kvikmynd � n�inu �ar sem �horfendur eru staddir � leikmyndinni.
Finnbogi P�tursson s�nir tv� n� verk � ne�ri h�� i8. Verkin sem b��i eru unnin beint inn � r�mi� eru annars vegar �hlj�� mynd� af j�kli og hins vegar innsetning �ar sem vatn, lj�s og taktur t�mans mynda eina heild.
