Opening on September 9th from 5 - 7 PM | Opnun fimmtudaginn 9. september kl. 17 - 19
Th�r Vigf�sson (b. 1954) has for many years been investigating the interaction between art and its surroundings through works made of glass, plexi, mirrors, and formica. Commissioned for many recent public buildings, his works dialogue with architectural design through their simple geometric forms and pure colours.
Vigf�sson is currently exhibiting a series of wall works at i8 made with painted glass, a material he has been working with in recent years. The glass he uses is cut in a particular shape, the edges polished, and the back painted with a certain colour. Obviously the slightest changes in proportion or color of work built on such minimalism leads to significantly different outcomes. Each work also changes according to its location and that location in turn is altered as it accommodates the work � the interplay amplified in the mirror effect of the glass.
Although each work is an independent phenomenon, the repeated shapes and specific palette of colours lends them all certain coherence. The green hue of the thick glass further serves to unify the different colours. The diamond shape that Vigf�sson has chosen for this exhibition differs from his earlier square works as it resists allusion to an �image on a wall� and is therefore less stable. The new shape is further distorted and stretched, each diamond three times wider than it is high, becoming an altogether distinctive geometric form without exterior reference.
The exhibition runs through October 16th. For further information please contact Iris Stefansdottir on +354 551 3666 or [email protected]
��r Vigf�sson (f. 1954) hefur um langt skei� fengist vi� a� sko�a samspil listaverka og umhverfis � verkum sem ger� eru �r gleri, plex�gleri, speglum og formica-plasti. Verk hans er v��a a� finna � opinberum n�byggingum enda kallast �au � vi� ark�tekt�r og h�nnun me� einf�ldum ge�metr�skum formum og hreinum litum.
��r s�nir n� r�� n�rra veggverka � i8 �r �eim efnivi� sem hann hefur fengist vi� undanfarin �r, �.e. �m�la�ar glerpl�tur. Gleri� sem hann notar er skori� � �kve�in form, kantarnir sl�pa�ir og bakhli�in m�lu� � �kve�num lit. Eins og gefur a� skilja munu sm�v�gilegar breytingar � hlutf�llum og litaskala verka sem byggja � sl�kri naumhyggju kalla fram gj�r�l�ka �tkomu. �au breytast l�ka eftir �v� hvar �au eru til s�nis �v� �au taka inn r�mi� � kring og umhverfi� tekur s�mulei�is breytingum vi� a� h�sa verkin. Speglunin � glerinu �trekar �essa hugmynd.
�� verkin s�u hvert um sig sj�lfst�tt fyrirb�ri sem getur virkja� umhverfi sitt me� fyrrgreindum h�tti gerir endurtekning sama forms og t�nar litaskalans �a� a� verkum a� �au kallast � innbyr�is. Gr�na slikjan � �ykku glerinu t�nar alla litina saman. T�gulformi� sem ��r notar � �essari s�ningu er fr�brug�i� �eim ferningum sem hann hefur ��ur s�nt a� �v� leyti a� �a� kallar ekki fram hugmyndina um �mynd � vegg� og er a� sama skapi ekki eins st��ugt. Formi� ver�ur algj�rlega sj�lfst�� ge�metr�sk eining �n nokkurra tilv�sana �t fyrir sj�lft sig. �� er eins og �a� s� bjaga� e�a teygt, enda hlutf�llin �annig a� hver t�gull er �risvar sinnum brei�ari en hann er � h��.
S�ningin stendur til 16. Okt�ber. Frekari uppl�singar veitir �ris Stef�nsd�ttir � s�ma 551 3666 e�a [email protected]
