Sigurdur gudmundsson biography

SIGURÐUR GUÐMUNDSSON

b. 1942 in Reykjavik

Lives and works in Xiamen, Amsterdam and Reykjavik

 

EDUCATION

 

1963-1964         

Academie ’63, Haarlem, The Netherlands

 

1960-1963         

Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts, Reykjavik

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2021

The Universe is a Poem, Bræðslan, Djúpivogur, Iceland


2020
Journey of Being, hunt kastner, Prague, Czech Republic

2019

Sculptural Poems, Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm, Sweden

Skúlptúr of nánd / Intimacy and Sculpture, The Reykjavik Art Museum - Ásmundarsafn, Reykjavik, Iceland

Eight Poems, CEAC / Chinese European Art Center, Xiamen, China

 

2017
Sigurður Guðmundsson, Arion Banki (Headquarters), Reykjavík, Iceland

 

2016

4 Parts Divided, i8 Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland

 

2015

Untitled Meanings, Levant Art Gallery, Shanghai, China

 

2013

Sigurdur Gudmunds

From Iceland — A Life, Curated: At 80 Sigurður Guðmundsson Is Just Getting Started

The artist Sigurður Guðmundsson is preoccupied with pouring a bottle of beer into a glass. He watches the rim intently, anticipating how much he can add before the point of no return. I comment that I will have to drink it directly from the table, but Sigurður ignores me, all of his focus on the delicate dance playing out before him, between physics and fate. To watch him feels like bearing witness to a battle between his will and reality, and there is a split second where I’m not entirely sure who has the upper hand. Finally he manages to fit all but the last few drops into the glass, and sits up with great satisfaction. “There,” he says, triumphantly. “That is an art in itself.”

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Sigurður Guðmundsson

Sigurður Guðmundsson (born 20 September 1942) is an Icelandic artist.[1]

Early life and education

Gudmundsson was born in Reykjavik, Iceland, the son of a frame-maker and art dealer Gudmundur Árnason and his wife Áslaug Sigurdardóttir. He studied at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts, Reykjavik and at the Academie '63 (later De Ateliers '63) in Haarlem.

Life and work

After returning to Iceland in 1966, with his wife and son, he became part of the Sύm group of artists, who had no single philosophy but shared characteristics with the international Fluxus movement and recognised the importance of a playful, innovative environment.

Gudmundsson had his first solo show in February 1969 in Sύm's exhibition space Galerí Sύm. His manifesto for the exhibition A few words about art included a series of statements about what art is and is not, for example "Art is not about showing how skilful the artist is, Art is not there to delight your eye, Art is a way of living life."[2] This year also saw him organise an exhib

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