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| Ólöf Bóadóttir - Joe Keys |
| Óðamála - Else |
| 07. 12. 2024 - 09. 02. 2024 |
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Else is an exhibition of sculptures made over the last few years, they are works that have come into existence with leftover and found material, simple ideas made by gathering and organising. The individual sculptures have their own nuances, but are specs and marks in the larger composition of the exhibition.
On the opening day we will celebrate a newly published book work by Joe Keys.
Joe Keys (b.1995) studied at New College Durham, UK in visual arts graduating with an FDA in 2017, In 2018 he began studies in Reykjavík at the Iceland University of the Arts, graduating in 2021, and since then supervising the print workshop at the same institution, He has exhibited frequently in Iceland, and been an artist in residence and
exhibitior in Greece, Finland, Estonia, Oman and UK, He predominantly works with found material through sculpture and printmaking, The works he makes reflect systems of organisation in daily life, with a dry humour and consideration for overlooked and under-appreciated objects, In recent times he has focused on poetic text works, drawing and collage, He is currently a board member of the Living Art Museum and co-founded the artist run space, Associate Gallery in Reykjavík.
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In her exhibition Óðamála, Ólöf Bóadóttir exhibits a new installation consisting of three new works. In these works, Ólöf explores the digital realms of the internet and social media, attempting to articulate the aesthetic tendencies of political nationalism. The installation is both a journey through the symbolic landscape of nationalism and an effort to visualize the vast and ambiguous that materializes in the cracks between meaning and significance.
Ólöf Bóadóttir (b. 1994) graduated from the Fine Arts Department of the Iceland University of the Arts in 2019. She works in Reykjavík while also pursuing studies in philosophy at the University of Iceland. Her first solo exhibition was held at Harbinger in 2020, titled Some Type of Form Body. Previously, she exhibited in the Sculpture Garden on Nýlendugata alongside Óskar Ámundason, where they presented the work Pigeon Supermax (2019) as part of the off-programming for Sequences IX: Really. Ólöf created the piece Damn The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration(2019) during an artist residency at Röstin, and it is now located in Katrínarmó at Þórshöfn, Langanes. She also participated in the fourth iteration of The Wheel, an outdoor art exhibition organized by the Reykjavík Sculptors’ Association, with her work Circulating Economy (2021).
Ólöf primarily engages with public spaces and strives to capture the vast and the indefinable. In her process, she often initiates interactions with strangers, who frequently become part of the works. Her creations take the form of sculptures, artist books, video works, and sound pieces.
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Grandagarður 20 - 101 Reykjavík
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