Hreinn fridfinnsson biography of mahatma

We, ourselves, regarded it as a significant avant-garde art, but in reality, it was a bit of a mixture, a sort of impression of what was going on abroad and we had had the opportunity to observe," says Hreinn. Foreign influence was quite evident. We had pop-art and Duchamp, you could spot ready-made, and even much earlier influences which had made a great impact, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

It was a great time to observe the discourse between the artists and their nation. Hreinn moved on to London where he met his wife who was a ballet dancer. When she got a position in Limos in France, the couple moved there and Hreinn continued to develop his art. Then, in his wife was offered a position with various companies, amongst them the Dutch National Ballet, which she deemed the most feasible.

They moved to Holland where they both have lived to this day though they split up in In spite of living in Amsterdam his entire career, Hreinn has been an active force in the Icelandic art scene. Every spring I felt this need for the Icelandic nature, the light, the people. My extended family lives here and the majority of my friends. Most of my colleagues in the art world were living her.

Hreinn says he also needed Iceland for inspiration. I used to paint the landscape from a very early age with whatever material there was on hand. The scene developed and changed until it was merely implied in my work. It takes more than a mere glance to see it. But, then again, I never think about Icelandic connections in my work so I couldn't tell you where and how to find them.

Others have spotted the links and written about them. After moving to Amsterdam, I used Icelandic motives. My first one-man exhibition was in Amsterdam in where I exhibited anecdotal pieces on enchanted patches in Iceland. It was comprised of photographs and the stories attached to those patches. Clearing detail , Installation. From Home , C-print.

Attending , 2 colour photographs. A Palace , Chicken wire. A Palace detail , Chicken wire. Atelier Sketch , Spider web, glass, wood, paint.

Hreinn fridfinnsson biography of mahatma

Dream , Typed text on paper. Images of ocean waves are projected onto a blocky escarpment constructed of stacked carboard boxes in Hulduklettur Hidden Cliff , Mirrors cover some of the boxes, while others contain colored paper, ammonite fossils, images of the galaxy, a nautilus shell, or an anatomical model of the human ear—structures that display the natural ordering principle of the Fibonacci sequence.

Consequently, most of his major exhibitions, including this one at MOAD, gather works from across the multiple decades of his career, without regard for chronology or ideas of artistic development. In the artist moved to Amsterdam and began exhibiting at galleries in the Netherlands and other European countries. Fridfinnsson represented Iceland at the Venice Biennale in About Works Exhibitions Archive Foundation.