Ásmundur Sveinsson

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Í eigu safnsins eru þrjár teikningar af þessu tagi eftir Ásmund. Þær vísa til sýningarinnar Hola frá árinu 2009, þar sem listamaðurinn skapaði 6 tonna steinsteyptan skúlptúr ásamt myndbandi og ljósmyndum. Verkin voru unnin með aðstoð skólabarna í Reykjavík. Þau grófu holu á Klambratúni sem listamaðurinn fyllti af steypu og sýndi afraksturinn í safninu. Sýningin endurspeglaði viðkvæmt ástand á Íslandi á sínum tíma í kjölfar hruns. Á teikningunum hefur skúlptúrinn öðlast sjálfstætt líf og virðist sveiflast á milli stillansa og byggingarkrana í óræðu ferli á milli uppbyggingar og niðurrifs.

Verkið samanstendur af nokkrum Fanta-flöskum þar sem innihaldinu hefur verið skipt út fyrir Pepsí, samanber orðaleikinn í verkheitinu. Skúlptúrnum fylgir myndbandsupptaka af listamanninum í hlutverki nokkurs konar sölumanns eða markþjálfa. Hann setur fram þá kenningu að val á starfsvettvangi sé um margt svipað því að velja sér gosdrykk. Þar með leggur hann að jöfnu hversdagslegar neysluvenjur og smekk annars vegar og hins vegar djúpstæðar hugmyndir um sjálfsmynd og lífsviðhorf.

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Ásmundur Ásmundsson  (born 1971)  Education: 1994-96           School of Visual Arts (MFA), New York, USA1990-93           Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts, Reykjavik, Iceland1989-90           The Art College of Akureyri, Akureyri, Iceland  Solo Exhibitions:  2003    Concrete, Gallery Hlemmur, Reykjavik, Iceland2002    Painting is to Humanity as Sculpture is to Culture, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland 2001    Your Favorite Picture, The Corridor, Reykjavik, Iceland 2000    Summer is Time, Winter is Space, The Yellow House, Reykjavik, Iceland Broken Integrities and Other Pieces (with Justin Blaustein), 207 Gallery, Los Angeles, USA Video Ergo Sum, Gallery Oneoone, Reykjavik, Iceland1998    Artists on the Verge of Something, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland1997    Werner Kalbfleisch´s Top Ten (AKUSA), Snorri Gallery, Akureyri, Iceland1995    Asmyndir a Smokka, Mokka, Reykjavik, Iceland1994    From the Kunstlabrator (with Hlynur Hallson), Deiglan, Akureyri, IcelandTwo Ladies, Gallery Gluggi, Akureyri, Iceland1993    Mats and Hides, Gerduberg, Reykjavik, Iceland Selected Group Exhibitions:2002    Hvalreki, Ljosafoss Power Station, Ljosafoss, IcelandMy Body is Over the Ocean, Alma Lov Museum, Ostra Amtervik, SwedenAkureyri in Art 2, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, IcelandGet on the Boat, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland2001    WUK, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Wienna, AustriaHver med sinu nefi, Gallery Skuggi, Reykjavik, IcelandThe Toolbox, Skaftfell, Seydisfjordur, IcelandCamp Lejre, The City of Lejre, Lejre, DenmarkAltered State, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, IcelandExit, Cable factory, Helsinki, Finland2000    Thjodveldi, Gerdarsafn, Reykjavik, Iceland Art without Inebriation, ESK, Hannover, GermanyPhotosynthesis, Club Lux, Helsinki, FinlandThe Space Within the Space, Ketilhúsið, Akureyri, IcelandAt, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland7/6, Eisenes Haus / Palais Thienfeld, Graz, Austria Orgasm 2000, Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland1999    7/6, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, IcelandIcelandic Bone in a Swedish Sock, Gallery 54, Gothenburg, Sweden1997    The Igloo has Landed", Villa Minimo, Hannover, GermanyRiesenalk-oholiker, OFKunstraum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany -30/60+, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, IcelandStupid Humans (AKUSA), Ron Dickles Fine Arts, Los Angeles, USANo Fun, Double Pleasure, New York, USA1997    Wrong Place, Right Time, Double Pleasure, New York, USAIceland/smaller, Population 4, Gallery Dumbo, New York, USATo Hell with All of Us, International Gallery of Snorri Asmundsson, Akureyri, IcelandVague Pop, Part One: The Miracle Whip, The View Room Exhibitions, New York, USA1996    The Smurf Problem, Calculator Gallery, New York, USAThe Most Important Thing in the World: Oasis vs. Blur and Artists who Rock"(AKUSA), The (Alternative) Alternative Arts Fair, New York, USAThesum (AKUSA), Visual Arts Gallery, New York, USA1994    Together at Last, Gallery Greip, Reykjavik, IcelandThe Art Trio, Deiglan, Akureyri, Iceland1993    Sixteen Days, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland  Own Publications: 2002        Hann Dieter (Video)The Beast (Video)1998    Are You Talking to Me? (Video) 1996    Werner Kalbfleisch’s Top Ten  (CD) (AKUSA)1995    101 Artist's Quotes (Book) and  "12 Postcards" (AKUSA)  Selected Performances, Lectures, Radio Shows: 2002        Dear Minister of Industry (speech/performance, Ljosafoss Station, Ljosafoss, IcelandDear Austrians (speech/performance, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, IcelandDear President (speech/performance), Reykjavik City Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland 2001    Criticism and Space II (lecture/performance), Exit Festival, Helsinki, Finland2000    Criticism and Space I (AKUSA) (lecture/performance), UC Berkley, Berkley, USA and The Icelandic Academy of the Arts, Reykjavik, IcelandPhotosynthesis, Makasiinet, Helsinki, FinlandProgress (with Magnus Sigurðarson), performance, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland1999    Cultura Exotica, Six radio shows on Channel One, IcelandMovies in Time, lecture/performance, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland  and Gallery 54 Gothenburg, Sweden1998    Rock og Roll (with Giovanni Garcia-Fenech), performance, Double Pleasure, New York Grants and Awards:2002    The Reykjavik City Stipendium      2000    The Icelandic Government Stipendium for one year 1993    Award of Excellency from the Icelandic College of Arts and CraftsAKUSA is Ásmundur Ásmundsson and Justin Blaustein.

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