Ragnar Kjartansson (performance artist)
Ragnar Kjartansson (* 1976 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic performance artist, painter , sculptor and musician (member of the Trabant group ). He represented Iceland at the 2009 Venice Biennale .
Ragnar Kjartansson is the son of the actor, director and playwright Kjartan Ragnarsson (* 1945) and the well-known Icelandic actress Guðrún Ásmundsdóttir (* 1935). His grandfather is the sculptor and ceramist Ragnar Kjartansson , after whom he was named.
Solo exhibitions
- 2000 Konstar och jag vil knulla , Gallerí 1319 A, Stockholm , Sweden
- 2000 Video installation with Gunnhildur Hauksdottir, Gallerí Nema Hvað, Reykjavík , Iceland
- 2001 Hurt the one you love , Gallerí i8, Reykjavík, Iceland
- 2003 Colonialization , Galleri Kling & Bang, Iceland
- 2004 Oh my god , Safn, Reykjavík, Iceland
- 2004 Monument of Love
- 2004 Confidential (with Magnús Sigurðarson), Reykjavík Art Festival, Iceland
- 2005 The Great Unrest , Reykjavík Art Festival, Iceland
- 2006 Sorrow conquers happiness , Galerie Adler, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- 2007 God , Living Art Museum, Reykjavík, Iceland
- 2009 The End , Icelandic Pavilion, 53rd International Art Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia
- 2011 Endless longing, eternal return , Frankfurter Kunstverein , Frankfurt am Main
- 2012 The Visitors , Migros Museum , Zurich
- 2013 Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors , Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary-Augarten, Vienna
- 2014 Ragnar Kjartansson and friends: Das Schloss des Sommerlandes , Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary – Augarten, Vienna
- 2014 Ragnar Kjartansson: The Visitors. Institute of Contemporary Art , Boston
- 2019 Ragnar Kjartansson: Scheize - Liebe - Sehnsucht , Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
literature
- Ragnar Kjartansson: The End. Christian Schoen (ed.), O. O. 2009, ISBN 978-3-7757-2333-6 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Ragnar Kjartansson in the catalog of the German National Library
- CV and work (gallery page)
- CV and work (gallery page)
- CV and work (video type)
- Elke Buhr, With a beard, quiff and guitar , monopol-magazin.de, August 18, 2011
- Ragnar Kjartansson on kunstaspekte.de
- Why does it say "Scheize - Liebe - Sehnsucht"? , Stuttgarter Nachrichten, July 12, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ Auður Mikaelsdóttir: Ragnar Kjartansson. Þversögn leikarans í vídeóverkunum. BA thesis Háskóli Íslands , Reykjavík 2011, p. 5 ( PDF ( Memento of the original from October 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. , Icelandic); Ragnar Kjartansson á Myndlistartvíæringnum í Feneyjum. In: Vísir v. November 22, 2007 (Icelandic); Ragnar Ólafsson: Ragnar Kjartansson myndhöggvari (obituary). In: Morgunblaðið v. November 2, 1988, p. 21 (Icelandic) ( Online at Tímarit.is )
- ↑ Three elves are singing. In: FAZ . October 4, 2011, display sides page 2
- ↑ Announcement on the exhibition ( Memento of the original from August 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 9, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ragnar Kjartansson |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kjartansson, Ragnar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Icelandic performance artist, painter, sculptor and musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reykjavík |