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RÚRÍ
Retrospective - National Gallery of Iceland March 3- May 6, 2012
Icelandic artist Rúrí (*1951 in Reykjavik) is one of the most important female artists in northern Europe. Her early work reflects the tensions of a society in turmoil, and it attests to the strong will required to assert oneself in the male-dominated art world. In the eighties, she dealt with questions about her own identity as well as cultural identity in general. Influenced by Fluxus and Conceptualism, she was one of the first performance artists in Scandinavia. Later themes of her actions, performances, public art projects, and poetic objects centered on ethnicity, and she drew worldwide attention with her Archive—Endangered Waters at the 2003 Venice Biennale. For Rúrí, art is a way of giving shape to philosophy, and she poses crucial questions about life in a manner unlike any other artist.
RÚRÍ
Ed. by Christian Schoen, texts by Laufey Helgadóttir, Dorothea van der Koelen,
Halldór Björn Runólfsson, Christian Schoen, Gunnar J. Árnason
English
Ostfildern 2011 (Hatje Cantz). 208 pages, 296 illustrations.
24,50 x 28,50 cm
hardcover
ISBN 978-3-7757-2995-6
Book presentations:
Frankfurt Bookfair September 2011
Ars Electronica Center/OK Centrum, Linz October 2011
Pan Nordic Building of the Nordic Embassies, Berlin February 2012
Amos Anderson Museum, Helsinki May 2012
PRESSEDOWNLOADS:
Press release (SAVE THE DATE) - December 2011
Archive - Endangered Waters (Icelandic Pavilion; 50th International Art Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia; Foto: Rúrí)
Exhibition:
Rúrí - retrospective, National Gallery of Iceland, 3.3.-6.5.2012