For the past few years Skaftfell has supervised the visual art class in Seyðisfjörður elementary school, grade 7 – 10. On the West Wall we present projects by 14 – 15 year old students, grade 9 – 10, made in spring semester 2012. They studied the life and art of naive artist Ásgeir Jón Emilsson, Geiri, and sought inspiration to create an art project.
10.05.10 – 30.05.10 The Bookshop-projectspace A series of photographic combinations, exploring structural and symbolic relationships between four different locations in America. Philip JohnsonÂs iconic Glass House is shown in relationship with an anonymous concrete block structure from a mining town in Pennsylvania. A dilapidated advertising sign is shown next to an image of the Twin Towers, pinned up on the inside wall of a domestic environment. These and other combinations form a quiet memorial to America. The image combinations will change each day for the first week of the exhibition. Fraser Stables is a visual artist based in Northampton, USA. […]