Sigurdur Arni Sigurdsson
Peintures, dessins
Exhibition from 17 June to 30 July 1993
Opening June 16, 1993
Joint presentation of paintings, drawings and edition of the Centre (book and portfolio).
Sigurdur Arni Sigurdsson, Icelandic young painter, tackles figurative painting without previous speeches, nor on the « painting–painting » nor on a so-called return to representation. His subjects are extremely simplified archetypes (lakes, clouds, animals) or abstract forms (balls, circles, ovals). […] These simplified objects float on a monochrome surface, often cold and bright, suggesting a boreal atmosphere, that they penetrate, creating a confrontation between flat space and the illusionist space. The schizophrenic space and shapes in suspension arising from these pure and transparent surfaces transport us to imaginary tales and legends. (Véronique Bacchetta, extract from the press release)
Sigurdur Arni Sigurdsson, Corrections, series of 6 collotypes, black/white, on collotype paper, 30 × 30 cm, edition of 60 plus 2 A.P. and 4 H.C., numbered, dated and signed. Edition of the Centre genevois de gravure contemporaine, Geneva, 1993.
Sigurdur Arni Sigurdsson, Réserve, artist’s book, 6 double pages, etching on BFK Rives and japanese style paper, 22 × 17 cm, edition of 60 plus 2 A.P. and 4 H.C., numbered, dated and signed. Edition of the Centre genevois de gravure contemporaine, Geneva, 1993.