Þula
Áslaug Íris Friðjónsdóttir – Open
November 25th at 5pm
We welcome you to join us for the opening of Áslaug Íris Katrín Friðjónsdóttir, Open, her second solo exhibition at Þula. Saturday the 25th of November at 17:00
“In all creative processes we open portals into new dimensions within ourselves and around us. We open up to the unknown and the unexpected, created by the interplay of the discipline and the unconscious.
In the exhibition Open, Áslaug reflects on the dimensions of the painting, both the external space as within, from the space in larger context to the work’s smallest units. What dimensions can the work open up for us? Which perspective do we choose and do we see anything unexpected?
We could be situated in the subjective reality of the artist, inside the human body, out in nature or even in distant galaxies. If you look long enough, you might even hear what you see. Colours, stones, water, linoleum, pencil and other materials merge in the same way as the perception. Opposites become parallels, the linear takes flight and a playful movement is created both on the work’s surface and within the new context that the senses perceive.”
Áslaug Íris Katrín Friðjónsdóttir (b. 1981) graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York with an MFA degree in 2009 and obtained a BA degree in fine arts from the Iceland University of the Arts in 2006. A rich sense of materiality characterizes Áslaug’s work, who works with abstract imagery and looks for meanings in varied material choices and methods, e.g. by drawing in a petrified surface and the interaction of stones within other components resulting in her distinctive sculptural painting style.
Áslaug has had multiple solo exhibitions and participated in group shows in museums and galleries across Europe, the United States, and Iceland. Notable mentions include Stellingar I Linear Narratives at Berg Contemporary, A17 at the Reykjanes Art Museum, Skúlptúr Skúlptúr at Gerðarsafn, as well as solo exhibitions Arfur at Gallerí Þula, Bergmál at Listval Gallery, and Skil | Skjól at Neskirkja. Earlier this year, Áslaug participated in the art fair Market in Stockholm and a group exhibition at the Icelandic Embassy residence in Stockholm as well as the group exhibition Samhljómur at the Icelandic Embassy in Copenhagen. Works by
Áslaug are held in the collections of public art museums in Iceland.
