Gabríela Friðriksdóttir. Crepusculum
29. September - 8. January 2012

Gabríela Friðriksdóttir. Crepusculum

Gabríela Friðriksdóttir approach is characterized by the use of a variety of media: drawings, paintings, photographs, and sculptures figure as prominently as installations, performances, and video films. In her works Friðriksdóttir assembles various cultural, religious, and psychological elements to unfold a unique aesthetic canon of signs, forms, and meanings. This becomes particularly evident in her films, whose surreal scenarios, abandoning all traditional patterns of narrative, confront the viewer with wondrous worlds in which dream images mingle with stories from Norse mythology and references to sexual psychology. For her films, Friðriksdóttir has repeatedly collaborated with the Icelandic pop star Björk. For the Schirn, Gabríela Friðriksdóttir has conceived a room entitled “Crepusculum” (dusk, twilight) in which medieval Icelandic manuscripts are combined with the artist’s mysterious system of signs and a new film production to create a mystical landscape.

Edited by Matthias Wagner K and Max Hollein. With a preface by Max Hollein and texts by Matthias Wagner K, Úlfhildur Dagsdóttir, Margrét Eggertsdóttir, Jóhanna Katrín Friðriksdóttir, Guðrún Ása Grímsdóttir, Guðvarður Már Gunnlaugsson, Daniel Kothenschulte, Gudrún Norðal, Svanhildur Óskarsdóttir, Gísli Sigurðsson, Sigurgeir Steingrímsson, and Julia Wirxel. German and English edition, 308 pages, 164 color and 28 black-and-white illustrations, Kehrer Verlag für Kunst, Kultur und Fotografie, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86828-260-3

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