Photo from the performance Lonely by Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir, a.k.a. Shoplifter

The Living Art Museum (Nýló) is participating in the 2012 Armory Show in New York,  March 8.—11. At the Armory, work by a wide variety of artists is represented by international galleries and institutions, and this year a special component of the show will be the Armory Focus: the Nordic Countries. Curated by Jacob Fabricius, the project will offer a view into contemporary art and art production in the Nordic region, with a number of galleries and non-profit institutions taking part.

Nýló shares a booth with Overgaden, Institute for Contemporary Art in Copenhagen, and communally the two spaces will present performance work by several artists and offer a view into their exhibition histories and collections of work. Nýló will offer a glimpse into its history and collection of work donated to the museum in the past 34 years, along with promoting the recent retrospective publication The Living Art Museum 1978-2008.

The emphasis at the Nýló and Overgaden booth will be on performance with artists taking turns at presenting their works and projects.  Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir, a.k.a. Shoplifter will perform her work, Lonely, daily between 4 and 5 pm. She was recently awarded the Nordic Awards in Textiles and a medal of honor from the Swedish Royal Court. Curver Thoroddsen, who's solo project will be opened at the Living Art Museum later this month, will exhibit a series of video works.  Other artists who's works will be presented are Jesper Just & Petri Sirvio, Eske Kath & Eric Starosielski, Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen & Pete Drungle, Joachim Koester & Shirin Sabahi, Jasper Sebastian Stürup & Ana Cardoso, Rose Eken & Nikolaj Hess, Nanna Debois Buhl & Liz Linden, Jakob Boeskov & Lili Schulder, Jesper Aabille & Douglas Paulson, Kasper Sonne & Mamiko Otsubo, Yvette Brackman & Martha Rosler, Jakob Boeskov & Lili Schulder and Ann Lislegaard.
 
At The Armory Show, the Living Art Museum will present new material published in English. The visual component, designed by Ármann Agnarsson and Högni Valur, derives from various materials from the history of the museum, invitations, posters and other documentation.
 
The Nýló and Overgaden booth is 827 located at Pier 94.

Nýló´s participation in the Armory Show is kindly supported by the Icelandic Art Center and the Consulate of Iceland in New York.

Further information on The Armory Show 2012 can be found here.