Artist talk: Sæmundur Þór Helgason
Welcome to the Living Art Museum on Collection Night! Sæmundur Þór Helgason and Odda Júlía Snorradóttir talk to visitors about the current exhibition Why is Iceland so poor? The event starts at 18. There is entrance fee and the conversation will take place in Icelandic and English, taking into account the needs of those who attend.
“Why is Iceland so poor?” asks artist Sæmundur Þór Helgason in a new work exhibited at The Living Art Museum in dialogue with selected works from the museum's collection. The aesthetics of the exhibition are inspired by the graphic identity of Bónus, a chain of grocery stores that was originally founded to provide their customers with the lowest possible food prices.
“Why is Iceland so poor?” surfaces the concerns of the nation today, while simultaneously considering it as part of ongoing conversation on the lived experience of Icelanders. Amongst Sæmundur’s work are different artworks from The Living Art Museum’s collection, meticulously chosen in correspondence to the answers of Helgason’s interviewees. The selection proves that poverty, contrary to the image-production of the nation, has deep roots into Iceland’s society. These works and these answers serve as an open forum on wealth and its unequal division in society today.
Welcome to the Living Art Museum on Collection Night! Sæmundur Þór Helgason and Odda Júlía Snorradóttir talk to visitors about the current exhibition Why is Iceland so poor? The event starts at 18. There is entrance fee and the conversation will take place in Icelandic and English, taking into account the needs of those who attend.
“Why is Iceland so poor?” asks artist Sæmundur Þór Helgason in a new work exhibited at The Living Art Museum in dialogue with selected works from the museum's collection. The aesthetics of the exhibition are inspired by the graphic identity of Bónus, a chain of grocery stores that was originally founded to provide their customers with the lowest possible food prices.
“Why is Iceland so poor?” surfaces the concerns of the nation today, while simultaneously considering it as part of ongoing conversation on the lived experience of Icelanders. Amongst Sæmundur’s work are different artworks from The Living Art Museum’s collection, meticulously chosen in correspondence to the answers of Helgason’s interviewees. The selection proves that poverty, contrary to the image-production of the nation, has deep roots into Iceland’s society. These works and these answers serve as an open forum on wealth and its unequal division in society today.
