Regulators & Lobbyists

Geirþrúður Finnbogadóttir Hjörvar

Galleri undirgong Geirthrudur Hjorvar 2024

“Regulators & Lobbyists” is a work in public space. Exhibiting art in a public space is a matter of public interest – as in making art available to the public. This sentiment is taken a step further by reflecting on the interests of the public in a broader sense and in the language of art. The work therefore addresses conflict between regulators and lobbyists as the foundation for political interactions inspired by the Icelandic magazine ‘Birtingur’ with its peculiar intermingling of design aesthetics and visual arts that exemplified high-modernism in Iceland. However, the author does not consider the work to be political in the sense of taking a position on the legitimacy of this system or any particular individuals within it. Rather, the assumption is that the act of describing the situation concerning the interests of the public is a way of protecting those interests. Not necessarily by stating the facts but rather through a vocabulary of visual imagery.

Artist: Geirþrúður Finnbogadóttir Hjörvar

Date:

28.07.2024 – 27.10.2024

Location:

Gallery Underpass

Hverfisgata 76, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland

Tags:

City CenterExhibition

Opening hours:

Open 24/7

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