Geometry
Abstract geometry was a product of experimental and progressive ideas on the nature and potential of art. The movement came like a meteor into Icelandic cultural life at the beginning of the 1950s and propelled a radical shift in the nation鈥檚 art history. The movement was a response to the prevailing aesthetics, seeking to find new modes of creativity and expression. Geometry was not an isolated art movement, but a new attitude, interpretation and expression, in which the painting was no longer contained by the frame, the fusion of art forms was possible and the city became the setting for cultural change.
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Abstract geometry was a product of experimental and progressive ideas on the nature and potential of art. The movement came like a meteor into Icelandic cultural life at the beginning of the 1950s and propelled a radical shift in the nation鈥檚 art history. The movement was a response to the prevailing aesthetics, seeking to find new modes of creativity and expression. Geometry was not an isolated art movement, but a new attitude, interpretation and expression, in which the painting was no longer contained by the frame, the fusion of art forms was possible and the city became the setting for cultural change.
Artists on show
- Ásgerður Búadóttir
- Ásmundur Sveinsson
- Benedikt Gunnarsson
- Eirikur Smith
- Eyborg Gudmundsdottir
- Gerður Helgadóttir
- Gudmunda Andrésdóttir
- Guðmundur Benediktsson
- Hafsteinn Austmann
- Hjörleifur Sigurðsson
- Hordur Agustsson
- Karl Kvaran
- Kjartan Guðjónsson
- Kristín Jónsdóttir frá Munkaþverá
- Málfríður Konráðsdóttir
- Nína Tryggvadóttir
- Skarphéðinn Haraldsson
- Svavar Guðnason
- Sverrir Haraldsson
- Thorvaldur Skúlason
- Vala Enard Hafstað
- Valtýr Pétursson
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