Visual World

 Reykjavík Art Museum-Hafnarhús.  2005

Each mountain consists of 12 units, put together around the structural columns in hall B. The units are made from solid reinforced concrete blocks, measuring 250 cm. in height and each mountain has a different texture, shades of grey and colors.

The seal

2005, Visual World, Reykjavík  Art Museum-Hafnarhús  

In front; Japanese-Icelandic Garden, 2005, 600x400x50 cm. glass, gravel, metal.

Visual World, 2005,  view of the exhibition in the courtyard at the Reykjavík Art Museum-Hafnarhús

Japanese-Icelandic Garden, 2005, 600x400x50 cm. glass, gravel, metal.

Detail, Japanese-Icelandic garden  

In front; West Mountains I, II, 2004,  192x38x36 cm. each, concrete, glass, sand. In back; Staðarfjall, 2005, 250x600x6 cm. concrete, color

Visual World, installation view 

Volcanos II, III, IV, 2004, 193x31x23 cm. 183x34x28 cm. 177x32x26 cm. concrete, glass, sand, fiber 

Each mountain consists of 12 units, put together around the structural columns in hall B. The units are made from solid reinforced concrete blocks, measuring 250x230x230 cm. in height and each mountain has a different texture, shades of grey and colours.


The sealing was lowered with black cloth, rays of lights came through small holes and lit up small creatures travelling between the mountains on its way to the courtyard. The creatures were made of glass, concrete and sand and the size ranged from; 4x20x59 cm. to 82x15x15 cm.


The author Guðbergur Bergsson wrote the text for this installation.

As if born from the deep dark, 

your footprints in a confined glow 

trodden between pillars on the dim earth

Sandlúrue I, II, III, IV, 2005, 4x45x9 cm. 4x40x8 cm. 5x41x11 cm. 4x42x11, glass

like peculiar hybrid creatures, 

which nonetheless recall 

Sandlúrur IX, X, 2005, 10x18x18 cm. 8x13x13, glass

the ordinary creatures of the deep

Sandlúrur XI, XII, 2004, 24x18x18 cm. 23x16x16 cm. concrete, glass, sand

From the prints burst forth

Sandlúrur XIII,XIV, XV, XVI, 12x45x13 cm. 10x45x10 cm. 9x40x11 cm, 12x36x12 cm. concrete, glass, sand

Cones conches pure forms

Sandlúrur XIX, XX, 2004, 17x40x15 cm. 18x49x15 cm. concrete, glass

Walk through the darkness, enter slowly

Sandlúrur XXI, XXII, 2004, 22x45x22 cm. 25x50x25 cm. concrete, glass, sand

the wonder of this work

Sandlúrur XXIII, XXIV, 2004, 82x15x15 cm. 29x24x25 cm. concrete, glass, sand, fiber, color

in that way

Text by Guðbergur Bergsson.

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