Dancing Horizon 1970–1982

Sigurdur Gudmundsson
9789935420244 / 9935420248
Dancing Horizon 1970–1982

Dancing Horizon 1970–1982

Sigurdur Gudmundsson
9789935420244 / 9935420248
Publisher Crymogea
Edition Hardcover , 222 Pages
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Publisher's description

Dancing Horizon 1970–1982 is a comprehensive collection of the photographic work of Icelandic artist Sigurdur Gudmundsson (born 1942), the “Nordic father of Conceptual photography,” focusing on a critical period in his development. In the 1970s Gudmundsson made a famous series of conceptual photographs he called Situations, in which the artist is posed with various props—for example, balancing a wooden slat on his head to make visual contact with the horizon in the background, or digging himself into the grass. Influenced by the informality and unpredictability of international Fluxus, which Gudmundsson encountered in the late 1960s as a member of the progressive Icelandic artists’ collective Súm, the Situations are humorous, absurd and lyrical; they have been characterized as “visual poems.” More than 80 artworks are reproduced here (many of them rarely exhibited or published), along with previously unpublished studies.

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Book title Dancing Horizon 1970–1982
Photographer Sigurdur Gudmundsson
ISBN 10 9935420248 / 9935-420-24-8       
ISBN 13 9789935420244 / 978-9935-420-24-4
Publisher Crymogea
Publish date May 2015
Book format Hardcover
Pages 222 Pages
Dimensions 21,5 x 27,25 cm / 8.5 x 10.75 inches

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