LOKAÐ Á LAUGARDÖGUM Í SUMAR

15.11 –
7.12.2024
@ Listval Gallery

Fritz Hendrik IV

Sending

Á sýningunni Sending er ferðalag steingervings* sem var keyptur á eBay kannað. Í málverkaröðinni Steinar í körfum sýnir Fritz steingervinga á flutningstækjum eins og kerrum, skipum og flugvélum. Körfuvefnaður flutningstækjanna vísar til veraldarvefsins – þeirra rafrænu „körfu” sem við setjum vörur okkar í á netinu. Þetta dregur fram táknræna mynd af því hvernig netverslun hefur umbreytt upplifun okkar af viðskiptum og vöruflutningi. Steingervingarnir, sem eitt sinn voru lifandi verur, hafa afritast í stein, verið grafnir upp og ferðast nú heim að dyrum, án beins sambands kaupanda við uppruna þeirra. Við kaupum vörur frá öllum heimshornum með nokkrum smellum, og við það afmást landfræðileg mörk. Það sem áður var staðbundið og tengt ákveðnum menningarlegum eða náttúrulegum uppruna er nú aðgengilegt öllum í gegnum sístarfandi hnattrænt netverslunarkerfi.

There is something odd about ordering items online. We choose the item, place it in the shopping cart, and press the purchase button – at that moment, it becomes more than a product; it becomes an idea. We imagine how we’ll feel when we receive it, how it might alter our daily lives. This waiting creates a tension between expectation and reality. The anticipation often becomes even stronger than the feeling we get when the item finally arrives. In the series Sending, the outlines of objects emerge in the gray corners of rooms, and the titles of the works are tracking numbers, like those we see when ordering items online. These are symbols of the idea of an item that has yet to reach its recipient, something supernatural – in transit, between worlds and states of being.

*Brittle star, 145–149 million years old.

Works

Envelope, fog machine, aluminium pole, 3D printed PLA
FH024
Sending nr. SE033276065IS (Skófla) / Shipment nr. SE033276065IS (Shovel)
oil on woodpanel
35
x 45 cm
190.000 kr.
FH027
Sending nr. SE092335983IS (Bolur) / Shipment nr. SE092335983IS (T-shirt)
oil on woodboard
35
x 45 cm
190.000 kr.
FH030
Sending nr. SE368152435IS (Stóll) / Shipment nr. SE368152435IS (Chair)
oil on woodpanel
35
x 45 cm
190.000 kr.
FH028
Sending nr. SE453599318IS (Skór) 7 Shipment nr. SE453599318IS (Shoes)
oil on woodpanel
35
x 45 cm
190.000 kr.
FH025
Steinar í körfum 1 / Stones in baskets 1
oil on woodpanel
100
x 79 cm
420.000 kr.
FH021
Steinar í körfum 2 / Stones in baskets 2
oil on woodpanel
350.000 kr.
FH022
Steinar í körfum 3 / Stones in baskets 3
oil on woodpanel
45
x 35 cm
FH023

Fritz Hendrik IV (b. 1993) is an Icelandic visual artist who lives and works in Reykjavík. His work explores the conscious and unconscious staging that characterizes life, art, and culture, as well as the relationship between tradition, perception, and knowledge. He has held nine solo exhibitions in Iceland and participated in group exhibitions in Oslo, New York, Amsterdam, Addis Ababa, and Moscow. Fritz’s works are held in numerous private and institutional collections, including the National Gallery of Iceland, the Reykjavík Art Museum, Hafnarborg, and Gerðarsafn.

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