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Ragnar Kjartansson

Ragnar Kjartansson
At the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.
Photo: Cathy Carver

Ragnar Kjartansson, Scandinavaian Pain

Ragnar Kjartansson
Scandinavian Pain, 2006, at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York and i8 Gallery, Reykjavik.
Photo: Cathy Carver

Ragnar Kjartansson, The End – Venezia

Ragnar Kjartansson
The End – Venezia, 2009, at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
Courtesy of Fondazione Sandretto re Rebaudengo, Turin.
Photo by Cathy Carver.

Ragnar Kjartansson, God

Ragnar Kjartansson
God, 2007, at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York and i8 Gallery, Reykjavik; commissioned by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art contemporary, Vienna and The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik.
Photo by Cathy Carver.

Ragnar Kjartansson, Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (Only he who knows longing)

Ragnar Kjartansson
Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt (Only he who knows longing), 2015, at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York and i8 Gallery, Reykjavik.
Photo by Cathy Carver.

Ragnar Kjartansson, The Visitors

Ragnar Kjartansson
The Visitors, 2012, at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York and i8 Gallery, Reykjavik.
Photo by Cathy Carver.

Ragnar Kjartansson, Woman in E

Ragnar Kjartansson
Woman in E, 2016, at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York and i8 Gallery, Reykjavík.
Originally presented and organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, Michigan
Photo by Cathy Carver.

Ragnar Kjartansson, World Light – The Life and Death of an Artist

Ragnar Kjartansson
“World Light – The Life and Death of an Artist,” 2015
Four-channel video: 20 hours, 45 minutes, 22 seconds
Recorded at a performance commissioned by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna
Courtesy of the artist; Luhring Augustine, New York; and i8 Gallery, Reykjavík

Ragnar Kjartansson, The End – Venezia

Ragnar Kjartansson
The End – Venezia, 2009
Six-month performance. The Iceland Pavilion, palazzo at the Canal Grande, 53rd Biennale di Venezia, 2009
Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York and i8 Gallery Reykjavik
Photo: Rafael Pinho

Ragnar Kjartansson, The Visitors

Ragnar Kjartansson
The Visitors, 2012
Nine channel video projection, colour, sound
Duration: 64 minutes
Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York and i8 Gallery, Reykjavik
Production photo: Elisabet Davids

Ragnar Kjartansson, Woman in E 1

Ragnar Kjartansson
Woman in E, 2016, at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York and i8 Gallery, Reykjavík.
Originally presented and organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, Michigan 
Photo by Cathy Carver.

Ragnar Kjartansson, The Visitors
Ragnar Kjartansson
The Visitors, 2012
Nine channel video projection, colour, sound
Duration: 64 minutes
Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York and i8 Gallery, Reykjavik
Production photo: Elisabet Davids

Ragnar Kjartansson, God
Ragnar Kjartansson
God, 2007
Single-channel video, color, sound
Duration: 30 minutes
Commissioned by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna & The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik
Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York and i8 Gallery, Reykjavík
Photo: Rafael Pinho 

Ragnar Kjartansson, Scandinavaian Pain
Ragnar Kjartansson
Scandinavian Pain (twilight), 2006
C-print, 20 x 30 cm.
Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York and i8 Gallery, Reykjavík

Ragnar Kjartansson, The End – Venezia
Ragnar Kjartansson
The End – Venezia, 2009
Six-month performance. The Iceland Pavilion, palazzo at the Canal Grande, 53rd Biennale di Venezia, 2009
Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York and i8 Gallery Reykjavik
Photo: Rafael Pinho

Ragnar Kjartansson, Scandinavaian Pain
Ragnar Kjartansson
Me and My Mother 2000, 2000
Single channel video, colour, sound
Duration: 7 min, 7 seconds
Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York and i8 Gallery, Reykjavík

Ragnar Kjartansson, Scandinavaian Pain
Ragnar Kjartansson
Me and My Mother 2015, 2015
Single channel video, colour, sound
Duration: 20 min 25 sec.
Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine, New York and i8 Gallery, Reykjavík