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4 Denmark exhibitions, late summer into fall 2005
 

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     List of works in the Galleri Nordlys exhibition.
   
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  Orðabelgur
2002
Model of an interactive sculpture
32,5 x 26 x 24,5 cm
"Bag of words" from an Icelandic folklore story was a bag that could collect words. From this derives "Leggja orð í belg" literally putting a word in the bag.
Orðabelgur was a project for an interactive sculpture proposal outside the National Library in Reykjavik
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Coll. Einar
Örn Gunnarsson, Reykjavik, Iceland
 

  Days in the life of Bukowski
2000-2004
Soft resin
10,5 x 13,5 x 7 cm
Clock body
 

  Secretary
2003
Oil on canvas
60" x 62"
Design drawing for a cabinet created for "Naughty" exhibition at the John Elder Gallery, New York.
Secretary as writing table accommodates a secretary between boring every day tasks.
 

  Out Of Time
2000
soft resin
10" x 6" x 2-1/4"
Clock body
 


 

  Svartsengi
1995
Mixed media on white cardboard
60 x
84 cm
Architectural project proposal foir a visitors center at a powerplant (Blue lagoon)
 

   

Double Faced Worm Shelf
1991
Oil on mylar (2 of 2)
56
" x 56"

 

Design drawing for a sculptural cabinet.
 

   

Double Faced Worm Shelf
1991
Oil on mylar (1 of 2)
56
" x 56"

 

Design drawing for a sculptural cabinet.
Coll. Gudmundur Gunnarsson, Reykjavik, Iceland
 


  How is the weather?
1997
Oil on canvas
6" x 8" each (One for each day of the year)

 
Four shown here are #216-219. All days of the year show rain, in various amounts, angles and densities.
 

  Project Iceland 3000-blueprint
(2003-) 2004
Drawing on landmap and cast resin
115 x 94 x 0,5 cm
Drawing appears to have inspired a conservation group in Iceland, which in 1995 made a highly publicized map of Iceland in an effort against further creation of dams
 

  Myrkraspil hins gullna musteris
2005
Cast resin, wire, aluminum
60 x 90 x 2 cm
Sculptural relief. The Icelandic parliament is here suspended as flexible gold, by wire and an aluminum puppeteer cross
 

  Upp í svartnættið
2004
Resin and wood
77 x 77 x 81,5 cm
Ceiling mounted sculpture
 


 

  UL 2 (Large version)
2001
Oil on canvas
96" x 50"
 
Design drawing for a large size UL2 light.
 

  UL 2
1998-2000
Cast resin and concrete
60 x 15 x 15 cm
 
 


 

  Tulip (v2)
1998
Oil on canvas
96" x 50"
 
Design drawing for a large floor standing light. Based on Thordarson's 1991 Tulip light.
 

  UL 1
2000
Cast translucent resins
60 x 30 x 30 cm
 
 

  WMD
2003
Resin
25,5 x 19,6 x 2,1 cm
Ice cube tray, antiproduct in the shape of IRAQ

 

 

 

     Scandinavian Design Beyond The Myth Exhibition, Copenhagen
    Major retrospective on Scandinavian design travelling thru design museums of Europe since 2004, opening at the Kunst og Industri Museet on September 15th, 2005. Curated by Widar Halen. Link
 

  Delirium Tremens
(1991-) 1997
Translucent resins
13" x 12" x 32-3/4"
Coll. Museum of Design and Applied Art (mudesa), Iceland
 

  Escargot
1997
Translucent soft amber resin
8-1/4" x 7-1/4" x 2-3/8"
Coll. Museum of Design and Applied Art (mudesa), Iceland
 

  UL 3
(1992-) 2000
Translucent soft resin, steel, concrete
60 x 20 x 20 cm
 

 

 

 

     Utopia and Reality exhibition, Copenhagen
    Permanent design exhibition opened at the Kunst og Industri Museet in 2002 (ongoing). Curated by Rikke Rosenberg. Link
 

  Delirium Tremens
(1991-) 1997
Translucent resins
13" x 12" x 32-3/4"
Coll. Kunst og Industri Museet, Copenhagen, Denmark
       
       

 

 

 

     Lys Over Lolland exhibition, Sakskøbing
    Design-is, opening on August 26, 2005
  Álfa Hvað?
2003
Soft resins cast into various packing materials
14" x 14" x 14"
Light "Elf-what?" created for a show of Icelandic designers using some theme with elves.
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
     

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Dingaling Studio, Inc.
44 Trinity Place, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10006
USA.

 

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