Kristján Guðmundsson

Kristján Guðmundsson has been impressively consistent in his explorations over more than four decades of the terms and foundations of drawing and painting, and how time and dimensions, cause and effect, can be visualised. His Black and White Paintings in Grey and White Frames consist of black and white monochrome paintings that have been placed in custom made grey and white metal frames. A sound-insulating material has again been placed behind the painted canvases, with the effect that the works attain a synaesthetic quality, absorbing the surrounding noise. In these sound-absorbing paintings, he has characteristically, and with a shrewd wink at minimalism, once again merged material and idea into aesthetic objects replete with meaning.

Education
Autodidact

Selected Bibliography
Nicole Pollentier: “Degrees North: Six Artists and the Icelandic Landscape”, www.bard.edu.ccs, 2008
Annie Bardon: “Repetition and Difference”, Kristján Guðmundsson, Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Nürnberg, 1993
Hannelore Kersting: “Zeichnungen von Kristján Guðmundsson und die Brisanz der Leere”, Kristján Guðmundsson, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg,
Mönchengladbach, 1993
Tom Sandqvist: “The Landscape of Becoming – Kristján Guðmundssons Critical Moment”, Recent Works by Kristján Guðmundsson, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm, 1992
Halldór Björn Runólfsson: “Simple Reflections on Kristján Guðmundssons Art”, Borealis V, Pori Art Museum, Pori, 1991