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One of Iceland’s most respected visual
artists, Birgir Andrésson, died this Oc-
tober 24 at 52 years old.
Born in the Westmann Islands in
1955, Andrésson went on to study visu-
al arts at the Icelandic Academy of the
Arts and then received a graduate de-
gree from the Jan Van Eyck Akademie
in Maastricht in Holland.
The artists spent much of his child-
hood in a home for the blind in Ham-
rahlíð with his father and stepmother
who were both blind. Andrésson was
especially preoccupied in his work
with spoken language, and the com-
munication of visual perception, which
he explored through text portraits,
drawings, wall installations and three-
dimensional constructions.
This fall, Andrésson was nominat-
ed for the Icelandic Visual Arts Awards
for the retrospective exhibition of his
work at the National Gallery.
Andrésson’s final exhibition, “Eter-
nal Eruption” (in collaboration with
Ragna Róbertsdóttir) opened in Safn
in October and will be on display until
November 11.
Birgir
Andrésson
(1955-2007)
United we Stand by Birgir Andrésson