Author: Andresson, Birgir.
Title: Birgir Andresson: Iceland. XLVI International Art Exhibition, la Biennale Di Venezia 1995. (Catalog).
Description: (Iceland: G. Ben-Edda Printing Works, 1995). 1995). - Small quarto [10-5/8 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide], gray paper covered boards in a pictorial black-and-white dust wrapper. 39 & [1] pages, including texts printed in white on black grounds. Numerous black-and-white full-page illustrations & plates. Fine.

The introduction is by Bera Nordal, Chairman of the Icelandic Biennial Committee. He writes: "Birgir Amdresson's installation for the Biennale exhibition is based on three aspects of Icelandic culture which he has termed History, Narratives and Crafts". Included were pencil drawings of excavated historical sites, textual works with graphic descriptions of the Icelandic landscape and its local conditions, and flags hand-knitted out of Icelandic wool in natural colors.

Laid in is a folding brochure about the artist and the exhibition. The text is in English. Fine .

Keywords: ART; ARTIST; ICELANDIC ARTIST; BIRGIR ANDRESSON; ICELAND; INSTALLATION; VENICE BIENNALE; ICELANDIC PAVILION; BERA NORDAL; DRAWINGS; EXCAVATIONS; TEXTS; HAND-KNITTED FLAGS; NATIONAL IDENTITY; HISTORY; CRAFTS.

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