Dieter Roth

The first Reykjavík Arts Festival dedicated to visual arts opens on May 14th and 15th 2005. A major Dieter Roth exhibition in his adopted homeland will take place in two of Iceland's largest museums: The National Gallery of Iceland and Reykjavik Art Museum, as well as in Gallery 100°. Curator is Björn Roth.

Roth's work provides the thematic inspiration for the Festival's exhibition. The exhibition's title, Material Time/Work Time/Life Time, brings together both Roth's contemporaries and a recent generation whose work could be said to reflect the artist's interest in collapsing the boundaries between art, life, and materiality.

Over twenty venues and sites have come together to work as one for the first time. Encompassing Reykjavik itself and the surrounding communities, as well as the major Icelandic towns and outdoor locations, the exhibition will introduce the work of approximately 30 international artists from Iceland, Puerto Rico, Canada, Albania, Switzerland, Denmark, Italy, Serbia, US and Mexico, to name a few, with works created specifically for this exhibition. Curator for this part of Reykjavík Arts Festival is Jessica Morgan of Tate Modern in London.

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Reykjavík Arts Festival:
Dieter Roth - Train, A private exhibition
Kurator: Björn Roth
Hafnarhus