NORTH STAR / DARK STAR
CURATED BY GREG FULLERTON
DIETER ROTH (ICELAND / GERMANY)
HUGINN PÓR ARASON (ICELAND)
FRANZ GRAF (AUSTRIA)
SANDRA VAKA OLSEN (NORWAY)
JANUARY 29 – FEBRUARY 28

The North Star has historically been used as a tool for navigation to provide direction. Also known as Polaris, the Pole Star inhabits the northern hemisphere skies and is only visible north of the Equator.

The four artists presented as part of North Star/Dark Star reside in the Northern Hemisphere and share an experiential bond with the polar region, an aesthetic sense of place, geographic distance, time and light.

North Star/Dark Star includes works of eminent artist Dieter Roth and renowned Austrian artist Franz Graf, together with two emerging artists from Iceland and Norway, Huginn Pór Arason and Sandra Vaka Olsen.

All four artists translate the physicality of their cultural traditions, a shared connected language rich in symbols and linguistic traditions, myths and history. A negation of interconnections and over-lappings of works which convey that of the natural world, of fashion and music, graphics, interdisciplinary notions of performance art and sculptural elements. Associations and affinities with the Living Arts Museum in Reykjavik Iceland have brought these artists together.

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(right) Dieter Roth
Bok 4a, 1961