BERG Contemporary (IS)

BERG Contemporary aims to provide a diversified forum for contemporary art by representing emerging and established artists, and by seeking the resonant tone of the present through a programme of innovative exhibitions. BERG Contemporary is located in an old glass factory in Reykjavík, Iceland.

Smiðjustígur 10 / Klapparstígur 16
101 Reykjavík
Iceland
(+354) 562 0001

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Curated for
CHART

For CHART 2023, BERG will present the 2021 series, Songbirds, by Icelandic artist Katrín Elvarsdóttir. Through negative images and inverted colors, the artist brings forth a vibrancy of hues captured in Cuba's abandoned buildings and vacant storefronts. Accompanied by a publication of the same name, it features birds in intricate cages, through which Elvarsdóttir captures the essence of solitude in conjunction with the vibrancy of the desolate architecture.

Katrín Elvarsdóttir (IS)

Katrín Elvarsdóttir’s photographic work dwells on the margins of reality and fiction, representing a sense of nostalgia and re-experience. Her images test the myriad meanings that lie within any sort of archival memory-making, as well as the concept of linear time within storytelling, challenging the idea that events constitute our sense of personal history.

Katrín Elvarsdóttir (b. 1964) studied fine arts and photography at Brevard Community College and the Art Institute of Boston. Her work has been exhibited worldwide, in institutions such as Forum Box in Helsinki, The Museum of Photography in Seoul, Kunstlerhaus Vienna, The National Gallery of Iceland, Landskrona Foto in Sweden, and Frankfurter Kunstverein in Frankfurt.

Verdure 13

Black&white latex print
2023

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The Search for Truth, Simson's Garden 6

Archival pigment print
2016

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Verdure 7

Archival pigment print
2023

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Söngfuglar nr. 4

Archival pigment print
2021

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Kirsuberjablóm 10 / Cherry Blossoms 10

Archival pigment print on Japanese handmade paper
2023

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Fuglar Havana

Archival pigment print
2021

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Verdure 13

Black&white latex print, 2023

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The Search for Truth, Simson's Garden 6

Archival pigment print, 2016

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Verdure 7

Archival pigment print, 2023

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Söngfuglar nr. 4

Archival pigment print, 2021

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Kirsuberjablóm 10 / Cherry Blossoms 10

Archival pigment print on Japanese handmade paper, 2023

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Fuglar Havana

Archival pigment print, 2021

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Katrín Elvarsdóttir, Kirsuberjablóm 4-7 / Cherry Blossoms 4-7, 2023

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BERG Contemporary in Reykjavík

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