The exhibition „Zoom Out – Salon exhibition from the collection„ at Reykjavík Art Museum, Kjarvalsstaðir offered a good chance to get a view behind the curtains of the collection. The exhibition was hung in a Salon-show style, lasting four months and constantly changing.
The Reykjavík Art Museum owns two large paintings by Guðrún Tryggvadóttr, „Girl in a swing“ from 1985 and „Heroin“ from 1986-87.
"At first glance, it's as if the heroin is riding at full speed. She is on a small square island (Iceland) and pretends to be a hero, but is actually trying to hold the pose of the prone horse that sputters to try to get back on all fours. The hero has fallen, as she would not have made it far anyway due to the small size of the island. Everything outside the narrow beach in the picture is the ocean."
At the exhibition „Zoom Out“ at Reykjavík Art Museum, Kjarvalsstaðir.
At the exhibition „Zoom Out“ at Reykjavík Art Museum, Kjarvalsstaðir. Guðrún's painting „Heroin“.