Ragnar Kjartansson, Margarét Bjarnadóttir & Bryce Dessner. No Tomorrow. 2022. Video installation. Courtesy of the artists, Luhring Augustine (New York) and the i8 Gallery (Reykjavík)
Exhibition
Project room exhibition
Ragnar Kjartansson: A Boy and a Girl and a Bush and a Bird
The Icelandic video artist and painter Ragnar Kjartansson (1976) presents his first solo exhibition in Estonia, featuring six large works from 2004–2025. A Boy and a Girl and a Bush and a Bird offers insight into the works of one of today’s most intriguing artists, who draws inspiration from pop music, recent and classical art history and, in a less straightforward way, from political upheavals.
Ragnar Kjartansson, Margarét Bjarnadóttir & Bryce Dessner. No Tomorrow. 2022. Video installation. Commissioned by Sigurður Gísli Pálmason; based on a commission by the Iceland Dance Company. Courtesy of the artists, Luhring Augustine (New York) and the i8 Gallery (Reykjavík)
Ragnar Kjartansson. A Boy and a Girl and a Bush and a Bird. 2025. Video installation. Courtesy of the artists, Luhring Augustine (New York) and the i8 Gallery (Reykjavík)
Ragnar Kjartansson. Figures in Landscape (Monday). 2018. Video. Commissioned by the Danish Building and Property Agency for the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine (New York) and the i8 Gallery (Reykjavík)
Ragnar Kjartansson. Figures in Landscape (Tuesday). 2018. Video. Commissioned by the Danish Building and Property Agency for the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine (New York) and the i8 Gallery (Reykjavík)
Ragnar Kjartansson. Figures in Landscape (Thursday). 2018. Video. Commissioned by the Danish Building and Property Agency for the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine (New York) and the i8 Gallery (Reykjavík)
Ragnar Kjartansson. Variation on Meat Joy. 2013. Video. Performed as part of BMW Tate Live: Performance Room, Tate Modern 24 October 2013. Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine (New York) and the i8 Gallery (Reykjavík)
Ragnar Kjartansson. Mercy. 2004. Video. Courtesy of the artist, Luhring Augustine (New York) and the i8 Gallery (Reykjavík)
Curator: Anders Härm Exhibition design: Anders Härm, Aleksander Meresaar Graphic design: Tuuli Aule Exhibition coordinator: Anastassia Langinen
