Five gates for the South Wind
Object number1975.0042
TitleFive gates for the South Wind
Creator Hreinn Fridfinnson (vervaardiger), Frans Halsmuseum (uitgever)
DescriptionHet boekje (Five gates for the South wind) van Hreinn Fridfinnsson is duidelijk conceptueel: "The idea originated in the Spring of 1971, but the gates were not built until the late summer of 1972. They are situated at a lonely place on the south coast of Iceland. I wanted them to open only for the South wind. The following pictures were taken on the same day that the gates were positioned: a dull and rainy day, and the wind was blowing from the North. I haven 't seen them since".
"Hreinn Fridfinsson is a poet. He "speaks" to us about the light, the wind, the landscape, about the rocks and crystals, about the gravity and about sentiment. In 1972 he created gates for the South Wind at a lonely spot on the southern coast of Iceland. He constructed them in such a manner that the South Wind could open the leaves of the gates. On one rainy day, when he had just finished constructing the gates and was taking a photograph of them, the wind blew from the north; the leaves remained closed and the artist never again returned to that place" (Jean-Christophe Ammann, April 2000).
Boekje bij de tentoonstelling van Douwe Jan Bakker, Sigurdur Gudmundsson, zijn broer Kristján Gudmundsson en Hreinn Fridfinnsson in het Frans Hals Museum. De catalogus bestaat uit vier boekjes van elk van de kunstenaars. Deze originele bijdragen kunnen als kunstenaarsboekjes worden beschouwd.
"Hreinn Fridfinsson is a poet. He "speaks" to us about the light, the wind, the landscape, about the rocks and crystals, about the gravity and about sentiment. In 1972 he created gates for the South Wind at a lonely spot on the southern coast of Iceland. He constructed them in such a manner that the South Wind could open the leaves of the gates. On one rainy day, when he had just finished constructing the gates and was taking a photograph of them, the wind blew from the north; the leaves remained closed and the artist never again returned to that place" (Jean-Christophe Ammann, April 2000).
Boekje bij de tentoonstelling van Douwe Jan Bakker, Sigurdur Gudmundsson, zijn broer Kristján Gudmundsson en Hreinn Fridfinnsson in het Frans Hals Museum. De catalogus bestaat uit vier boekjes van elk van de kunstenaars. Deze originele bijdragen kunnen als kunstenaarsboekjes worden beschouwd.
Production date 1974
Production period20e eeuw
Object namekunstenaarsboeken
Object categorykunstenaarsboeken
Materialdrukpapier, drukinkt
Techniqueoffsetdrukken
Dimensions
- breedte: 12 cm
lengte: 17 cm
pagina-aantal: 24