Rocky Mountain Rag: Ragnar Kjartansson
Canadian Art, Spring 2010, v. 27, no. 1, pp. 54-56
An examination of the Icelandic artist's performance/video installation The End, where different parts of a musical composition were performed and captured in Banff, Alberta. The article reviews previous works of Kjartasson to argue his intention of playing with the assumed sublime and genius of the artist and nature. "Dramatizing the romanticized role of the artist in the hyper-romanticized location of Banff, Kjartasson plays on our perceptions of the wild..." (p.56)
ITEM 2010.016 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
The End – Ragnar Kjartansson
Schumann Machine – Ragnar Kjartansson
God – Ragnar Kjartansson
The End – Thor Jonsson