The Icelandic Love Corporation

Description

Tent. Reykjavik, Reykjavik Art Museum, 31-08-2007, 21-10-2007. - Publicatie bij de tentoonstelling van The Icelandic Love Corporation, opgericht in 1996 en bestaande uit Eirun Siguroardottir, Joni Jonsdottir, Sigrun Inga Hrolfsdottir, Dora Isleifsdottir. - Over ten years of works by The Icelandic Love Corporation (ILC) is gathered for its first retrospective exhibition. Although a decade is not a long time, ILC has already built up an international reputation. Yet The ILC remains a steadfast presence in Iceland and has become a distinctive voice in the practice of performance art. The ILC's works are consistently receiving attention from the public, and gaining popularity among younger artists and art students. At the same time, the group retains an "underground" identity as its actions and objects do not yield to easy interpretation. The works of The ILC captivate their viewers with an ironic charm that is equal parts ingenuity and seduction. They harness the mundane and fleeting moments of our everyday lives and have made them brilliant and extraordinary