Ásmundur Ásmundsson penetrates into contemporary culture in order to
investigate its creative possibilities and utilize its weaknesses. It is a
sociological attitude that permits him to change his strategy and assume a
different role according to the task before him. His artistic approach
often masquerades as virtuousness in order for the art lover to not be
caught up in an elevated meaning. He prefers the viewer to get wedged in the futility and debauchery of contemporary existence, acknowledges
it, and optimistically commemorates it. He considers our foundation as
civilized people to have eternal prospects and that it is, despite (or
because of) the dreadfulness of contemporary tastelessness, based on
freedom seeking genuineness.
— Aggi Egga


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Selected solo exhibitions: 2003: Hlemmur, Reykjavik; 2002: Art Museum, Reykjavik; 2001: The Corridor, Reykjavik; 2000: The Yellow House, Reykjavik; Oneoone, Reykjavik; 1998: The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik.
Selected group exhibitions: 2002: Hvalreki, Power Station, Ljosafoss, Iceland; My Body is Over the Ocean, Alma Lov Museum, Ostra Amtervik, Sweden; Akureyri in Art 2, Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland; Get on the Boat, The Living Art Museum, Reykjavik; 2001: WUK, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna; Hver med sinu nefi, Skuggi, Reykjavik; The Toolbox, Skaftfell, Seydisfjordur, Iceland; Altered State, Living Art Museum, Reykjavik; Exit, Cable Factory, Helsinki; 2000: Thjodveldi, Gerdarsafn, Reykjavik; Art without Inebriation, ESK, Hannover; Photosynthesis, Club Lux, Helsinki; At, National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik; 7/6, Eisenes Haus/ Palais Thienfeld, Graz, Austria; Orgasm 2000, Art Museum, Akureyri; 207 Gallery, Los Angeles.