Hreinn Friðfinnsson
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Installation
One of Four Corners of Infinity and the Fifth Corner
2010–2011
painted MDF
each 50 x 50 x 13 cm

One of Four Corners of Infinity (2010) is a piece where each corner is an independent entity. I had all four pieces made by a carpenter in Reykjavik and some time later I went to visit his workshop. While we were chatting, I looked around and saw one of these corners on his work bench. I asked him what it was, and he answered: ‘Oh, I made one test before making the other four’. I asked if I could buy it and he said: ‘Please take it. I’d throw it away otherwise.’ So I got the fifth corner. This was literally given to me. I’m afraid I wouldn’t have invented it myself. But I was very pleased with it, and it was very welcome. Since then, each corner has been suspended from the ceiling from three strings, with one exception, which is slightly elevated from the floor and that work gets the title One of Four Corners of Infinity and the Fifth Corner (2010–11)

Exhibition list:
12 February — 20 March 2010
i8 Gallery
Reykjavik / Iceland
3 September — 17 October 2010
Waterside Project Space
London / United Kingdom
9 October — 20 November 2010
Galerie Claudine Papillon
Paris / France
8 September — 2 October 2011
Galerie Anhava
Helsinki / Finland
7 — 9 September 2012
30th São Paulo Biennial
São Paulo / Brazil
19 January — 2 March 2013
Galerie Nordenhake
Berlin / Germany
19 September — 15 November 2013
Galería Elba Benítez
Madrid / Spain
6 June — 3 August 2014
Grazer Kunstverein
Graz / Austria
21 September — 3 November 2018
Galerie Nordenhake
Mexico City / Mexico
24 May — 25 August 2019
Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève
Geneva / Switzerland
28 September 2019 — 5 January 2020
KW Institute for Contemporary Art Berlin
Berlin / Germany