Principle and Temptation

1990-2013
c-print on Aludibond
200 x 300 cm

This piece is of course based on the golden ratio (the golden spiral). The colours are applied, while the bird-shaped hand shadow (the temptation) is an insert.

Exhibition list:

Hreinn Friðfinnsson. Nieuw werk

9 November — 18 December 1991

Galerie van Gelder

Amsterdam / The Netherlands

IJsland – Island

4 September — 5 October 1992

Zeeuws Museum; Galerie van den Berge; Watertoren Centrum voor Hedendaagse Kunst

Middelburg; Goes; Vlissingen / The Netherlands

NORDLICHT

29 May — 8 July 2012

Kunst Palais Liechtenstein

Feldkirch / Austria

Around and About

19 September — 15 November 2013

Galería Elba Benítez

Madrid / Spain

Hulduklettur

24 November 2017 — 13 January 2018

Galerie Nordenhake

Berlin / Germany

A Group of Pieces

12 November — 19 December 2020

Galerie Nordenhake

Stockholm / Sweden

Related works:

— A While
1979
wood carving, black and white photograph, watercolour on paper

— A Woman Resting in the Golden Ratio
2012
framed c-print, mirror, transparent glass paint

— Contribution
1995
glass hands, wood, mirror

— Geometric Composition with a Helping Hand
1990
granite, iron, black and white photograph

— Hulduklettur
2017
cardboard boxes, mirrored Dibond, plastic, wood, ammonite fossils, anatomic model of inner ear, Swarovski crystals, fine art inkjet print on alu-dibond, HD video (colour silent, 50’), framed c-prints

— Placement
1999
oil paint on glass

— Point / Counterpoint
2017
arrow (wood, sheet metal), paint, glass drop

— Reaching Out (Left hand shadow sent on a journey to infinity, through the window in the small room, 13 September 2018)
2018
stills from HD video colour, sound, 1’07”

— So Far
1976
black and white photograph mounted on debond

— Untitled (glass hans)
1991
piano string, glass cast

— Untitled (handprint in plaster)
1977
plaster diptych

— Untitled (prism I)
1999-2000
colour photograph