(amount) Bottles

1999–2002

three solid glass bottles

each Ø 6.5 x 19.5 cm

(amount) Drops

1979-2024

glass

each 5 x 3 x 1 cm

(Elnaz) Encounter

2022

colour photographs, text on paper

71 x 52 cm (framed)

(Fishing Fly) Streamer

1999–2007

glass, fishing fly

22 x 22 cm

(Fishing Fly) Thunder and Lightning

1999–2007

glass, fishing fly

22 x 22 cm

(Fishing Fly) Undertaker

1999-2007

glass, fishing fly

22 x 22 cm

(Untitled) Catching the Rainbow

1999

cibachrome on aluminium

85 x 125 cm

(Untitled) More or Less

2010

silkscreen print, diptyc

each 36 x 36 cm

3 Times 1200 Words

1994

three dictionaries, three optical resonators

each Ø 80 cm

A Folded Star

1983

wood, silk

125 x 80 cm

A Leaf That Fell to the Ground and Was Picked Up Sometime in the Early 80s

2015

polished stainless steel, autumn leaf, wood

16 x 43 x 43 cm

A Man

2013–2014

stills from HD video colour, sound,

53’35”

A Place

1975

two black and white photographs, handwritten text on paper

each 44,6 x 41,5 cm

A Portrait of a Sculptor as a Sculpture

2011-2014

HD video

A small ephemeral abstract painting

1995-2008

mirage, small-painting

25 x 25 x 7 cm

A View in a'

1976-1977

black and white photograph

52.5 x 64.5 cm

A Wave of Mine and a Cloud From My Good Neighbour

2007

inkjet print on paper, diptych

each 48.3 x 59.3 cm

A While

1979

wood carving, black and white photograph, watercolour on paper

45 x 110 cm

A Woman Resting in the Golden Ratio

2012

framed c-print, mirror, transparent glass paint

238.6 x 158.6 cm

After a While

1976

black and white photograph, handwritten text on paper

each 29.5 x 30.6 x 2.2 cm

Afterthought

2001

wooden letters, polished steel mirror

75 x 40 x 40 cm

All the Prizes and Then Some More

2006

series of reproduced paintings, newspaper

dimensions variable

Along a Line

1985

paper, black and white photographs, acrylic, colour study, glass, metal frames, cardboard, silver paint

200 x 700 cm

Anatomy

1989

optical resonator, wood, spring steel, ceramic, silver, gold leaf, water

160 x 630 cm

Anatomy (Aftertought)

1989

optical resonator, wood, spring steel, wooden letters, polished steel mirror

160 x 630 cm

Around an Apple

2004

apple, pedestal, postcards, printed texts on paper, silver acrylic and wooden frames dimensions variable (top image: installation view with Richard Serra, Corner Diamond, 1986, corten steel)

dimensions variable

Around and About

2013

c-print (left), stills from video (right) colour, silent, 14’39”

each 29,70 x 42 cm

Arrangement for Strings

1991

piano string

55 x 250 cm

Artist in the Air

1977

black and white photograph

46 x 31 cm

Artist Who Is Going to Exhibit

2003

semi glossy photo print

32,5 x 32,5 cm

Atelier Sketch

1990

spider’s web, glass, wooden frame

23.5 x 23.5 cm

Attending

1973

two colour photographs and text

each 68.8 x 81.5 cm

Autumn Leaves

2010

Ginkgo biloba leaves

overall dimensions variable

Bagatelle

1995

magnet, various metal cuttings

22 x 1,5 and 15 x 1,5 cm

Beauty Marks

2004

velvet mounted on wood

dimensions variable

Below and Above

1983-84

granite, marble, Indian ink on paper

Installed: 250 x 140 cm; Drawings: 14.5 x 10.5 cm; Marble: 99.5 x 98 cm; Granite: 49.5 x 98 cm

Best Suit

1982-2003

suit, photograph

dimensions variable

Blind Date

2014

black glass, black stiletto shoe

Ø 80 cm

Blue Spot Painting

1973

oil and graphite on canvas

75 x 55 cm

Blue, Green and Pink

2019-2022

painted wood

each 35 cm high

Bluecoming

1989

oil paint on canvas, coloured wood, iron, framed drawings and petals

430 x 450 cm

Bluecorner

2010

MDF

each 50 x 50 x 13 cm

Books

2006

c-print

50 x 70 cm

Bouncing Balls Event

2002-2003

two colour photographs, diptyc

each 49,5 x 34,5 cm (framed)

Branche

1998

polished stainless steel, painted wood

32 x 32 x 32 cm

By the Ocean

2021

stromatolite Collenia undosa (one of the earliest life forms on earth, between 2.2 and 2.4 billion years old), crystal balls each Ø 20 cm, an oxygen molecule

overall dimensions variable

By the Roadside

1980–82

colour photograph, drawing on cloth, wood

160 x 260 cm

By the Waterfall

2022

stromatolite Collenia undosa (one of the earliest life forms on earth, between 2.2 and 2.4 billion years old), crystal balls, plastic model of oxygen molecule, a single carbon atom, black and white photograph, crystal balls each Ø 20 cm, an oxygen molecule

overall dimensions variable

Clearing

2013

stirring sticks

each 30 x 2 cm

Cliffs and Whispers

1983–84

seven black and white photographs, seven graphite frottages on paper in aluminium frames seven elements

each 16.5 x 10.5 cm

Clues

2002

vinyl text

overall dimensions variable

Composition

2012

framed c-print, plumb line, string, nail

Installed: approx. 180 x 330 x 15 cm; C-print: 85 x 130.5 cm

Composition for meteorite, magnet and thread

2016

meteorite, magnets, threads

overall dimensions variable; pedastall 40 x 40 x 75 cm

Composition Ginkgo Biloba

2008

Ginkgo biloba leaves, photograph

overall dimensions variable; photograph 22.5 x 31 cm (framed)

Contribution

1995

glass hands, wood, mirror

76 x 40 x 40 cm

Correspondence

1991-2007

envelopes, cards

each couple 14 x 32.7 cm

Correspondence in Red and Green

2012

HD video colour, sound,

15’25”

Couplet

1978 - 79

two colour photographs, two canvases

82 x 120 cm

Discovery in a Corner

2013

polished brass galvanised with nickel, Swarosvki crystals

dimensions variable

Don't Touch

2004

crystals, glass

Ø 11 cm

Door

2016

wood, glow thread, metal

200 x 80.1 cm

Draumstafur

1997

silkscreen print

58 x 83 cm

Drawing a Tiger

1971

two black and white photographs

each 57.7 x 51.7 cm

Dream

1973

text on paper

22 x 22 cm

Dropping by at Jón Gunnars

1964-1992

wood, paint

215 x 75 cm

Element of Doubt

1995–96

painted MDF

two elements, each 20 x 20 x 10 cm

Elsewhere

1998

colour photograph

124 x 186.4 cm

Embryonic Images

2000

fluorescent acrylic rods

overall dimension variable, each 3 x 1 cm

Encounter II

1992–2018

black and white photograph, glass, wooden frame, diptych

each 81 x 54 cm

Entangled

2001-2022

cirva glass, mirrored plates

73 x 61 x 63 cm

Ephemeral Painting

1995

mirage bowl, mini-painting

bowl: 25 x 25 x 7 cm mini-painting: 3 x 3 cm

Etrangeresse (Stranger)

1990

colour photography, wood, fossils, nine elements

overall dimensions 50 x 70 cm

Eye to Eye

2009–2013

two convex mirrors, inkjet print

mirrors: 40 cm and 50 cm in diameter, print: 60 x 40 cm

First house

1974

corrugated iron, wood, wallpaper, glass, framed photographs,

263 x 257 x 224 cm

First step into courtship

2014

lady shoe, oil paint, mirror, wood

Ø 86 x 20 cm

First Window (Homage to Marcel Duchamp)

1992

framed colour photograph

110 x 80 cm

Five Gates for the South Wind

1971–72

fourteen black and white photographs, text on paper

each 15.5 x 20.5 cm and 20.5 x 15.5 cm

Five Minutes Monument by the Sea

2007

inkjet print on paper

48.5 x 35 cm

Floor to floor

2009

30 frottages on paper, electric fan

dimensions variable

Forever Yours, and Mine

2014

silver coated with rhodium

2 x 6 x 2,6 cm

Fourth House

2017

polished stainless steel

255 x 325 x 195 cm

Fragment of Remembrance

1990

steel wire, Swarovski crystals

72 x 72 cm

Fragments of Blue

1986

stained wood, framed drawings on paper

overall dimensions 252.5 x 299 x 12 cm

Frequent Long Walks, Autobiographical

2015–2016

text, photographs, map and projection

overall dimensions approx. 400 x 600 cm

From a Far

1990

paper, Swarovski crystals

50 x 70 cm

From a Round Trip

2005

Diptych, vinyl print

160 x 133 cm and 12,5 x 8,5 cm (framed)

From Along The Way

2008

pencil on paper

29.5 x 21 cm

From Home

2009

two c-prints

each 40 x 40 cm

From Mont St. Victoire

1998-2020

Rubbing,(graphite on paper)

7 drawings, each 29.3 x 21 cm framed, 15 drawings, 38 x 28 cm framed

From Time - To Time

1979

framed photographs and text, six elements

overall dimensions 66 x 132 cm

Fruits of Labour

2004

pencil shavings

dimensions variable

Fullnaðarpróf

2022

archival pigment print

37 x 27 cm

Garden Sculpture

unknown

metal

Geometric Composition with a Helping Hand

1990

granite, iron, black and white photograph

overall dimensions 220 x 70 cm

Golds

1999

sheep bone, shell

25 x 25 cm

Green Glass

2020

photos and text

Framed 71 x 52 cm

Group of 4 paintings

2004

4 wooden sticks with painting

Each 30 x 2 cm

Group of Five Paintings

2021

five stirring sticks

4 x 20 cm 1 x 25 cm

Harvest of Enterprise

2010

debris

dimensions variable

House Project

1974-2017

colour photographs

each 41 x 31 cm

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

dimensions variable

I Collect Personal Secrets

1972

paper and various materials, partly unknown

height variable, size of plate: 90 x 95 cm

I Have Lit This Candle...

1973

handwritten text and watercolour on paper, shelf, candle

overall dimensions variable (watercolour: 30 x 24 cm)

I Spent a Day

1975

text, gold and silver leaf on paper, diptych

each 41.5 x 29.5 x 2 cm (framed)

I would like to show my gratitude

1974

handwritten text on paper

2 x 10 cm

Illustration

2013

mirage, white paint, two c-prints (framed), injekt-print, platinum

overall dimensions variable (photographs: 42 x 62 cm and 62 x 42 cm, optical resonator: 20 x 57 cm in diameter, plinth: 50 x 30 x 30 cm)

Installation Piece (In Two Parts)

2009

Stirring sticks, paint, pedestal

Each stick: 30 x 2 x 0.4 cm

Interior

1989

granite, wood, various metals, galvanized iron, Swarovski crystals

overall dimensions 230 x 305 cm

Interior (photo)

1993

colour photograph

135 x 91 cm

Island

2009

shoe, mirror

60 cm in diameter

Klettur

2017-2024

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

dimensions variable

Lake

1991

colour photographs taken through a kaleidoscope, wood, metal

overall dimensions 230 x 460 cm

Landscape

1990

plasticine

each 4 cm, overall dimensions 300 x 300 cm

Like Eyes

1976-1977

text on paper

25 x 25 cm

Maybe, Maybe

1975

two black and white photographs, text

each 52.2 x 67.4 cm (framed)

Me and Pétur

2008

two colour photographs

each 43 x 32 cm

Mediterranean Impressions

1994

puzzel pieces

each 6 x 7 cm (unframed)

Mermaid

2012

stills from video colour, sound

2’06”

Mid-Night Jump, Canneto Pavese, Oltrepó Pavese, Italy, 1975–1976

1975-2018

three coloured photographs

each 29.7 x 42 cm

Misty

2005

mirror

29,5 x 12 cm

Monument

2015

plastic urinal, painted metal

15 x 15 x 34 cm

More or Less

2010

embossed paper, diptych

30 x 30 cm

Movement One, Two. 1999-2015

1999–2015

C-print (2 sizes)

21 x 29.5 cm (small), 48.9 x 66.6 x 3.3 cm (large)

My Window at Night

1995

Chinese ink on paper

207 x 220 cm

Night

1999

cloth, text on paper

70 x 90 cm

Night Islands

1979-1985

roofing slates, wood, petals, silk, gold leaf, watercolour

overall dimensions 350 x 250 cm

Nocturn

2013

Digital Inkjet Print

90 x 135 cm

One of Four Corners of Infinity and the Fifth Corner

2010–2011

painted MDF

each 50 x 50 x 13 cm

Opus…

1984

plywood, rusted iron, plexiglass, silkscreen, pen, gold leave, paint

340 x 140 cm

Overture

1978

black and white photographs, handwritten text on paper, seven elements

overall dimensions 130 x 201 cm

Pair

2004–05,

mirror, shoe

48 x 57, 37 x 13 x 15 cm

Palace

1990

chicken wire

dimensions variable

Paris Parfum (from Paris March 2008) (I-III)

2008

Silver Gelatin Print

78 x 58 cm

Placement

1999

oil paint on glass

2 x 20 x 20 cm

Point / Counterpoint

2017

arrow (wood, sheet metal), paint, glass drop

dimensions variable

Portal

2016

onyx beads, mirrors

dimensions variable

Priceless

2015

handwritten text on paper

29.7 x 21.4 cm

Principle and Temptation

1990-2013

c-print on Aludibond

200 x 300 cm

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”

Red, Yellow and Blue

2019

painted wood

each 30 cm high

Remains of the Day

1995

magnet, various metal cuttings

dimensions variable

Roman Amphora

2009

stills from HD video colour, silent, 6’ loop

Rounding the Corner

2001

CIRVA glass

30 cm

Rounding the Corner in a Mirror Corner

2001-2011

Cirva glass, MDP, mirror

70 × 70 × 99 cm

Sacred and Enchanted Places

1972

black and white photographs, text on paper

each 50 x 70 cm

Sanctuary

1992-2008

cardboard box, coloured paper

67 x 46 x 32 cm

Second House

2007-08

corrugated iron, wood, wallpaper, glass, framed photographs, meteorite, wire

263 x 257 x 224 cm

Self Portrait

1964

plywood, school board paint

120 x 240 cm

Self-portrait (reproduction)

2015-2016

photographic reproduction of a painting

60 x 40 cm

Settlement

2009

volcanic stone (100% silicon dioxide), airglass (95% air, 5 % silicon dioxide), pencil shavings, pedestal

dimensions variable (pedestal: 75 x 40 x 40 cm)

Seven Times

1978

seven black and white photographs

each 29.8 x 20.3 cm

Sheep and Horses of my Nephew

2001

28 colour photographs

20 x 30 cm

Sketch

2013

mirage mirror, white paint, c-print, ink on paper

overall dimensions approx. 18 x 55 cm in diameter

Small Streams

1990

coloured paper, black and white photograph, Swarovski crystals

overall dimensions 72 x 288.5 cm

So Far

1976

black and white photograph mounted on debond

39 x 49 cm

Sol Diaze

1990

photograph, glass, piano string

overall dimensions 100 x 30 cm

Solstice

2004

Digital print

60.5 x 50 cm

Something black something white something, neither black nor white

2001

Drawings, fossilised fish, paint on concrete walls

dimension variable

Song

1992

oscilloscope

73 x 53,5 cm (framed)

Sooner or Later

1976

black and white photograph

64 x 47,5 cm (framed)

Source

1992–2015

Source cardboard box, black paper

41 x 30.5 x 60 cm

Source (steel ball)

2003

polished steel ball

15 cm in diameter

Story-line

1991

black and white photograph, acrylic, steel

overall dimensions 51 x 254 cm

Study in Black I

2008-2009

black mirror, artificial horizon, photographs, text, pedestal

overall dimensions variable

Study in Black II

2009-2010

black mirror, Claude mirror

Image 1: 16.5 x 12.5 cm, Image 2: 12.6 x 16.5 cm , Shelf: 11.8 x 1.2 cm

Study in Black III

2010

black mirror, Claude mirror, photographic print

overall dimensions variable, mirror: 210.5 x 56 x 3.5 cm, Claude mirror: 13 x 17 x 1.5 cm, photograph: 31.2 x 43.5 cm

Substances

1974

text and handwritten text on paper

40 x 58 cm

Summernights

1990

coloured paper

each 80 cm high

Suspended

1999–2024

stirring sticks

dimensions variable

Tangled (Collaboration between a Cat and a Human)

2016

multicoloured threads, spools

dimensions variable

Territory

1982

colour photograph, chalk on paper

overall dimensions 150 x 150 cm

The Fall

2005

metirod, vinyl text

pedestal: 35 x 35 x 75 cm

The First 3 Prime Numbers

2014

glass, wood, pearls

dimensions variable

The Gone and the Coming

1991

chicken wire, ammonite fossils

184 x 184 cm

The Hour

1980

stone, gold, silver, plywood, two parts

floor: 135 x 190 cm, wall: 125 x 190 cm

The Way We Were

2002

four black and white photographs

each 43,5 x 31 cm (framed)

Thingness

1991–2012

acrylic, polished stainless steel, text, plywood

50 x 50 x 50 cm

Third House

2011

Thorsteinn Surtr Dreamed

2002

(From The Book of the Icelanders, Ari the Learned, c. 1125) vinyl text

10 x 520 cm

Time and Time and Again

2013

silkscreen print

54,5 x 80 cm (framed)

Tinkering (To Mondrian)

2011

six colour photographs

each 51.7 x 51.7 cm

To Light Shadow and Dust (corner half-circle)

1994 - 2014

gold leaf, glass

40 x 40 cm

To Light Shadow and Dust (corner triangle)

1994 - 2014

gold leaf, glass

each 25 x 25 cm

To Light, Shadow and Dust

1994–2014

gold leaf, glass

overall dimensions variable, shelves each 0.6 x 75 x 15 cm

To Light, Shadow and Dust (corner)

1994-2014

gold leaf, glass, 4 shelves

each 18 x 60 cm

To light, Shadow and Dust (one step up)

2007

gold leaf, glass

each shelf 30 x 15 cm

To Light, Shadow and Dust (Untitled)

1994–2014

aluminium foil, glass

overall dimensions variable (here 220 x 60 cm, each shelf: 0.6 x 75 x 15

Traces

2014

frottage on paper, photograph, stone, wood, glass, mirror

overall dimensions variable

Triptych (Headspin, Pendulum, Plumbline)

2010

plumb line, two HD videos, colour, sound, 10’35” and 57”

dimensions variable

Tungustapi

1998

colour photograph

124 x 83 cm

Twenty and Twenty

2004

printed text on vinyl canvas, blue yarn

overall dimensions variable (canvas: 138 x 184 cm)

Two Appointments: Once a Day, Once a Night

2014

clocks, wooden shelves

7 x 9 x 32 cm

Two Small Windows

unknown

Two-part Contact

1995

glass, painted wood, funnel

200 x 20 cm

Untitle (wood and drawing)

1987

wood, drawing

125 x 400 cm

Untitled (glass hans)

1991

piano string, glass cast

approx. 400 x 250 cm

Untitled (Bagatelle)

1989

wood, glass, paint

100 x 90 cm

Untitled (books)

2009

still from HD video colour, sound,

7’18” loop

Untitled (broken wood)

1987

two framed drawings, painted wood

overall dimensions 30 x 65 cm

Untitled (corner vase)

2009

Cirva glass, mirror steel plates

73 x 43 x 43 cm

Untitled (drawing marble granite)

1987

granite, marble, pastel

overall dimensions 220 x 190 cm

Untitled (frames)

1986-88

watercolour, slate, wood

39.5 x 53.5 cm

Untitled (handprint in plaster)

1977

plaster diptych

each 30 x 30 x 2 cm

Untitled (hologram)

2008

Hologram, spotlights

110 x 90 cm

Untitled (Isafjordur hospital)

1987

wood

250 x 400 cm

Untitled (passepartout)

2009

Black wooden frame, passepartout, metal wire

54 x 69 cm

Untitled (pergament circle red square)

1986

paper, wood, pergament, metal

100,5 x 200,5 cm

Untitled (pergament galvanised steel)

1989

wood, galvanised steel, drawing on pergament

135 x 440

Untitled (prism diptych)

2001

Two color photographs

each 52 x 59 cm (framed)

Untitled (prism I)

1999-2000

colour photograph

123 X 190 cm

Untitled (prism II)

1999–2000

colour photograph

124 x 190 cm

Untitled (prism vertical)

1998-1999

colour photograph

180 x 113 cm

Untitled (red,yellow,blue wood)

1980

painted wood

20 x 320 cm

Untitled (Relief)

1966

paint, metal, rope

119 x 116 cm

Untitled (steel sheet)

1983-84

photograph, steel, wood, letter seal

100 x 354 x 2 cm

Untitled (Text Piece, Crossed Letters)

2009

vinyl text

dimension variable

Untitled (Twine)

2011

stills from HD video colour, sound

4’28” loop

Untitled (Vases)

2001–2002

polished stainless steel, glass

125 x 125 x 125 cm; 25 x 200 x 125 cm; 25 x 200 x 125 cm

Untitled (Water)

1990

framed black and white photos

each 29 x 21 cm

Untitled (wooden wall install)

1985-1986

wood and painted wood

245 x 345 x 8 cm

Untitled for Hafnarborg

2012

diptych, pigment inkjet print on semigloss paper

each 70 x 90 cm (framed)

Untitled Night

2012

two c-prints

2 pieces; 86.3 x 120.7 cm, 31 x 43.1 cm (framed)

Untitled One & Untitled Two

1989

painted wood, polished stainless steel

each 30 x 30 x 30 cm

Untitled Wall Installation

1989

painted wood, ulexite

overall dimensions approx. 150 x 150 cm

Urban Impressions

2011

puzzle pieces

each 6 x 7 cm, overall dimensions variable

Vegvisir

1985

Woodblock print on paper

48 x 64,5 cm

Vegvísir Meiri

2016

wood carving

Weather Report

2012

acrylic glass, polished steel, printed text, plywood

50 x 50 x 50 cm

What Didn’t Happen?

1973–2014

wooden frame, glass, ink

120.8 x 158.7 cm

Whatever Time We Choose (Ten Past Four)

1999–2000

Swarovski crystals

dimensions variable

White, Gray and Black

2019-2022

painted wood

each 40 cm

Winter Mountain

1992

Swarovski crystals

182 x 212 cm

World

1990-2007

26 Clay elements

each 4 cm, overall dimensions 300 x 300 cm

World Light

2013

still from HD video colour, silent,

3’28” loop

Yes I Know How It Feels…

2001

vinyl text

17 x 114 cm

You May Take One Stone With You

1977

table, stones, text on paper

overall dimensions variable

Þingvallavatn

1973–1974

watercolour on paper using water from Þingvallavatn lake

76 x 63 cm