About The Work
Ragnar Kjartansson’s first collaboration with BORCH Editions simultaneously marks his first exposure to the medium of printmaking. It resulted in a suite of twenty-five etchings and seven large-scale woodcuts.
The woodcuts from the Fire series depict graphics, bordering on cliché images of flames in red and yellow against a black background. The subject of fire—a universal symbol for the paradox of destruction and creation—runs like a red thread through Kjartansson’s work. His fascination for flames stems from his childhood. ‘As a child, I loved to draw flames, I would draw houses and then put them on fire drawing flames in the windows. One could say that early on it was evident that I was either a psychopath or a romantic.’
About Ragnar Kjartansson
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Woodcut on Hahnemühle Bütten 300g
53.15 x 36.61 in
135.0 x 93.0 cm
The print is signed and numbered by the artist.
About The Work
Ragnar Kjartansson’s first collaboration with BORCH Editions simultaneously marks his first exposure to the medium of printmaking. It resulted in a suite of twenty-five etchings and seven large-scale woodcuts.
The woodcuts from the Fire series depict graphics, bordering on cliché images of flames in red and yellow against a black background. The subject of fire—a universal symbol for the paradox of destruction and creation—runs like a red thread through Kjartansson’s work. His fascination for flames stems from his childhood. ‘As a child, I loved to draw flames, I would draw houses and then put them on fire drawing flames in the windows. One could say that early on it was evident that I was either a psychopath or a romantic.’
About Ragnar Kjartansson
From The Magazine
- Art 101: "What I'd Buy This April": Artspace's Advisor Hannah Parker Shares The Artworks In Her Cart
- Interviews & Features: “I Want My Art to Be Satanic”: Ragnar Kjartansson on Learning From Kanye, and Pursuing the Sublime in the West Bank
- Interviews & Features: 10 Artists to Watch This July
- News & Events: High Art, Low Expectations: New Broad Museum Gives L.A. a Course in Blue-Chip 101
- News & Events: 5 Boutique Art Hotels to Stay in This Summer
Published by BORCH Editions
- The quoted dimensions are for the paper size. The image size is 121 x 81 cm.
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