Æsa Sigurjonsdottir: Postnational Identities & Environmental Strategies in Icelandic Contemporary Art

Christel DeHaan Family Foundation Visiting Artist Lecture

Art historian and curator Æsa Sigurjónsdóttir discussed "Icelandicity" through the work of artists such as Birgir Andrésson, Ólöf Nordal, Rúrí, Ólafur Elíasson, and Ragnar Kjartansson, as well as the concept of nation branding developed by Simon Anholt and other marketing experts. After Sigurjónsdóttir’s presentation, Chancellor's Professor Emerita Jean Robertson moderated a Q&A.