This episode of Out There features the exhibition series THE WHEEL I – V, represented by Kristín Dagmar Jóhannesdóttir curator of “THE WHEEL V: All is Well”, the last and final iteration of the 5 year annual series, and Haraldur Jónsson visual artist and chairman of the exhibition committee of the Reykjavík Association of Sculptors. Becky and Tinna get to know the Association’s origin story and more about past projects. More recently “All is Well” was selected as the Group Show of the Year at the Icelandic Art Prize.
The final edition of The Wheel took place in postcodes 101, 102 and 107 in Reykjavík. Eight artists exhibited works in public space, all of whom are members of the Sculpture Association, and Swedish artist Ulrika Sparre, the exhibition’s honorary international artist.
Artists in The Wheel V included: Emma Heiðarsdóttir, Finnur Arnar, Geirþrúður Finnbogadóttir Hjörvar, Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir, Sean Patrick O’Brien, Steinunn Gunnlaugsdóttir, Ulrika Sparre and Wiola Ujazdowska.
