Ragnar Kjartansson
Date of birth: 1976-01-01
Place of birth: Reykjavík, Iceland
Known for: Directing
Also known as:
Biography
Ragnar Kjartansson is an Icelandic performance artist. He engages in multiple artistic mediums throughout his performative practice. Like video installations, performances, drawings, and paintings incorporate the history of film, music, visual culture, and literature.
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Death and the Children
2002-01-01
Single-channel video, 4' 54"
The Visitors
2012-10-17
A celebration of creativity, community, and friendship, The Visitors (2012) documents a 64-minute du
The Medúlla Videos
2005-01-01
Music videos for the album Medúlla. The medúlla videos. A documentary about the making of the "Triu
A Lot of Sorrow
2013-05-05
Icelandic artist and musician Ragnar Kjartansson’s often intensely durational performance-based work
Satan Is Real
2004-01-01
Kjartansson appears bare-chested and buried waist-deep in a Reykjavik public park. Strumming a guita
I'll Be Your Mirror
2024-08-23
Widow Chloe travels to Japan for work where she is welcomed by an old friend, Toshi. Sliding between