Kristleifur Björnsson

My Shannyn

Kristleifur Björnsson (b.1973, Reykjavik)  'My Shannyn' takes place on the dividing line between ideal and reality. In this border area Björnsson attempts to conjure a public image of a woman that corresponds with his ideal and that is derived from his immediate reality. After a long selection process in the privacy of his studio, Björnsson has come up with an intimate cosmos of downloaded images of a woman whom he simply calls 'Shannyn' and whom we, as observers, may indeed recognize as the Hollywood actress Shannyn Sossamon. However, it became increasingly apparent during the work's realization that both Björnsson's ideals as well as his definition of reality are not only informed, but also fundamentally constructed, by the Internet.

Kristleifur Björnsson has his first group show in Galleri Stalke 2006.


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