Það er eitthvað við fána liti sem erfitt er að útskýra. Þó mér finnist ein þjóð ekkert merkilegri en önnur þá eru til einhver einkenni sem fylgir hverri þjóð sem gera þessar skiptingar í þjóðríki athyglisverð. Ég ætla ekki að tala um einkenni íslendinga nema þeim finnst, sumum hverjum, þeir sjálfir mjög spes, en eftir hrun hefur þessi umræða verið frekar óvinsæl og erfiðara að finna út hvað íslendingum finnst um sjálfa sig.
Ég hef stundum gert myndir í fánalitunum.
There is something about flag colors that are difficult to explain. Although I do not think one nation is anything better or worse than others, there are some characteristics that describes a nation, that make these tendency to have difrent nations in different in contrys worthwhile. I do not like to talk about Icelanders’ characteristics unless they feel them sef very special, some anyway, but after the collapse, this discussion has been rather unpopular and harder to find out what Icelanders think about themselves.
I have sometimes created art in the Icelandic flags colours.
Flestir sjá þetta sem málverk af Öxarárfoss. Olía á striga; 135×135 cm. 2005. Most people see this as Öxarárfoss, our famous waterfall at Thingvellir. Oil on Canvas; 135×135 cm. 2005
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Published by Daði Guðbjörnsson
Lives and work as an artist in Reykjavik.
Alter ego DADILISTO
I was born in Reykjavik: May 12, 1954. Grow up Kópavogur close to Reykavik, which was mostly built by refugees, who were not allocated land in Reykjavík for political reasons. Good time for children to play in half builded houses, or go to a small shelter and listen to the communist.
When I was 12 y.o. I decided to become a painter and, as my father resisted, it would not turn back.
After I have learnd Carpentry to make my father happy, I went to The school of Arts and Crafts, and ended up learning experimental art and new art media, I could take all the risks, I had lernd very practical profession to be able to make a living. I did not get started with creating so called “New media”, but began do painting with the good old oil colours. I was a part of movement in the eighties called “New Painting”. I then studied in Amsterdam for a year, mostly of graphic printing, but that time was a great gift for me, since I started working as a professional and have done so mostly since 1983.
I’ve been very lucky! I was one of the first to do, so called “New Panting” in Iceland, this promotion drew attention and I started selling my art works and could make a living in a decent life, all the time until the lucky famous “collapse” of the banks in Ieland, but at that time people mostly have to use their money in pay-as-you-go debt created by our economic system in Iceland, probably one of the worst in the world.
After that crash, I have been doing some extra work: teaching, city walk with tourist and so on, I have alsow been having pepole visiting my studio with some home-made food. But also received a grants.gov support for big exhibition in Art museum: Kjarvalsadir in 2011. This period has been nice, always good to get new challenges especially if one manages to take advantage of them. I recently had an exhibition of Mokka Kaffi in Reykjavik hat was successful.
I have been doing Sahajayoga for many years and have volunteered to teach and introduce.
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