Exhibition opening

The National Gallery of Iceland invites you to the opening of Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir’s exhibition That’s a Very Large Number — A Commerzbau, that was originally commissioned for the Icelandic Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2024, on Friday, February 21st 2025 at 5 pm.

The site-specific installation of sculptural works has been reconceived for the National Gallery, responding to the architectural conditions of the museum, which overlooks Tjörnin (the Pond) and the City of Reykjavík.

Hildigunnur is known for her nuanced artistic practice, which looks critically at the worldwide systems of production and distribution and the strange lives of the products they create. Her work draws attention to the small, disposable objects that are often the mass-produced accessories of material culture: packing materials, price tags, signage, and systems of display. She casts these objects in new roles, changing their value and meaning entirely as they are experienced outside of their original function.

The Minister of Culture, Logi Einarsson, will open the exhibition.