The Cat District | Arna G. Valsdóttir & Aðalsteinn Þórsson
The Cat District, an art exhibition by Arna G. Valsdóttir and Aðalsteinn Þórsson, opens at Deiglan on the 11th of April at 3PM and runs until April 19.
The exhibition is a retrospective of their studio residency work organized by The Chinese European Art Center in the city of Xiamen, China, in 2025, and at the same time an integration with their uniquely Icelandic everyday life and hustle.
In a way it is a continuation of the artists’ project and their exhibition at the CEAC gallery in Xiamen a year ago, in which each of them created an installation based on the everyday: Aðalsteinn by collecting the remnants of his life, packaging, and other items that are no longer useful – those things we let disappear from existence, but won’t cease to exist. Arna, on the other hand, collected fleeting moments on her video camera, which she then reuses in animated films. In this way, she transfers past moments from one corner of the world to another.
In a certain sense both Aðalsteinn and Arna are working with leftovers or that which passes away in life.
Both Arna and Aðalsteinn completed their postgraduate studies in Fine Arts at Dutch art schools; Arna in the late 1980s and Aðalsteinn in the 1990s. They have a diverse artistic career that spans decades.
All are welcome and entrance is free.
Opening hours:
Sunday 12th of April: 2 – 5PM
17th – 19th of April: 2 – 5PM
