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The glasswork 'Touch' (2009) of Hreinn Fridfinnsson could be characterized as an ephemeral object due to its fragility and transparency. It has been touched by the
artist's hand apparently with wet paint in the colours blue, green, yellow, violet and red. It reads as a symbolic act of all the touches done by billions of individuals,
a universal human urge that will last until eternity. Fundamental colours that refer to white light and to elementary colours emphasise this continuity of human condition
to relate to nature, and the way we look at it and how behave in that same nature being part of it. During millennia many touches have been made and in that sense during
the ages to come with touch after touch nothing will change this human drive.

Kees van Gelder

Hreinn Fridfinnsson
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Hreinn Fridfinnsson Principle and Temptation, 1991 125 x 207 cm (series of three sizes) cibachrome on di-bond, perspex Hreinn Fridfinnsson Principle and Temptation, 1991 21 x 29,7 cm pencil on paper Hreinn Fridfinnsson Untitled, 1991 installation view in Galerie van Gelder, each part 230 x 230 x 61 cm photos, painted wood, nickel plated open cubes Hreinn Fridfinnsson Untitled, 1991 each 22 x 20 cm, 7 unique parts hand printed colour photos, wooden panels Hreinn Fridfinnsson Untitled, 1991 each 22 x 20 cm, 6 unique parts hand printed colour photos, wooden panels Hreinn Fridfinnsson House Project 1974-2007 issued as print by Serpentine Gallery, London 2007 print edition 150 click on image HREINN FRIDFINNSSON ca 10 x 8 cm, ball of glass, signed in print on object limited edition unknown The glasswork 'Touch' (2009) of Hreinn Fridfinnsson could be characterized as an ephemeral object due to its fragility and transparency. It has been touched by the artist's hand apparently with wet paint in the colours blue, green, yellow, violet and red. It reads as a symbolic act of all the touches done by billions of individuals, a universal human urge that will last until eternity. Fundamental colours that refer to white light and to elementary colours emphasise this continuity of human condition to relate to nature, and the way we look at it and how behave in that same nature being part of it. During millennia many touches have been made and in that sense during the ages to come with touch after touch nothing will change this human drive. Kees van Gelder