Gardar Eide Einarsson: TOKYO UNDERWORLD
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Gardar Eide Einarsson
TOKYO UNDERWORLDSeptember 1 – October 8, 2006
Islands brygge, CopenhagenThis is the Tokyo Underworld seen through Gardar Eide Einarson's eyes: ten black and white paintings without any recognisable visual references to the Japanese gangster milieu.
Typical of Einarsson's work is that there is much more activity going on beneath the surface than on it. His work refers the alternative, parallel existences, and in-between spaces in the structure of society and organisations, enabling him to see the official political, economic and cultural systems in a critical light. Already before you enter the exhibition space, Einarsson's social structure critique - the process of including and excluding - is made obvious as the viewer passes through the artist's unique iron construction based on American pawn shop doors.
The paintings are titled after each of the ten chapters from the book Tokyo Underworld by Robert Whiting, a gripping account of American Nick Zappetti's life as a self-declared mafia boss in Tokyo. The final element to the exhibition is a crude, home-made black hood – the basic, universal form of self concealment.
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Installation views
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Works
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Gardar Eide EinarssonBlank (You'll never see my face in...), 2006Framed altered sweat pant -
Gardar Eide EinarssonPrologue, 2006Acrylic on canvas
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Gardar Eide EinarssonThe First Black Market, 2006Acrylic on canvas
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Gardar Eide EinarssonRiding the Helter Skelter Forever, 2006Framed Ink Jet Print
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Gardar Eide EinarssonOccupation Hangover, 2006Acrylic on canvas
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Gardar Eide EinarssonSucces Story, 2006Acrylic on canvas
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Gardar Eide EinarssonPost-Olympic Underground Economy, 2006Acrylic on canvas
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Gardar Eide EinarssonMiss Hokkaido, 2006Acrylic on canvas
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Artist Biography
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Photo: Gui Martinez
