Gardar Eide Einarsson

Gardar Eide Einarrson

"An Inside Look at Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs", 2008, acrylic and graphite on canvas, 72" x 84"
Born 1976 (age 3940)
Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Known for Painting, Installation art, Sculpture

Gardar Eide Einarsson (born January 12, 1976) is a Norwegian-born artist currently living and working in Tokyo and New York City.

Education

Work

Gardar Eide Einarsson in his studio

Gardar Eide Einarsson (Norwegian, b. 1976) is an artist whose work encompasses installation, printmaking, painting and sculpture. In his work, he critically explores various forms of social transgression and arguments for political subversion and appropriates and recontextualizes imagery from subcultures. His artistic practice comprises a wide range of media, such as text, installations, and drawing.[1]

Einarsson’s work incorporates acts of appropriation and the re-contextualization of imagery and information. He adopts and endows elements of cultural ephemera with a political charge, attempting to transform various materials into signifiers of dissent. His sources range from book cover graphics, mail-order catalogues, police instruction manuals, everyday objects and institutional architecture.[2]

He lives and works in New York City and Tokyo.

His work is in the following public collections:

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions
Special Projects
Selected group exhibitions

Residencies

Solo Publications

Catalogues

Published Work

Further reading

Public Collections

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