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Featuring: Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir

An exhibition of 12 life-sized figures by the Icelandic artist Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir (pronounced Stay-nun Thorens-daughter) arrived at the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park during the first week of July, 2009.

The work, entitled Horizons, consists of twelve ‘ungendered’ figures cast in iron. Each figure features an insert of polished glass. The work will remain on view at Governors State University until September of 2010.

“Thorarinsdottir’s work touches on themes of loneliness and isolation with threads of hope implied by glass inserts that provide an aura of spirituality,” said Geoffrey Bates, Director and Curator of the park.

“This is the first of what we plan as a series of temporary exhibitions of contemporary sculpture that will change on a regular basis. Horizons will provide yet another reason for the public to explore the paths of the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park.”

Þórarinsdóttir has exhibited widely in Europe and the U.K. and has been commissioned by both the Icelandic and English government for major sculptural installations. She is currently working on a commission for the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.

Horizons has been seen in New York and Texas and will continue to travel after its stay in University Park.

The work was featured in the January 2009 issue of Sculpture Magazine and is the subject of the documentary film Horizons by independent filmmaker Frank Cantor, which won the CINE Special Jury Award in Washington as the best short documentary of 2008.

Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir has studied at the Portsmouth Academy of Art and Design in England and the Accademia di Belle Arte in Bologna, Italy.

The artist has been named the Distinguished Lecturer for the Governors State University College of Arts and Sciences for the autumn, 2009 term and will be visiting the campus in October. For updates on events surrounding her visit, please contact the sculpture park line at 708.534.4486, email staff at sculpture@govst.edu., or visit this site.

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