The C3A presents the The Man (2010) by Ragnar Kjartansson (b. Reykjavik, 1976).  A portrait of blues musician Pinetop Perkins. The video was filmed in a field outside of Austin (Texas). Kjartansson draws on the entire arc of art in his performative practice. The history of film, music, theatre, visual culture and literature find their way into his video installations, durational performances, drawing and painting. Pretending and staging become key tools in the artist's attempt to convey sincere emotion and offer a genuine experience to the audience.

Kjartansson's work has been exhibited widely. Recent solo exhibitions have been held at the Barbican Art Gallery in London, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington DC, Reykjavik Art Museum, Palais de Tokyo in Paris, New Museum in New York an Metropolitan Museum, New York. Kjartansson studied at the Iceland Academy of the Arts and The Royal Academy, Stockholm.

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