Ragnar Kjartansson, still from Sunday Without Love, single-channel video, 2025.
“Sunday Without Love” by Ragnar Kjartansson
Where: Luhring Augustine
When: November 1 – December 20
Why It’s Worth a Look: Ragnar Kjartansson’s new video work began in an unlikely place: his refrigerator. An old postcard depicting a gaggle of musicians in the folk costumes of an unknown country hung above the food. Kjartansson and his collaborators, including Davíð Þór Jónsson, recreated the bucolic scene, sardonically adapting the German comedic song “Ohne Liebe Leben Lernen” with heartbroken lyrics.
Know Before You Go: Kjartansson’s works often draw upon Icelandic folk traditions, classical theater, and pastoral landscapes. His video works, joyous and mournful in equal measure, have been heralded as some of the best of the century.
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