Power Has a Fragrance

Bonniers Konsthall presents a solo exhibition by internationally renowned Gardar Eide Einarsson.

Gardar Eide Einarsson's work is characterised by borrowing elements from art historical as well as contemporary sources such as graffiti and skateboard culture. Central topics in "Power Has a Fragrance" are authority and alienation. Drug lords and terrorists clash with police badges and truncheons in his formally and visually reduced, mostly black and white painting, his meticulously constructed sculptures, photographs, videos, flags and flyers. Gardar Eide Einarsson was born in 1976 in Oslo, and lives and works in New York. He was educated at Städelschule in Frankfurt and at Whitney Museum Independent Study Program.

Gardar Eide Einarsson, <i>Don't Believe Anything You Hear</i>, 2010; Untitled (Mail box), 2010. Photo Mattias Givell. — Gardar Eide Einarsson, *Don't Believe Anything You Hear*, 2010; Untitled (Mail box), 2010. Photo Mattias Givell.

The exhibition is a collaborative project of Bonniers Konsthall, The Reykjavik Art Museum, The Astrup Fearnley Museum for Moderne Kunst in Oslo and Kunsthalle Fridericianum in Kassel and will be presented at each institution in 2010 and 2011. At each venue, the show will have a different design. The project is accompanied by a catalogue, published by Astrup Fearnley. Curated by Gunnar B. Kvaran, director of Astrup Fearnley, Hafþór Yngvason director of Reykjavik Art Museum and Sara Arrhenius director of Bonnier Konsthall. Co-curator: Camilla Larsson.

Gardar Eide Einarsson, <i>Barricade (Stockholm)</i>, 2011. — Gardar Eide Einarsson, *Barricade (Stockholm)*, 2011.

By inviting a guest artist every year, Bonniers Konsthall enables the creation of new works. Previous guest artists include Gunilla Klingberg (2009), Michael Beutler (2008), Monica Bonvicini (2007) and Gabriel Lester (2006).

Gardar Eide Einarsson, <i>Untitled (Dining Cluster)</i>, 2006; Hate Monger, 2010. Photo Mattias Givell — Gardar Eide Einarsson, *Untitled (Dining Cluster)*, 2006; Hate Monger, 2010. Photo Mattias Givell

Until June 12
Gardar Eide Einarsson
Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm

Gardar Eide Einarsson, <i>Caligula</i>, 2010; <i>But, What Ends When The Symbols Shatter, Ed 1-3/3 [Men, vad tar slut när symbolerna krossas? Ed 1-3/3]</i>, 2009. — Gardar Eide Einarsson, *Caligula*, 2010; *But, What Ends When The Symbols Shatter, Ed 1-3/3 [Men, vad tar slut när symbolerna krossas? Ed 1-3/3]*, 2009.

Power Has a Fragrance

Bonniers Konsthall presents a solo exhibition by internationally renowned Gardar Eide Einarsson.

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