In a seemingly naive way, Valgerður Sigurðardóttir (b. 1992, Reykjavik) depicts the extremely mundane and ordinary to the point of absurdity. Small scenes of people at the dinner table, a family in the car or on a boat, a woman in bath ... Vala—shortened from Valgerður—makes works that have great integrity and fall back on very personal memories, dreams and fantasies that cling to small things rather than big stories. Although her works are very personal, they push to tell a universal story that leaves as much room as possible for the viewer's own associations. The book that Posture Editions will publish with Vala shows drawings on paper and an extensive series of ceramic she made from 2023 till now. Koen Sels writes an implicit text on the formative power of dreams and drawing. Dreaming/drawing as a way to gain insight into our confusing existence, a “primitive” space of unfinishedness that is in some ways realer than what we consider real, the fixed, finalised routine…
The book is realised with the support of Myndstef, Myndlistarsjóður and Keteleer Gallery. Posture Editions is supported by the Flemish Government.
The book coincides with the artist’s first institutional exhibition at Ásmundarsalur in Reykjavík (opening 28.06.2025) and will also be available at Keteleer Gallery in the context of Antwerp Art Weekend (29.05-01.06).
