Nobody has a free choice when it comes to love

February 10, 2012 5:27 AM

Could it have been something else ?
It can be anything
Do I love everything ?
Unfortunately not, but all things can be loved by different people at different times: enemies, devils, gods and chocolate candies.
-Sigurdur Gudmundsson
posted by beshtya (8 comments total)

thought this person was a poet at first, was horrified
posted by thelonius at 5:31 AM on February 10, 2012 [2 favorites]

I like the steel series most of all
posted by Renoroc at 5:33 AM on February 10, 2012

I bet the poem sounds better in Icelandic
posted by Renoroc at 5:33 AM on February 10, 2012

sigurdur does really speak this way
i just met him today
funny chap
posted by beshtya at 5:37 AM on February 10, 2012

Icelandic conceptual art is known for its polished and pure forms, its clear and simple thought, and its refined, subdued elegance. But not Sigurdur Gudmundsson!

Then they post a couple of photos of Sigurdur Gudnumndsson's artworks and all are polished and pure forms, clear and simple thought, refined, subdued elegance epitomized.
posted by hat_eater at 5:56 AM on February 10, 2012

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You're doing this all wrong Sigurdur.
posted by three blind mice at 6:41 AM on February 10, 2012

Renoroc: I bet the poem sounds better in Icelandic

As beshtya said, that's just pretty much the way Sigurður speaks. His writing is quite good, though principally he's a visual artist. He's written a number of well-respected novels and poems in Icelandic and gets nominated for literary awards regularly.

Here are some more artworks by Sigurður. I really appreciate the humor in his art.
posted by Kattullus at 7:23 AM on February 10, 2012 [1 favorite]

hey katullus! you know what i said to him when i met him? i said "aha yet another icelandic novelist". he just laughed.
posted by beshtya at 8:40 AM on February 10, 2012 [1 favorite]