Join us on November 18 for an evening with prodigious Icelandic sculptor Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir as she discusses the new book covering her wide-reaching career, HUMAN: Steinunn Thórarinsdóttir! The first major publication focused exclusively on capturing her 45 years as an artist, HUMAN contains images of all Thórarinsdóttir’s major works, as well as discussions from both Icelandic and international experts about her artistic vocation and works from various perspectives.

Thórarinsdóttir’s works– life-size, anonymous sculptures of human figures forged from aliminum and steel – gesture towards a universal humanity, whether they’re displayed in the nooks of American museums or scrambling up trellises outside of galleries in Denmark. Their featureless, genderless forms draw a stark contrast with their welcoming, all-too-familiar stances, posed as if interacting naturally with their environment. Wherever they might be, the representations of Thórarinsdóttir’s ouevre reach and twist through the pages of HUMAN to remind us of a raw connectivity that transcends outward appearances.