Gardar Eide Einarsson

The Purpose of a System is What it Does is the first retrospective of Gardar Eide Einarsson’s (b.1976) work in a museum format, presenting an overview of 25 years of artistic practice. Gardar Eide Einarsson moved to New York in 2001, the day before the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Since then, he has exhibited in museums and galleries all over the world and become one of the most influential artists in Nordic art. During this period, his work has addressed aspects of oppression, state violence and propaganda, foreshadowing the populist age we now live in, characterised by conflict and illiberalism, thus showing how a violence that was once invisible has become part of our everyday lives. The exhibition will bring together key works from his artistic practice, and will include installation, sculptures, video, works on paper and painting. Visitors will also see a number of new works that anchor the exhibition in the present and point the way forward. The exhibition is part of Kode’s series of overview exhibitions of artists with personal and professional ties to Bergen. The exhibition will be accompanied by an extensive exhibition catalogue in English and Norwegian.