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A Viking in Pondicherryby Sebastian CortesMeeting Gudjon at a rooftop party in the heart of SouthIndia was the start of an interesting journey. His Viking-likefeatures and his cowboy swagger, off set by a decidedlyunique and never trite conversation, added to his “originalpersona”. Our initial topic of conversation was promptedby my admiration for the Icelandic government’s courageand resolve during the last financial disaster of 2008. Hisresponse to my favorable comment made it clear to me thathe was not as impressed as I was and he proceeded to outlinein detail the many shortcomings. His critical analyses andhonest detailing of the facts was a refreshing change fromthe superficial party chatting. He proceeded to charm me bycommenting favorably on my last book on Pondicherry andto suggest that maybe he, as an architect/artist, interested inconservation, could offer some support to my mini crusade tobring new life to the many heritage and abandoned buildingsin Pondicherry.The next time Gudjon and I hooked up, he presented mewith an exhaustive study of the abandoned distillery inPondicherry, a massive and potentially interesting structure,which sits unattended and unused on one of the beststretches of the Pondicherry coastline. I was not only takenaback by his detailed effort, which gave rise to some very deepdiscussions about heritage and architecture but I was alsopleasantly stunned by his forward looking energy – certainlya residue of his New York years at Columbia – a very pleasantchange from the excessively laidback approach to the futurethat reigns in South India.Over the next couple of years Gudjon would dedicate time,energy and many personal contacts to the endless initiativesneeded to awaken the slumber around the question ofPondicherry’s heritage. Meetings with INTACH, where hisinnovative and sometimes overly advanced restructuringproposals caused a few eyes to roll, would always produce avibrant air of possibility but the mechanisms of politics andinterest seemed always to anchor the forward momentum,leaving everything stuck in the doldrums of unfinishedbusiness. Amazingly, Gudjon was never demotivated andbetween trips around the world and other commissions,he always found the time to check in on the Pondicherrysituation.The results are yet to be seen and maybe years are stillneeded for both of us to witness the heritage and culturalrevival that we both wish for Pondicherry but Gudjon’s effortsand energy have certainly proved that his creative spirit,which he celebrates in many ways, may also find a source ofconfirmation in his concern for the future of the Indo-French96
town that he now calls home. As a fellow artist, I can onlysay that I wish more talented people like him would cometo this area and contaminate the air with artistic energyand resources, which will galvanize sleepy Pondicherry.97
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GOlden IslANDsGOlden IslANDs- The g
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GUDJON BJARNASON - ART & ARCHITECTU
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Index1. Icelandic Drift into the In
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Each time Gudjon comes to Delhi, I
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The paradox of these typologies is
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Broken Elephant2014, print on reali
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Unisoned ELephants2014, print on re
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Immersed Elephants saturated2014, p
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Entangled ReaITies observed2014, pr
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FadINg CreATures Assembled2014, pri
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MEmories of The OtHER Half2014, pri
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Black FLOWer of INnocence2014, prin
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AcID FLOWers2014, print on realisti
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Beware Birds, beware2014, print on
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Quadrable EXplosiON2014, print on s
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Fallen Trees saturATted Dark2014, p
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Water Lilies, Water Lillies2014, pr
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Negative Water Lilly Gaze - for Mon
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FLOWered VisiONs FadINg2014, print
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Fallen Trees saturATed DARK2014, pr
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Fallen Trees in Vertical Mode2014,
Page 50 and 51: Tree Crash (from Cyclone series)201
Page 52 and 53: REflectiONs on Car Three Crash (fro
Page 54 and 55: The Changing Photographic Work of G
Page 56 and 57: Beyond Luxury withIN2014, print on
Page 58 and 59: FadINg Luxuries2014, print on synth
Page 60 and 61: Mind VisiON blOWN2014, print on rea
Page 62 and 63: EXplosive Energies2014, print on re
Page 64 and 65: DarkEND Abundance2014, print on rea
Page 66 and 67: Faded Realities2014, print on reali
Page 68 and 69: Empty Messages EXposed2014, print o
Page 70 and 71: Cons Vertical Pro2014, print on rea
Page 72 and 73: Newborn Architectures2014, print on
Page 74 and 75: SwirlINg ActsiONs, swirling2014, pr
Page 76 and 77: Dark Castles revISited IT TRUE2014,
Page 78 and 79: & beautiful delicate Art of Abundan
Page 80 and 81: cONs Vertical MUNDI2014, print on r
Page 82 and 83: Mixed cONstructiONsON VERTICALS2014
Page 84 and 85: Overflooded Realities2014, print on
Page 86 and 87: ART CONSTRUCTION VERTICALS2014, pri
Page 88 and 89: Do Captalist Elephants?2014, print
Page 90 and 91: Destructive Poetries2014, print on
Page 92 and 93: New New Beyonds2014, print on reali
Page 94 and 95: Cyclone Fantasy saturated2014, prin
Page 96 and 97: Reflected Abundance2014, print on r
Page 98 and 99: Memories of BEing BE2014, print on-
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Page 105 and 106: GOlden Sky Gaze (from Clouds, Skies
Page 107 and 108: SaturATed BEautiful (from Clouds, S
Page 109 and 110: From Earth, Cloud to Sky (from Clou
Page 111 and 112: Vague Sun Set (from Sunset series)2
Page 113: Unatural Abundance - checkmate for
Page 116 and 117: VaINs of BE-Ing (from Satellite ser
Page 118 and 119: GOlden Vibrancies (from Satellite s
Page 120 and 121: LAndSCapes-The Rock that is, that i
Page 122 and 123: FadINg Journies (from HorizON serie
Page 124 and 125: LandSCapeS & HuntiNg HorizONs (from
Page 126 and 127: That GOlden MoMEnt (from Rock serie
Page 128 and 129: FadINg Rocks, fadiINg Rocks-ad infi
Page 130 and 131: Hunted Lake reflected hoch! (from L
Page 132 and 133: Darkened EXplosion Manifest (from E
Page 134 and 135: EX Crossed EXplosion (from Explosio
Page 136 and 137: Exploding situation2014, print on r
Page 138 and 139: Beyond power2014, print on realisti
Page 140 and 141: Merging darkness2014, print on real
Page 142 and 143: After the befores2014, print on rea
Page 144 and 145: Presences2014, print on realistic p
Page 146 and 147: In the desert2014, print on realist
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Obliterations2014, print on realist
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After the storm-diptych tragedy2014
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Happy skulls2014, print on realisti
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Sweet horizons2014, print on realis
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Matters of the heart2014, print on
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Sky explosions2014, print on realis
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Sky explosions III2014, print on re
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Sky explosions V2014, print on real
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Spiritual saturation2014, print on
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Spiritual saturation III2014, print
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Water lillies2014, print on realist
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Connecting the tribes2014, print on
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Expanding territories overlaid II20
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Beyond sadness2014, print on realis
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Beyond sadness III2014, print on re
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Darkness achieved2014, print on rea
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Elephant rides contemplated2014, pr
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Elephant rides II2014, print on rea
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Tiger hunt overlaid II2014, print o
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Blackened containers2014, print on
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Old Men2014, print on realistic pho
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Deca dIS dIS2014, print on realisti
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AbstrACT InsertiONs II2014, print o
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Abstract Insertions III2014, print
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Fleeting Moments2017, print on real
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Formations in Black2017, print on r
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On the Edge2017, print on realistic
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Million Roses2017, print on realist
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Dried Riverbeds2017, print on reali
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EpilogueBy Dr.K.K ChakravartyGudjon
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Interview with Gudjon Bjarnasonby M
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sELF pORtrait OR2014, print on real
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Profile
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According to the winning master pla
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USA. In 2015 he received a honorabl
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Bill FitzGibbons received his BFA i
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Special Acknowledgements & Gratitud
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