Overview

Gallery Gudmundsdottir, Berlin, will participate in CHART Art Fair 2026 in August with a presentation by Icelandic Love Corporation.

 

Icelandic Love Corporation presents Written in Blood, a body of watercolour works addressing menopause as a rite of passage. After centuries of medical research, scientific classification, feminist discourse and self-organised knowledge production around the female body, menopause remains surrounded by silence and cliché. The project proposes a shift in perspective: from deficit to transformation, from invisibility to ceremony.

 

At CHART, the collective introduces a performative gesture within the framework of the works — women who have completed menopause are awarded a diploma, marking the transition as an achievement rather than a loss. Through subtle humour and expressive, fluid imagery, Written in Blood opens a space for reflection on cycles, endings and post-reproductive futures. The presentation frames menopause not as decline, but as a moment of agency, experience and renewed visibility.

 

 The presentation reflects the gallery’s commitment to research-driven practices that engage social narratives while maintaining formal precision and conceptual clarity.

Works
  • The Icelandic Love Corporation Written In Blood I, 2023 Collage; watercolor on paper, crochet, monoprint 42 x 59,4 cm
    The Icelandic Love Corporation
    Written In Blood I, 2023
    Collage; watercolor on paper, crochet, monoprint
    42 x 59,4 cm
  • The Icelandic Love Corporation Written In Blood IX, 2023 Collage; watercolor on paper, crochet, monoprint 42 x 59,4 cm
    The Icelandic Love Corporation
    Written In Blood IX, 2023
    Collage; watercolor on paper, crochet, monoprint

    42 x 59,4 cm
  • The Icelandic Love Corporation Written In Blood IV, 2023 Collage; watercolor on paper, crochet, monoprint 42 x 59,4 cm
    The Icelandic Love Corporation
    Written In Blood IV, 2023
    Collage; watercolor on paper, crochet, monoprint
    42 x 59,4 cm
  • The Icelandic Love Corporation Written In Blood VIII, 2023 Collage; watercolor on paper, crochet, monoprint 42 x 59,4 cm
    The Icelandic Love Corporation
    Written In Blood VIII, 2023
    Collage; watercolor on paper, crochet, monoprint

    42 x 59,4 cm