Research Catalog

Title

Art can heal : the life and work of Sigríður Björnsdóttir / written by Ágústa Oddsdóttir ; interviews by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Egill Sæbjörnsson ; edited by Abigail Ley.

Author

Ágústa Oddsdóttir, 1947-

Publication

• Köln : Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, [2023]
• ©2023

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Additional Authors

• Obrist, Hans Ulrich
• Egill Sæbjörnsson, 1973-
• Ley, Abigail
• Sigríður Björnsdóttir, 1929-

Description

272 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits; 31 cm

Summary

Art Can Heal tells the remarkable story of the pioneering Icelandic artist and art therapist, Sigríður Björnsdóttir. From 1952 she developed methods to help children in hospitals experience, explore, and express their thoughts and emotions through art. Art Can Heal is an attempt by visual artist, Ágústa Oddsdóttir, to describe and share with the world the impact and magic that art therapy with Sigrí ur had on her life. Art Can Heal also includes interviews with Sigríður by Hans-Ulrich Obrist and Egill Sæbjörnsson.

Alternative Title

Life and work of Sigríður Björnsdóttir

Subject

• Sigríður Björnsdóttir, 1929-
• Art therapy for children > Iceland

Call Number

JQG 23-800

ISBN

• 375330462X
• 9783753304625

OCLC

1398463146

Author

Ágústa Oddsdóttir, 1947- author.

Title

Art can heal : the life and work of Sigríður Björnsdóttir / written by Ágústa Oddsdóttir ; interviews by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Egill Sæbjörnsson ; edited by Abigail Ley.

Publisher

Köln : Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, [2023]

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Obrist, Hans Ulrich, interviewer.

Egill Sæbjörnsson, 1973- interviewer.

Ley, Abigail, editor.

Sigríður Björnsdóttir, 1929- interviewee.

Research Call Number

JQG 23-800