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Art star ragnar kjartansson moves people to tears, over and over the artists repeating performance films can bring on a sort of catharsis, and people often cry. The piece was commissioned by the migros museum in zurich, and was one of the museums inaugural exhibits. It may already have toured europe and america, but icelandic artist ragnar kjartansson s epic ninescreen video installation the visitors 2012 hasnt lost any of its sentiment. A sentimental portrayal of friendship, love, and loss and one of the bestloved works in the icas permanent collection, ragnar kjartanssons b. Icelandic artists emotionally haunting the visitors. The mac is pleased and proud to welcome ragnar kjartansson and the unique world he conveys through ironic humour and a philosophical. As i meandered around nine large video screens, i experienced ragnar kjartansson s the visitors as a series of overlapping sounds and images, a shifting musical collage. Courtesy of the artist, luhring augustine, new york.