Ragnar Kjartansson: Love and Squalor

Utah Museum of Contemporary ArtScore 77.6

Love and Squalor takes its name from a short story by JD Salinger, which contrasts innocence with destruction. The title functions as an umbrella between two pieces by Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson, made ten years apart: Scenes from Western Culture: Burning House (2015) and the US Institutional debut of Sunday without Love (2025). Part-performance, part-film, the two works draw heavily on historic paintings…