Regnbogi (Rainbow)
In front of the terminal stands Regnboginn (e. the Rainbow) by the Icelandic artist Rúrí. The work leaves a strong impression on the environment as the rainbow rises from the ground in an open environment and ascends into the sky. The work is made of stainless steel tubes and stained glass. The colours of the rainbow are created with 313 yellow, red, green and blue stained glass units. The work rises from slabs of Icelandic grey stone and stretches 24 meters into the sky.
About the work, Rúrí says: "The rainbow is unfinished - I imagine that sometime later, after a hundred or a thousand years, the thread will be picked up again where it left off, and the construction will continue. It will then climb skywards higher and higher before starting its descent, until at last touching the earth and thereby completing the rainbow.”
The work was made in 1991 and was one of two works that won first prize in a competition for works of art at the Airport.
To find out more about her creative work, please visit her official website: https://www.ruri.is
