A kooky Icelandic exhibition

Unsurprisingly, considering his nationality, Hreinn Fridfinnsson has an element of the kooky about him. But unlike fellow Icelander Bjork's elfish leanings, Fridfinnsson prefers his folklore etched into the landscape of his homeland.

In the 1972 series Sacred And Enchanted Places, black and white images of rocky outcrops or grassy mounds are divided in two by text about the sagas that accompany them. Referring to curses attached to the landscape, each expresses the power of nature over man.

Fridfinnsson's childhood on a farm in the Icelandic wilderness also filters into more recent works. From Mont Sainte-Victoire is made up of seven pencil drawings that are almost brass rubbings, as though Fridfinnsson has placed his paper on the entire mountain range and taken an imprint of the texture beneath.

His famous 1974 work House Project, in which he recreated an 'inside out' house originally devised by an eccentric Icelander in a remote area of the country, was intended as a rumour rather than a sculptural piece; he wanted walkers to come across it unexpectedly.

That ethereal quality appears in pieces based on his dreams, too. In After A While, handwritten text referring to the shadow of a flying bird sits next to a photograph of Fridfinnsson's study. The illuminated wall above his desk emerges as a sky for hand-shadow flocks, the artist's flitting thoughts converging into a V formation.

Until Sep 2, Serpentine Gallery, Kensington Gardens W2, daily 10am to 6pm, free.

Tel: 020 7402 6075. Tube: High Street Kensington

Hreinn Fridfinnsson
Serpentine Gallery
Kensington Gardens, W2 3XA