About

Ásta Sigurðardóttir became “famous overnight” when her short story “Sunday Night to Monday Morning” was published in the magazine Líf og list in 1951. Ásta was 21 at the tiem. Much has been written and discussed over the years about the reception of the story and the author Ásta, there is no need to repeat it here. Less has been said about the visual artist Ásta, but she was an extremely talented and versatile artist. She worked for a while in the pottery factory Funi, where she painted art decorations on pottery. She also did painting, drawing and linocuts, as well as illustrating and …