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Páll Guðmundsson (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈpʰautl̥ ˈkvʏðmʏntsɔn]; born 1959 in Húsafell in the west of Iceland, where he still lives) is a sculptor and artist.

Páll Guðmundsson
Páll Guðmundsson plays on lithophone that he has made
Born
Páll Guðmundsson

Húsafell, Iceland
NationalityIcelandic
Educationthe University of Fine Arts in Cologne, Germany
Known forsculptor

He has done part of his studies at the University of Fine Arts in Cologne, Germany.

Mostly, he sculptures faces of people out of the rock he finds around Húsafell. He has for example sculptured the faces of Johann Sebastian Bach, Björk and the Icelandic writer Thor Vilhjálmsson.

Páll is also working as a musician with a unique idiophone, a large xylophone-like instrument made of stones called the Steinharpa. He crafted the instrument himself using stones found around his home.[1] With the instrument he has performed along with the Icelandic band Sigur Rós.


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[de] Páll Guðmundsson

Páll Guðmundsson (* 1959 in Húsafell) ist ein isländischer Bildhauer und lebt im Westen von Island.
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