Reykjavík Grapevine - 14.01.2005, Blaðsíða 21

Mon-Fri 10:00-16:00
Books and periodicals in Icelandic as well as Eng-
lish, Scandinavian and other languages. Also has
a childrens and a comic book section.
Reykjavík Zoo and Family Park
10:00-18:00 every day
Icelandic horse and sheep, along with local va-
rieties other animals in the zoo. Right beside it
is the Park, which has various activities for the
whole family.
Numismatic Collection of the Central Bank
Mon-Fri 9:00-17:00, Closed 12:00-13:00.
Icelandic coins and banknotes.
Gallery Sævar Karl
Mon-Fri 10:00-17:00
Exhibition by Hulda Vilhjálmsdóttir.
Gallery Kolbrún S. Kjarval
Uniquely designed, hand-made ceramics.
Gallery smíðar og skart
Sun-Fri 10:00-18:00, Sat: 10:00-16:00
Selection of fine art, both functional and sculp-
tural. Ceramics, paintings and graphics.
Klink og bank artist workplace
Workplace for artist, open when something spea-
cial is going on.
Gallery Meistari Jakob
Mon-Fri 11:00-18:00, Sat 11:00-14:00
The gallery is run by eleven artists who work in
ceramics, textiles, printmaking and paintings and
you will always find one of them at the gallery.
Teddi - Workshop
10:00-18:00 every day
Open workshop of tree sculptures of Teddi.
Kirsuberjatréð
A gallery with Icelandic design run by ten female
artists.
Gallery Fold
Mon-Fri 10:00-18:00 Sat 11:00-17:00 Sun
14:00-17:00
One of the largest Galleries in Iceland, works by
many know artists. ends May 15
Bad Taste Gallery
Bad Taste records record store and gallery.
All around Iceland
Every winter at the end of January, Icelanders
celebrate the old feast of Thorrablot.
Around Reykjavík
The Dark Music Days starts (30 jan. - 2 feb.) is
the most impressive Icelandic festival for contem-
porary music and has a splendid reputation both
in Iceland as well as abroad.
Icelandic Institute of Natural History
Tue, Thu, Sat, Sun 13:00-17:00
Geological, botanical and zoological exhibits, dis-
playing the nature of Iceland.
Telecommunications Museum
Tue,Thu&Sun 11:00-17:00
Pictures and items related to the history of tele-
communications.
Reykjavík Zoo and Family Park
10:00-18:00 every day
Icelandic horse and sheep, along with local va-
rieties other animals in the zoo. Right beside it
is the Park, which has various activities for the
whole family.
Reykjavík Botanical Garden
10:00-22:00 every day
All kinds of plants and flowers on display.
Einar Jónsson Sculpture Museum
Sat-Sun 14:00-17:00
Works of Einar Jónsson, Iceland´s first sculptor.
Saga Museum
12:00-17:00 every day.
The Saga museum intimately recreates key mo-
ments in Icelandic history and gives a compelling
view into how Icelanders have lived and thought
for more than a millenium through the use of life
size likenesses.
Reykjavík Electricity Museum
Sun 13:00-17:00
A historical survey of the uses of electricity in
the city of Reykjavik, from the time of the first
hydroelectric station at Elliðaár, in operation from
1921 onwards.
Gallery Tukt
Mon-Thu 13:00-18:00, Fri 13:00 - 17:00
Various artists.
SATURDAY
JANUARY 15
ASÍ museum
Exhibition by Valgerður Guðlaugsdóttir opens.
Gerðarsafn, Kóparvogur Art Gallery
Opening of two exhibitons, Touching and Oil
lights.
Borgarleikhúsið, City Theatre
Family Performance by Iceland Dance Company.
Three fun dance performances made to charm the
whole family.
SUNDAY
JANUARY 16
Hafnarhúsið, Reykjavík Art Museum
Artist Talk: Conversation with photographer Brian
Griffin. Moderator Anne Braybon, lecturer on pho-
tography and Art Director of Management Today.
In English.
THURSDAY
JANUARY 20
Háskólabíó
Concert by The Icelandic Symphony Orchestra
FRIDAY
JANUARY 21
Culture House
The theme exhibition The Poet of the Month is re-
newed with a display on the life and work of one
of Iceland’s much-loved poets; Davíð Stefánsson.
All are welcome to attend.
SATURDAY
JANUARY 22
Borgarleikhúsið, City Theatre
Family Performance by Iceland Dance Company.
Three fun dance performances made to charm the
whole family.
SUNDAY
JANUARY 23
Hafnarhúsið, Reykjavík Art Museum
Gallery Talk: The artist Þórður Ben Sveinsson
leads a tour of the exhibition.
THURSDAY
JANUARY 27
Háskólabíó
Concert by The Icelandic Symphony Orchestra,
Conductor Bernharður Wilkinson.
SATURDAY
JANUARY 29
National Gallery of Iceland
Two exhibition starts, see more details in ongo-
ing listings.
Safn
Two new exhibition opens. See details in ongoing
events.
SUNDAY
JANUARY 30
Hafnarhúsið, Reykjavík Art Museum
Artist Talk: Conversation with artist Bjargey
Ólafsdóttir. Moderator Ágústa Kristófersdóttir
curator. Screening of three short films by Bjargey:
False teeth, Jean and Do Not Let My Fragile Ap-
pearance Deceive You.
THURSDAY
FEBRUARY 3
Háskólabíó
Concert by The Icelandic Symphony Orchestra
FRIDAY
FEBRUARY 4
Kjarvalsstaðir Art Museum
Opening if two exhibition. See details in ongoing
exhibiton.
Icelandic opera
We are all Marlene Dietrich: A new creation by
Erna Ómarsdóttir and Emil Hvratin.This piece
is a part of the Trans danse Europe 2003-2006
project.
SATURDAY
FEBRUARY 5
Nordic House
Nordic and international compositions - panel
discussions. Dark Music Days.
Nordic House
Geir Draugsvoll plays the harmonica.
SUNDAY
FEBRUARY 6
Hafnarhúsið, Reykjavík Art Museum
Conference: The City – A Monument of Culture
A conference exploring the city as a cultural
phenomenon. In collaboration with the Reykjavík
Academy.
National Gallery of Iceland
15:00-16:00. Guieded tour through the museum.
WEDNESDAY
FEBRUARY 9
National Gallery of Iceland
Lecture by Guðni Tómasson about artist argue
1942.
THURSDAY
FEBRUARY 10
Nýlistasafið, The Living Art Museum
Opening of two exhibition: “Two dimension-di-
mension” Icelandic contemporary painting and
Jean Bernard Koeman, well known Belgian artist
Koeman makes a hommage to Piero Manzoni’s
work entitled ‘Socle du Monde’
FRIDAY
FEBRUARY 11
Icelandic opera
Puccini’s Tosca will be opening with Elín Ósk Ós-
karsdóttir in the title role.
SUNDAY
FEBRUARY 13
Kjarvalsstaðir Art Museum
Lecture: Art historian and Director of Reykjavik
Art Museum Eirikur Þorláksson gives a talk on
the art of Hörður Ágústsson.
ONGOING
Ásmundarsafn, Sculpture museum
13:00-16:00 every day
The Man and Material. A retrospective exhibi-
tion of works by Asmundur Sveinsson.
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
Mon-Fri 12:00-19:00, Sat&Sun 13:00-
17:00.
Exhibition “Before and after” by Roland Barthes.
The photos generally show progress from bad
to good, sometimes from good to even better
– but the comparison is never negative. Ends
February 6.
Gallery Bananas
On Laugavegur 80, walk in from Baronstígur.
Recently opened gallery in the Garden.
Reykjavik Municipal Archives
Mon. to Fri. 10-16
Documents from institutions and municipal
companies in Reykjavik are stored in the Mu-
nicipal Archives and make out the main part of
the archives.
Gallery Hnoss
Mon-Fri 12:00-18:00 Sat 11:00-16:00
Works by artists Auður Eysteinsdóttir and Hildur
Margrétardóttir.
Gallery i8
Wed-Fri 11:00-17:00, 13:00-17:00 Sat.
Exhibition by Finnur Arnar.
Hafnarborg Art Gallery
Wed-Sun 11:00-17:00
Exhibitions Black on White, Sigrún Guðmunds-
dóttir and Electricity in Hafnarfjörð for 100 years
are what Hafnarborg brings to us all. Ends
January 31.
Gerðarsafn, Kóparvogur Art Gallery
Tue-Sun 11:00-17:00.
East room: Touching, Paintings by Birgir Snæb-
jörn Birgisson. West room: Oil lights, Figurative
and abstract paintings by Elías B. Halldórsson.
Ends February 6.
Sigurjón Ólafsson Sculpture Museum
Sat and Sun 14:00-17:00
Ólafsson Museum: Closed in December and
January.
Kjarvalsstaðir Art Museum
10:00-17:00 every day
Permanent exhibition: Works from the Kjarval
Collection. On February 4 starts exhibitons Aim
XI, a joint project by the artists Helgi Hjaltalín
Eyjólfsson and Pétur Örn Friðriksson. And
exhibiton by Hörður Ágústsson - Retrospec-
tive, Hörður Ágústsson is born 1922, is one of
Iceland’s most respected and versatile artists,
a “renaissance man” in the true sense of the
word.
Hafnarhúsið, Reykjavík Art Museum
Mon-Fri 10:00-18:00, Sat 10:00-16:00
Erró – Scapes: An exhibition of works from
private collections and from the Erró Collection.
Influences: Exhibiton by Brian Griffin photogra-
pher. This is the first retrospective exhibition of
the works of Brian Griffin.
Urban Nature: The artist Þórður Ben Sveinsson
was one of the original members of the so-called
SÚM group in Iceland in the 1960´s. At an ex-
hibition in Reykjavík in 1982 he introduced for
the first time his vision of a new kind of urban
environment and architecture in Iceland. In this
exhibition Sveinsson will reveal the latest devel-
opments of his urban visions inspired by nature.
A solo exhibition “Do Not Let My Fragile Appear-
ance Deceive You” works of the artist Bjargey
Ólafsdóttir.
Safn
Wed-Fri 14:00-18:00. Sat&Sun 14:00-
17:00
Birgir Andrésson – introduction to the works
of the artist. Two new exhibition open 29 jan:
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Soundexhibtion by Jóhann Jóhannsson and
photoexhibition by Stephan Stephenssen (alias
President Bongo).
Nýlistasafnið, The Living Art Museum
Two exhibition: Carnal Knowledge is a group ex-
hibit of women artists from the Nordic countries
and Peru. Curator, Díana Storåsen, describes the
group as artists that express themselves in a po-
etical fairytale feminism fashion that empazises
the strength within women.
Second exhibition, Hlynur Helgason - Walk down
Klapparstíg.
Nordic House
Mon-Fri 8:00-17:00, Sat&Sun 12:00-17:00
Tonje Strøm. Exhibition hall and lobby.
Culture House
11:00-17:00 every day
Few exhibitions: “Medieval Manuscripts Eddas
and Sagas”, many of Iceland’s national treasures
are on display in the Culture House’s featured
exhibition Medieval Manuscripts – Eddas and
Sagas.
“The National Museum - as it was” The exhibi-
tion celebrates the National Museum’s 140th an-
niversary in 2003. Exhibition “Home Rule 1904”.
The Culture House has launched two new theme
exhibits: The artists of the month and Icelandic
Musical Heritage.
The Artist of the Month is a collaborative project
of the Culture House and a private company run-
ning the educational website skolavefurinn.is.
The first artist of the month is Bragi Ásgeirsson.
Gerðuberg Cultural Center
Mon-Fri 11:00-19:00, Sat-Sun 13:00-17:00.
Exhibition by Rosemarie Trockel, she is one of
the most important figures in the contemporary
art movement in Germany. She challenges es-
tablished theories about sexuality, culture, and
artistic production.
Exhibition Art from Human Hair by Sigríður from
Vigur island starts 21 jan. Works of art made
from human hair are a rarity, and only a handful
of Icelanders have learned this old craft.
National Gallery of Iceland
11:00-17:00 every day
Exhibition Archive – endangered waters by RÚRI.
It holds 52 large photos of falls in Iceland.
Exhibtion of Icelandic artworks from 1930-1945,
overview from this time.
National Film Archive of Iceland
11. and 15. jan. La Notte Michelangelo Antonioni
18. and 22. jan. Nazarín Luis Buñuel
25. and 29. jan. Andrei Rublyov Andrei Tar-
kowsky
1. and 5. feb. Name of the rose Jean-Jacques
Annaud
8. and 12. feb. The silent movies from Iceland.
The National Museum of Iceland
New permanent exhibitions, giving a comprehen-
sive picture of Iceland’s cultural history through
the ages to the present day. The exhibitions
will cover 2000 m2 and be an exciting journey
through time.
Árbæjarsafn, Folk Museum
Winter: Guided tours scheduled on Mon-
days, Wednesdays and Fridays at 13:00.
Guided tours for groups by arrangement.
Árbæjarsafn, Folk Museum is Reykjavík City´s
folk museum and the largest open air museum
in Iceland. Outside the summer season, guided
tours of the museum are scheduled on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays at 13:00. Guided tours
for groups by arrangement.
Telecommunications Museum
Tue,Thu&Sun 11:00-17:00
Pictures and items related to the history of tele-
communications.
Reykjavík Botanical Garden
10:00-22:00 every day
Icelandic horse and sheep, along with local va-
rieties other animals in the zoo. Right beside it
is the Park, which has various activities for the
whole family.
Einar Jónsson Sculpture Museum
Sat-Sun 14:00-17:00
Works of Einar Jónsson, Iceland´s first sculptor.
Numismatic Collection of the Central Bank
Mon-Fri 9:00-17:00, Closed 12:00-13:00.
Icelandic coins and banknotes.
ASÍ museum
Tue-Sun 14:00-18:00
VALGERÐUR GUÐLAUGSDÓTTIR - In the exhibi-
tion Valgerður plays with the image of the female
body in modern society. Ends February 6.
Reykjavík City Library
101 Gallery, until February 12th
MR. PIANO & MRS. PILE
Egill is a young artist who recently took part in the group exhibition “New
Icelandic Art” at the National Gallery of Iceland. Perhaps best know for
masturbating at Kjarvalsstaðir, his contribution there was a video work, and
he still does them here. They certainly are memorable: wildmen singing
carelessly in the night-sky while bombs are falling in the background, being
passively watched by the human-faced moon. Apart from the screen-show,
there was a small stage with microphones, piano and silhouettes of bubbly
bush-like black creatures with moving cartoon-like eyes and lips. Now he is
coming to Gallery 101 with a similarly simplified vocabulary, but I am still
undecided whether I like it or not. I guess the only safe way to talk about the
meaning of life, without being tiresome, is to make it all sound like a joke,
and turn it into a song and dance routine. Well, a fun time is guaranteed.
I8, until February 26th
FINNUR ARNAR
Finnur Arnar exhibits video installations, does stage designs and also
teaches art. My impression of him is of a gloomy, pensive man who does
not like talking much, and his videos are of a contemplative and melancholic
nature: hardly anything moves and the same object is fragmented several
times. In an article, Halldór Björn Runólfsson compares him with the digital
version of Caspar David Friedrich’s romanticized nature-scapes, and as a
symbol of contemporary male crisis. Being used to action-packed movies, one
may find his videos uncomfortably still and simple but then again, is everyday
life action-packed?
The Living Art Museum, until January 30th
THE CARNAL KNOWLEDGE GROUP AND
HLYNUR HELGASON
Yes, Carnal means sexual, but don’t get tricked by the title, there’s
nothing really sexual here. By the entrance one can get a 4-page detailed
explanations in Icelandic about what these 8 female artists had in mind when
they chose this concept. Key-words include: a movie by the same title from
1971, a CD by Van Halen, Fatal Attraction, female vs. male perception, the
Bible, MTV, consumer culture, and so on. My personal favourite would be
Helena Blomquist: her black-and-white photographic work brings nostalgia
for the time when there was no digital-image technology, but she definitely
knows how to make it technically and aesthetically convincing. Hlynur
Helgason shares the same space with a concept of his own: a photographic
and video portrait of the well-known nearby street Klapparstígur. So well-
known, perhaps, that it was hard to grasp any new perspective on it.