Reykjavík Grapevine - 19.05.2006, Blaðsíða 16

101 GALLERÍ
Hverfisgata
Opening hours: Thu.-Sat. 13-17
21.04-03.06.2006
Steingrímur Eyfjörð
ÁSMUNDARSAFN
Sigtún
Opening hours: 10-16 every day
The Man and Material
Permanent Exhibition
A retrospective exhibition of works by
Ásmundur Sveinsson
THE EINAR JÓNSSON
MUSEUM
Eiríksgata
Opening hours: Sat.-Sun. 14-17
http://www.skulptur.is
Permanent exhibition of the sculptor
Einar Jónsson
GERðUBERG CULTURAL
CENTRE
Gerðuberg 3-5, 111 Reykjavík
06.05-10.09.2006
Sculptures by Guðjón Stefán Kristinns-
son. Materials include driftwood, rock,
glass and turf.
Acrylic portraits by Jón Ólafsson.
Paintings by Ketill Larsen.
I8 GALLERÍ
Klapparstígur
Open Thu.-Sat. 13-17 and by
appointment
19.05.06-01.07.06
Upstairs: Finnbogi Pétursson
Downstairs: Twelve female artists
GALLERÍ ANIMA
Ingólfsstræti 8
Open Fridays 12-17
Sat.-Sun. 13-17
Free entrance
28.04-21.05.2006
Björg Örvar
DWARF GALLERy
Grundarstígur 21
Opening hours vary.
Free entrance
http://this.is/birta
06.05-20.05.06
Magnús Árnason
Performance Installation
GyLLINHæð
Art academy exhibition space
Laugavegur 23
Open Thu.-Sun. 14-18
Students from the first year of the
Academy.
KJARVALSSTAðIR
REyKJAVÍK MUSEUM
Flókagata
Open every day 10-17
www.listasafnreykjavikur.is
02.04-05.06.2006
Ilia og Emilia Kabakov
Joseph Kosuth
Installations In memory of H.C. Andersen
08.04-03.12.2006
Let’s Look at Art
A series of exhibitions especially designed
for children.
16.06-03.09.2006
Works from the Reykjavík Art Museum’s
collection
KLING & BANG GALLERÍ
Laugavegur 23
Open Thu.-Sun. 14-18
Free entrance
www.this.is/klingandbang
13.05-11.06.2006
Hannes Lárusson
Ubo Roi meets Humpty Dumpty (in
Iceland)
13.05-11.06.2006
Downstairs
Helgi Þórsson
ASÍ ART MUSEUM
Freyjugata 41
Open every day 13-17; closed on Mondays
Free entrance
06-28.05.2006
Kees Visser
THE NATIONAL GALLERy
Fríkirkjuvegur
Opening hours: Tue.-Sun. 11-17
Free entrance
12.05-25.06.2006
Birgir Andrésson, retrospective
Steingrímur Eyfjörð, retrospective
08.07-10.09.2006
Landscape and Folklore (from the Na-
tional Gallery of Iceland collection)
www.listasafn.is
14.05-11.06.2006
Animals in Reykjavík: a photographic col-
laboration by Bryndís Sæbjörnsdóttir and
Mark Wilson.
HAFNARHÚS
REyKJAVÍK MUSEUM
Open every day 10-17
www.listsafnreykjavikur.is
06-25.05.2006
Group exhibition of graduating students
from The Icelandic Art Academy.
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM
Suðurgata 41
Opening hours: daily 10-17
www.natmus.is
The National Gallery of Photography:
Roots of the “Rúntur”
The Arc Hall:
Invisible women in Icelandic art
Research Exhibitions:
Archaeological research and Iceland’s
new view of history
Permanent Exhibitions
The Making of a Nation
NORDIC HOUSE
Open 12-17; closed on Mondays
14.04-21.05.2006
Drawings by children from Nordic
countries.
NæSTI BAR
Ingólfsstræti 1a
29.04-26.05.2006
Snorri Ásmundsson
Healing Paintings
LIVING ART MUSEUM
www.nylo.is
Open Wed.-Sun. 13-17
Free entrance
14.05-04.06.2006
The Supremes - 19 artists from outside of
Iceland, along with five Icelandic artists.
SAFN
Open Wed.-Fri. 14-18
Sat.-Sun. 14-17
Free entrance
www.safn.is
13.05-11.06.2006
Ceal Floyer
Karin Sander
SIGURJÓN ÓLAFSSON
MUSEUM
Laugarnestangi 70
http://www.lso.is/
The Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum exhibits
works by the Icelandic sculptor Sigurjón
Ólafsson.
GEL GALLERÍ
Hverfisgata 37, 101 Reykjavík
19.05-05.06.2006
“A Model for the Treeman” by Belgian
artist Dirk Leroux
GALLERy BOREAS
(at Gallerí Úlfar for the month of May)
Baldursgata 11, 101 Reykjavík
www.galleryboreas.com
Until 31.05.2006: The art of
Adam Bateman
TURPENTINE
Open Tue.-Fri. 12-18
Sat. 11-16
www.turpentine.is
13.05-11.06.2006
Nína Tryggvadóttir
Photography in the Streets of Downtown
Reykjavík
The Reykjavík Museum of Photography
is celebrating its 25th anniversary with
a photographic retrospective scattered
around the city center. The theme is a
general look back at the past century of life
in the capital. Most of the photographs are
on display in Lækjartorg, Austurvöllur and
Fógetagarður.
>>>OUTSIDE REyKJAVÍK:
Hafnarfjörður:
HAFNARBORG
Open 11-17, every day but Tuesdays.
www.hafnarborg.is
06-29.05.2006
Örn Þorsteinsson “Kvika úr búri - sculp-
tures”
SUðSUðVESTUR
Hafnagata 22
230 Reykjanesbær
http://www.sudsudvestur.is/
29.04-21.05.2006
Indíana Auðunsdóttir
Akureyri:
GALLERÍ +
Brekkugata 35
29.04-21.05.2006
Sólveig Aðalsteinsdóttir
Þóra Sigurðardóttir
JÓNAS VIðAR GALLERy
Opening hours: Fri.-Sat. 13-18
06.05-20.05.2006
Helgi Vilberg
Paintings
AKUREyRI ART MUSEUM
Open from 12-17. Closed on Mondays.
http://www.listasafn.akureyri.is
06.05-25.06.2006
Homesick
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Prepared for the Grapevine by the Centre for
Icelandic Art. For more information, visit www.
CIA.is, or visit their office at Hafnarstræti 16, 101
Reykjavík.
GRADUATE EXHIBIT
The President came, the mayor came, all of the big people attended the opening of
the Academy of Arts’s annual show—and it was so packed that nobody could see
much. The darlings of the event are the design department, who have blended both
usefulness and showstopping beauty to a level one simply doesn’t expect from stu-
dents. But the whole tour suggests good things for the future of this island nation.
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C.S.I.
This police drama about crime scene in-
vestigators in Las Vegas has been a smash
hit since its debut just over six years ago,
spawning two celebrated spin-offs (set in
Miami and New York respectively) while
the original series is still going strong.
While the methods employed are often
outlandish, and the results hard to believe,
there are usually enough twists and turns
to keep you guessing as to the real nature
of the crime well beyond the half hour
mark. Watching this show will also make
you too paranoid to consider so much as
jaywalking in the future – the CSI nerds
always gets their man and for some reason
they get to go around arresting and inter-
rogating people as well. See that spot on
your shoe where you brushed off the leaf
last week? That leaf leaked traces of sap
on your shoe, leaving a specific fingerprint
that could only have come from a specific
tree outside the house of your murdered
ex husband’s chauffeur’s masseuse’s place.
Oh, and you have her blood all over your
shirt, too.
Mondays, 22:00; Skjár 1
Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular
Music
Everybody knows rock and roll evolved
out of traditional black music styles in
America, but this six part series goes a
little deeper than usual and tries to explore
the rich heritage of African American
music and its influence on the world. If
you have even a modicum of funk in your
trunk, or so much as a single shred of
soul in your bowl, you’re going to want to
get down with your bad self on Monday
nights and become better acquainted with
the black legends of yesteryear.
Mondays, 21:05; RÚV
Gilmore Girls
People think hell is some kind of in-
your-face experience, but they are wrong.
If there really is a hell, it must be plain
and boring and completely devoid of any
character: exactly like the Gilmore Girls.
You see, this is a show that was actu-
ally created by something the ‘Family
Friendly Programming Forum’, which as
it turns out is exactly what it sound like:
a collection of people that wouldn’t know
entertainment if it was personally engraved
by Jesus. If you want to see what a coali-
tion of 40 major advertisers with concerns
over the declining morality and godless-
ness consider entertainment, tune into the
Gilmore Girls for some truly neuterific
entertainment. It’s the only show this un-
holy coalition has successfully launched so
far, but with your support and encourage-
ment they could go on to bore us to tears
for decades.
Tuesdays, 20:15; RÚV
TV in Icelandic
Taka Tvö
The Icelandic film industry is finally
starting to produce films one isn’t embar-
rassed to talk about abroad. Now starting
a second season with his series, Ásgrímur
Sverrisson interviews some of the movers
and shakers on the Icelandic film scene, as
well as talented youngsters and the people
behind the scenes. Mostly, though, he
talks about the craft and socializes with
people who have the same burning passion
for film as he does. The result is mildly en-
tertaining, albeit a bit pretentious at times.
If you’re a film nerd, Taka Tvö is probably
required viewing.
Tuesday, 21:00; RÚV
Ómega
Ever wondered why exactly you are going
to burn in hell for all eternity? Ever ask
yourself why God’s chosen people are the
only ones who should ever be allowed
on His Holy Land? Have you pondered
the question: What Would Jesus Watch?
You need some Omega TV, and Omega
needs you(r money). You can tune in to
this independent channel at just about any
time, it seems, for some uniquely Icelandic
firebrand preaching mixed in with the best
of the worst from the American televange-
list scene. Just make sure you don’t forget
to donate all the money you can possibly
spare to various divine missions around the
world, because they only remind you every
five minutes or so.
Sambíóin - Kringlan
The DaVinci Code
Opens May 19th
Mission: Impossible III
17:30, 20:00, 22:40
The Shaggy Dog
17:50, 20:00, 22:10
The Inside Man
17:30, 20:00, 22:40
Sambíóin – Álfabakki
The Shaggy Dog
15:40, 17:50, 20:30, 22:40
Mission: Impossible III
15:30, 18:v00, 20:00, 22:40
Mission Impossible III (VIP)
7:30, 20:00, 22:30
Scary Movie 4
16:00, 18:00, 20:00, 22:10
Failure To Launch
16:00, 18:00, 20:00, 22:10
Firewall
17:45, 20:15, 22:40
Lassie
16:00
Háskólabíó
The Shaggy Dog
18:00, 20:00, 22:00
Mission Impossible III
18:00, 20:00, 22:00
Scary Movie 4
18:00
Firewall
17:45, 20:00
V for Vendetta
22:10
Sambíóin – Akureyri
The Shaggy Dog
18:00, 20:00
Mission Impossible III
17:40, 20:00, 22:20
Scary Movie 4
22:00
Sambíóin – Keflavík
The Shaggy Dog
20:00, 22:00
Mission Impossible III
20:00, 22:20
Laugarásbíó
The DaVinci Code
Opens May 19th
Bandidas
18:00, 20:00, 22:00
Mission Impossible III
20:00, 22:20
Inside Man
20:00, 22:20
Little Red Riding Hood (dubbed in
Icelandic)
18:00
Skrolla og Skelfir á Saltkráku
18:00
Regnboginn
Bandidas
18:00, 20:00, 22:00
Cry Wolf
20:00, 22:00
Little Red Riding Hood (original English
language version)
18:00, 20:00, 22:00
Little Red Riding Hood (dubbed in
Icelandic)
18:00
Prime
17:30, 20:00
The Hills Have Eyes
22:10
Smárabíó
The DaVinci Code
Opens May 19th
Mission: Impossible III
18:00, 21:00, 23:00
Mission: Impossible III (Luxury)
18:00
Cry Wolf
20:00, 22:00
Little Red Riding Hood (original English
language version)
16:00, 18:00
Little Red Riding Hood (dubbed in
Icelandic)
16:00, 18:00
Prime
20:00
The Hills Have Eyes
22:10
Ice Age 2 (original English language
version)
16:00
Ice Age 2 (dubbed in Icelandic)
16:00, 18:00
Borgarbíó
Cry Wolf
20:00, 22:00
Skrolla og Skelfir á Saltkráku
18:00
Inside Man
20:00
Little Red Riding Hood (dubbed in
Icelandic)
18:00
Lucky Number Slevin
22:20
RADIO
Rás 1
Government radio station often featur-
ing talk shows, radio soap operas, and
traditional music.
Rás 2
More progressive government radio sta-
tion, featuring a variety of music as well as
news discussion programmes.
Bylgjan (98.9 FM)
Light pop music.
Útvarp Saga (99.4 FM)
Iceland’s oldies station, featuring both Ice-
landic and foreign music from decades past.
Talstöðin (90.9 FM)
Talk radio station, in Icelandic.
Létt 96.7 (96.7 FM)
Office pop, easy listening.
FM 957 (95.7 FM)
One of the “hnakkistöðvar,” playing pop-
rock geared towards urban clubbing youth.
XFM (91.9FM)
Iceland’s rock station, often playing cut-
ting-edge releases.
Lindin (102.9 FM)
Christian broadcasting station, available all
over the country.
Kántríbær (100.7 FM)
Iceland’s country music station, still going
strong from Skagafjörður since 1992.
Visit www.kvikmyndir.is for regularly
updates on new films and showing
times.
In a recent episode of Top Gear, a Lotus
sports car raced against an Apache heli-
copter guidance system. Repeat, sports
car racing helicopter guns. It gets better.
Top Gear, an institution on the BBC,
entertains like nobody’s business. You
don’t have to drive or like driving to love
Top Gear. You just have to realize that
Lotuses and helicopters are profoundly
cool.
Sundays, at 19:00 on Skjár 1
Top Gear
The problem with CSI is you grow to
like the characters, and you start to feel
bad about Grissom having such a crappy
job, looking at dead things all day.
Have no fear, David Caruso is here. To
explain how incredibly campy his acting
is, just realize that not only do you want
him hanging out with dead people, you
can imagine the actors who are playing
dead people often contemplate suicide
in his presence. With all the acting, em-
pathy and pathos out of the way, CSI:
Miami lets you enjoy the guts and blood,
as you should.
Wednesdays, 22:00; Skjár einn
CSI MIAMI
Opið miðvikudaga til föstudaga 11-17, laugardaga 13-17 og eftir samkomulagi.
Opening hours: 11 am - 5 pm Wednesday to Friday, 1 pm - 5 pm Saturday and by appointment.
FINNBOGI PÉTURSSON
18.05.06 - 01.07.06
www.gljufrasteinn.is