Reykjavík Grapevine - 12.01.2007, Page 21

Music Art Films Events
Hverfisgata 18
Thu.-Sat. 14-17 and by appointment
www.101hotel.is/101hotel/101gallery/
Artótek
Tryggvagata 15
Mon. 10-21, Tue.-Thu. 10-19, Fri. 11-
19, Sat. and Sun. 13-17
www.sim.is/Index/Islenska/Artotek
Until 18 Feb
Guðrún Öyahals exhibition
Aurum
Bankastræti 4
Mon.-Fri. 10-18
Sat. 11-16
The Einar Jónsson Museum
Eiríksgata
Tue.-Sun. 14-17
www.skulptur.is
Permanent exhibition
Work of sculptor Einar Jónsson
The Culture House
Hverfisgata 15
Open daily 11-17
www.thjodmenning.is
Until 27 Feb
Icelandic Fashion 2006
Permanent Exhibits
Medieval Manuscripts; The National
Museum- as it was; The Library Room
Dwarf Gallery
Grundarstígur 21
Opening Hours: Fri. and Sat. 18-20
this.is/birta
Gallery 100 Degrees
Bæjarháls 1
Mon.-Fri. 8:30-16
www.or.is/Forsida/Gallery100
Gallery Anima
Ingólfsstræti 8
Tue.-Sat. 13-17
www.animagalleri.is
Gallery Fold
Rauðarárstígur 14-16
Mon.-Fri. 10-18
Sat. 11-16
Sun. 14-16
www.myndlist.is
Gallerí Sævars Karls
Bankastræti 7
Mon.-Fri. 10-18
Sat. 10-16
www.saevarkarl.is
Gallery Tukt
Pósthússtræti 3-5
www.hitthusid.is
Gallery Turpentine
Ingólfsstræti 5
Tue.-Fri. 12-18
Sat. 11-16
www.turpentine.is
Halla Gunnarsdóttir exhibition
Gel Gallerí
Hverfisgata 37
Mon.-Fri. 10-19
Sat. 10-17
From 6 Jan.
Toggi exhibition
Gerðuberg Cultural Centre
Gerðuberg 3-5
Mon.-Thu. 11-17
Wed. 11-21
Thu.-Fri. 11-17
Sun-Sat. 13-16
www.gerduberg.is
Gyllinhæð
Laugavegur 23
Thu.-Sun. 14-18
Students from the second year of the
Art Academy
Hún og Hún Gallery
Skólavörðustígur 17b
i8 Gallery
Klapparstígur 33
Tue.-Fri. 11-17
Sat. and by appointment 13-17
www.i8.is
Icelandic Labour Union’s
Art Gallery
Freyjugata 41
Tue.-Sun. 13-17
Free Entrance
From 6 Jan
Ný leikföng/New Toys
Jóhann Ludwig Torfason exhibition
From 6 Jan
63 doors of Landspítalinn
Hlynur Helgason photo exhibit
Kling & Bang Gallery
Laugavegur 23
Thu.-Sun. 14-18
Free Entrance
www.this.is/klingandbang
22 Dec – 28 Jan
Twilight Zone - Kling & Bang’s Christ-
mas show
Ásdís Sif Gunnarsdóttir, Daníel Björns-
son, Hekla Dögg Jónsdóttir and sirra
Sigrón Sigurðardóttir
Living Art Museum
Laugavegur 26
Wed., Fri.-Sun. 13-17
Thur 13-22
www.nylo.is/
13 Jan – 31 Jan
Still Drinking About You
Kolbeinn Hugi Höskuldsson exhibition
The National Gallery
Fríkirkjuvegur
Tue.-Sun. 11-17
Free Entrance
listasafn.is
15 Dec – 25 Feb
Un Regard Fauve
French Expressionism
The National Museum
Suðurgata 41
Open daily 10-17
natmus.is/
Until 29 Apr
With a Silverneedle
Elsa E. Guðjónsson textile designer
Until 12 Mar
Guðni Þórðarson photo exhibition
Ingimundur Magnússon and Kristján
Magnússon photo exhibit
Permanent Exhibitions:
The Making of a Nation
The Nordic House
Sturlugata 5
Tue.-Sun. 12-17
www.nordice.is/
Reykjavík 871 +/- 2 : The Settle-
ment Exhibition
Aðalstræti 16
Open daily 10-17
Reykjavík Art Museum
– Ásmundur Sveinsson
Sculpture Museum
Sigtún
Open daily 10-16
Admission ticket is valid on the same
day
for all three museums.
www.listasafnreykjavikur.is
Reykjavík Art Museum
– Hafnarhús
Tryggvagata 17
Open daily 10-17
Until 21 Jan
Uncertain States of America
American contemporary art by 45
young artists
Reykjavík Art Museum
– Kjarvalsstaðir
Flókagata
Closed in January
Reykjavík Museum
Kistuhylur 4
www.arbaejarsafn.is
The Reykjavík Museum
of Photography
Grófarhús, Tryggvagata 15, 6th floor
Weekdays 12-19
Sat.-Sun. 13-17
Free Entrance
www.ljosmyndasafnreykjavikur.is
Until 28 Jan
Analog - Dialog
Mogens S. Koch
11 Jan – 20 Feb
Sissú photo exhibit
Safn
Laugavegur 37
Wed.-Fri. 14-18
Sat.-Sun. 14-17
Free Entrance
www.safn.is
Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum
Laugarnestangi 70
Tue.-Sun. 14-17
Permanent exhibition
Work of sculptor Sigurjón Ólafsson
>>>OUTSIDE REYKJAVÍK
Hveragerði Library
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There are two places to go if your
apartment walls and wallet are
empty. First, the Nordic House li-
brary in Reykjavik. The library lends
out three artworks free of charge
for up to three months at a time. All
that is needed is a library card and
a kennitala, the personal identifica-
tion number. Well known graphic
artists from all Nordic countries
are represented in their big collec-
tion. When the three months have
passed, return the pictures and se-
lect new ones. It can be an ongo-
ing exhibition in your home.
Another option is to go down
to the city library in Reykjavik. Look
for the sign “Artotek” before you
start taking pictures down from
the wall though. The City Library
in Reykjavik, in cooperation with
the Association of Icelandic Visual
Artists, SIM, has chosen about 250
artworks from modern Icelandic
artists to be lent out, and maybe
eventually sold. If the picture cost
30 000 ISK, you can pay a monthly
fee at 1000 ISK, and the money
goes directly to the artist. After
30 payments this painting is yours.
EMF
Reykjavik City Library, Tryggvagata 15
The Nordic House, Sturlugötu 5.
No More Empty Walls
The Nordic House and Reykjavík City Library
No one should be betrayed by a
Forgotten Lores concert. After re-
leasing their second album, Frá
heimsenda, last month, playing a
top-notch release concert shortly
after, the hip-hop group invades
the Student Basement, January
13, along with hip-hop friends
Bent and Dóri DNA. With Addi
Intro and Benni B-Ruff behind the
turntables and Byrkir, Class B and
Diddi Fel on the mics, the fivesome
almost without exception gets the
crowd grooving the minute the un-
crowned Icelandic hip-hop kings
jump onstage. Definitely a concert
worth checking out.
The Student Basement, Hringbraut,
Tel.: 511 0905
Forgotten Lores
The Student Basement – 13 Jan.
ASÍ Art Museum opened two new
contemporary art exhibitions last
weekend. In Ásmundasalur show-
room, Jóhann Ludwig Torfason, a
respected digital artist, displays his
paintings of fictionalised toys, de-
signed for, what he likes to call, the
conscious young generation. En-
titled New Toys, the exhibition con-
sists of digital dolls with all kinds
of entertainment purposes. His
approach to the subject is strongly
political, whether it’s gender roles,
diseases, ethnic provinciality, fam-
ine, violence, fashion conscious-
ness or the short human life, as can
be seen in the photo above. Tor-
fason is not only concerned about
Icelandic consumer society though.
He also addresses issues that do
not touch locals in a direct way, like
the death penalty for example. One
toy is named the killing doll, with
which children can have fun by fry-
ing prisoners in the electric chair.
They can even collect a whole gang
of crooks and exterminate it. With
all sorts of political messages like
these, Torfason is trying to answer
questions regarding human ex-
istence, and it has to be said that
his presentation is both critical and
thought provoking and makes you
wonder where the world is head-
ing.
Artist Hlynur Helgason, takes
on a different task in his project 63
Doors of Landspítalinn University
Hospital at Hringbraut, where he
interprets the hospital’s history in
photos and movie clips of 63 dif-
ferent entrance doors. In explain-
ing the idea, he says that the Land-
spítalinn University Hospital is a
place most Icelanders have stepped
a foot into, when they were born,
died, injured or sick and that peo-
ple have both joyful and painful
memories about the large building.
Helgason decided to document 63
doors in the hospital, doors that
guests, patients and staff mem-
bers walk in and out of over and
over again. Since its construction
in 1930, the hospital has changed,
grown and developed. With the
exhibition, which consists of video
clips, photos, paintings and draw-
ings, Helgason hopes to capture
the change as well as the diverse-
ness.
ASÍ Art Museum,
Freyjugata 41, Tel.: 511 5353.
Political Toys and Dramatic Doors
ASÍ Art Museum