Reykjavík Grapevine - 11.01.2008, Qupperneq 22

Kópavogur Art Museum
– Gerðarsafn
Hamraborg, Kópavogur
Open daily 11–17 except Mondays
www.gerdarsafn.is
The Icelandic Museum
of Design and Applied Art
Lyngás 7–9, 121 Garðabær
Opening hours: Tues.–Fri. 14–18; Sat.
and Sun. 16–18.
www.mudesa.org
Exhibitions devoted to Icelandic
design.
The Icelandic Settlement Centre
Brákarbraut 1–15, Borgarnes
Opening hours: May to Sep 10–20; Sep
to May 11–17.
www.landnam.is
Permanent exhibitions:
The Settlement of Iceland: The Saga of
Egill Skalla-Grímsson
Suðsuðvestur
Hafnargata 22, Keflavík
Thu.–Fri. 16–18
Sat.–Sun. 14–17
www.sudsudvestur.is
Vatnasafn / Library of Water
Bókhlöðustígur 17, 340 Stykkishólmur
www.libraryofwater.is
Open daily from 11–17.
Permanent exhibition:
Roni Horn installation. She has
replaced stacks of books with glass
columns containing water gathered
from Iceland’s glaciers and glacial
rivers.
Sandgerði Museum
Gerðavegur 1, Sandgerði.
Until Feb 7, 2008
Polar Adventures
Exhibition on the life and work of the
French polar explorer, scientist and
doctor Jean-Baptiste Charcot.
Jónas Viðar Gallery
Kaupvangsstræti 12, Akureyri
Fri.–Sat. 13–18
www.jvs.is/jvgallery.htm
Akureyri Art Museum
Kaupvangsstræti 12, Akureyri
Tue.–Sun. 12–17
www.listasafn.akureyri.is
Jan. 19 - Mar. 9
Exhibition on Buddhism. Free
admission on Thursdays.
DaLí Gallery
Brekkugata 9, Akureyri
Mon.–Sat. 14–18
www.daligallery.blogspot.com
GalleriBOX
Kaupvangstræti 10, Akureyri
www.galleribox.blogspot.com
Current exhibition:
Þorbjörg Halldórsdóttir exhibition
Skaftfell
Austurvegur 42, Seyðisfjörður
www.skaftfell.is
Jan. 12 – Feb. 24
Icelandic Visual Art – 100 years in a
nutshell
20 min from Reykjavik city centre
On the way to Thingvellir National Park
Tel. + 354 586 8066 / www.gljufrasteinn.is
writer Halld r Laxness,
Nobel Prize for literature 1955.www.gljufrasteinn.is
Films
Hitman
Smárabíó
The Golden Compass
Smárabíó, Háskólabíó, Laugarásbíó,
Regnboginn, Borgarbíó, Sambíón
Keflavík
Dan in Real Life
Regnboginn
American Gangster
Sambíóin Álfabakki
Beowulf
Sambíóin Kringlan
Sydney White
Sambíóin Álfabakki
The Nanny Diaries
Smárabíó, Háskólabíó, Borgarbíó
Duggholufólkið
Smárabíó, Háskólabíó, Borgarbíó
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Smárabíó, Laugarásbíó, Borgarbíó
I am Legend
Sambíóin Álfabakki, Háskólabíó,
Sambíóin Kringlan, Sambíóin Selfoss,
Sambíóin Akureyri
National Treasure: Book of
Secrets
Sambíóin Álfabakki, Sambíóin
Kringlan, Sambíóin Keflavík, Sambíóin
Akureyri, Sambíóin Selfoss
Enchanted
Sambíóin Álfabakki, Smabíóin
Kringlan, Sambíóin Akureyri
Bee Movie
Sambíóin Álfabakki
We Own the Night
Háskólabíó, Regnboginn
Fred Clause
Sambíóin Kringlan
Run, Fat Boy, Run
Laugarásbíó, Regnboginn,
I’m Not There
Regnboginn
Saw IV
Sambíóin Keflavík
Lust, Caution
B6 | Reykjavík Grapevine | Issue 01 2008 | Listings
Calm Ripples Currents at i8
Art
Ívar Valgarðsson’s newest installation
‘Calm Ripples Currents’ at gallery i8
explores man’s relationship to colour
in the natural environment, and how
that perception manifests itself in our
manmade environment. Ívar attempts
to explore the quality and nature of
paint and colour as well as how light,
reflection, and perspective controls
how color manifests itself and how we
experience it. Ívar’s art is born around
views of our everyday environment.
Known for his un-whimsical approach
to art, Ívar tends to use his materials in
their most literal and direct terms. In his
most recent exhibit, he explores among
other things how liquid paint creates a
still surface in a tub of paint and how
paint forms different surfaces under
different circumstances. Ívar poses the
question, “Can we imagine the sun as
the opening of a giant paint bucket that
pours its yellow rays over the world?”
Opens on January 11
i8, Klapparstígur 33