Reykjavík Grapevine - 05.12.2008, Síða 25

the next 120 years.
From Beyond the Oceans –
Translations and original writings
by Helgi Hálfdanarson
The thematic exhibition currently
on view in the Library Room is
dedicated to Helgi Hálfdanarson’s
translations and original writings.
The Late View – Halldór Laxness’
Photographs
Nobel Laureate and cosmopolitan
Halldór Laxness was better
known for his writing but
also proved to be a good
photographer. This is an
exhibition of his works.
Exhibition Series
Ásta Ólafsdóttir displays her
artwork at the Culture Shop.
The Einar Jónsson Museum
Permanent exhibition:
The work of sculptor Einar
Jónsson.
Gallery Ágúst
Oct 25-Dec 13
Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir exhibition
Pictures that are our daily
landscapes, are equally
incomprehensible as a world of
emblems from a another culture,
where an encyclopedia is needed
for a revelation. But there are no
entries about the patterns that
surrounds us. The transformation
of the snowforms is so quick that
the generated pictures dissolve by
degrees, and only one spot is left
behind, dark or lucid, recessive
and laughing.
The instability is casted into our
senses and one more pattern-
picture is added to the collection,
like a record of something we
don’t know what is, but we still
keep it and refine upon, for if one
day, it might open up a vision.
Jan 1-Dec 31 (2009)
Works of Hiroyuki Nakamura.
Gallery Kling & Bang
Dec 12 – Jan 18
Baldur Geir Bragason:
Yfirborðskennd - Superficiality.
Gallery StartArt
Gunnar Árnason -Kraninnkraminn
Bubbi - Guðbjörn Gunnarsson
Sigríður Ágústsdóttir - Línur
Friðrika G. Geirsdóttir - Mana
Guðbjörg Ringsted - Fínleg
Ása Ólafsdóttir - Þórdís Alda
Sigurðardóttir.
Nov 27 - Dec 30
Sigrún Eldjárn
Lára Garðarsdóttir
START ART listamenn
Sigrún Sigvaldadóttir
Gerðuberg Cultural Centre
Nov 15 - Jan 11
Boginn Gallery: Memories Folk
-artist Halldór Viðar Garðarsson’s
exhibiton of oil paintings.
Gljúfrasteinn Laxness Museum
Gljúfrasteinn was the home and
workplace of Halldór Laxness
(winner of the Nobel Prize for
Literature in 1955) and his family
for more than half a century. It
has now been opened to the
public as a museum, unchanged
from when Laxness lived there.
Dec 7
Reading:
Auður Jónsdóttir - Vetrarsól
Hallgrímur Helgason - 10 ráð til að
hætta að drepa fólk og byrja að
vaska upp
Kristín Ómarsdóttir – Sjáðu fegurð
þína
Einar Kárason – Ofsi
i8 Gallery
Nov 6 - Dec 7
Guðrún Einarsdóttir Exhibition
On November 6th, Guðrún
Einarsdóttir, the first volume in a
series on Icelandic contemporary
artists, will be released. The
series is published by Crymogea
with support from the Dungal Art
Fund.
Living Art Museum
Dec 6 - Jan 17
A bookwork exhibition overseen
by Þorvaldur Þorsteinsson.
The National Gallery of Iceland
Oct 11 - Jan 18
Love at First Sight: Modern and
temporary art from the Würth
collection
The private collection of the
German industrialist Reinhold
Würth has grown enormously
during the last decades. It is
now considered one of the
largest private collections in
Europe in terms of modern and
contemporary art. The exhibition
displays the recent acquisitions
from this important private
collections, where Impressionist
works to contemporary German
and international art will be on
display.
The National Museum
Permanent exhibition:
The Making of a Nation
June 6 – Jan 21
Over the Ocean and Home:
Icelandic artefacts from Sweden.
Sept 27 - Nov 30
The Nation, the Country and
the Republic: Exhibition of the
works of photographer Vigfús
Sigurgeirsson, both photos and
videos from between 1928 and
1958.
The Numismatic Museum
Permanent exhibition:
The Central Bank of Iceland and
the National Museum of Iceland
jointly operate a numismatic
collection consisting of Icelandic
notes and coins.
Reykjavík 871 +/- 2
Permanent exhibition:
The Settlement Exhibition
Reykjavík Art Gallery
Current exhibition:
Magnús Tómasson, Pétur Már
Pétursson and Tolli
Reykjavík Art Museum
– Ásmundur Sveinsson Sculpture
Museum
Permanent Exhibition
The Shape of Line
A new retrospective of works
by Ásmundur Sveinsson. The
exhibition focuses on abstract
works from 1945 onwards.
Reykjavík Art Museum
– Hafnarhús
Sept 18 - Jan 2009
Erró - Point to the east, point to
the west
Nov 20 - Jan 11
D10 Andrea Maack
Sept 18 – Jan 11
Parallel Universes
A private Exhibition by Ingibjörg
Jónsdóttir
Sept 27 - Jan 11
ID LAB
Sept 27 - Jan 11
Imaginary Friends:
Exhibition by Hrafnhildur
Arnardóttir
Nov 6 - Jan 11
Inside / Out - Hlynur Hallsson
Reykjavík Art Museum
– Kjarvalsstaðir
13 Sept - Jan 4
Bragi upside Down
May 18 – Jan 4
Jóhannes S. Kjarval – Key
Works: The current exhibition
in Kjarvalsstaðir’s east gallery
features key works from the
museum’s collection along
with works on loan from the
Labour Unions’ Art Gallery and
from the collection of Ingibjörg
Guðmundsdóttir and Þorvaldur
Guðmundsson.
Sept 13 – Jan 4
Visual Symphony – The Art of
Bragi Ásgeirsson for 60 Years
Reykjavík Maritime Museum
Current Exhibitions:
Living Museum by the Sea;
Arterial for Country and City;
From Poverty to Abundance; The
Shark – Light and Life Energy;
Hidden Craftsman.
Ásmundarsafn
Aug 22 - Dec 31
Water Carrier Exhibition
The Reykjavík Museum of
Photography
Sept 13 - Jan 11
Home/Away Photography
Exhibition: An exhibition
documenting over 50 years
of asylum seekers in Iceland,
charting back to 1956.
Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum
Permanent exhibition:
Works of sculptor Sigurjón
Ólafsson.
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Sculpture Museum,
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Reykjavik Art Museum
Bragi Ásgeirsson
Visual Symphony
13 September 2008 – 4 January 2009
Kjarvalsstaðir
Hafnarhús Ásmundarsafn
ID–LAB
27 September 2008 – 11 January 2009
Water Carrier
22 August – 31 December
Watercolours by eleven artists
Hafnarhús
Hlynur Hallsson
Out / In
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