Reykjavík Grapevine - 14.08.2009, Page 29

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Listasafn Reykjavíkur
Reykjavik Art Museum
Kjarvalsstaðir
Flókagata, open daily 10–17
Louisa Matthíasdóttir.
Erró.
Hafnarhús
Erró – Portraits
28 May 2009 – 13 August 2010
Ásmundarsafn
Rhyme
1 May 2009 – 30 April 2010
Kjarvalsstaðir
From Unuhús
to West 8th Street
15 May – 30 August 2009
Free admission
Eirún Sigurðardóttir.
Ásmundur Sveinsson.
Hafnarhús
Tryggvagata, open daily 10–17
Thursdays 10–22
The Ásmundur Sveinsson
Sculpture Museum
Sigtún, open daily 10–16
Free guided tours in English
every Thursday at 11 a.m.
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Suðsuðvestur
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Inga María
Mokka.
August 10 – September 10
Menningarnótt // Culture Night
All over Reykjavík
Saturday, August 22nd
Simple and other-worldly, Inga María’s creatures of disproportionate limbs and
disconcerting glares are on display for the next month. Skirting the line between
delight and horror, her animals recall the illustrations of early 20th Century children’s
fantasy novels. As a freelance artist, she has worked with different mediums, such as
coal, clay and copying machines, and has contributed illustrations to the Reykjavík
Grapevine. In this exhibit, wildlife photography acted as the catalyst to create these
wonderfully curious and fascinatingly grotesque beasts. RL
Arguably the biggest festival of the party-packed Icelandic summer calendar,
Menningarnótt or Culture Night, is taking over the city on Saturday August 22nd
with an endless list of things to see and do and participate in running throughout the
day.
This is one day of the year on which galleries roll out their best exhibits and
stay open late, museums offer extended visitation hours and art, music and dance
happenings are everywhere! This is a big deal of an event and all the art venues,
stores, restaurants and bars treat it as such and put on their party dresses to serve
up a good time for locals and tourists, young and old. The theme of Menningarnótt
2009 is “The Houses in the Town” and will shine a spotlight on the variety of lovely
homes in Reykjavík.
Some of the highlights of Menningarnótt 2009 include the opening
ceremony with Reykjavík’s mayor, HannaBirna Krisjánsdóttir at Hljómskálinn; the
transformation of Kaffi Hljómanlind into Fjallkonan, the first woman-run restaurant
in Reykjavík; British graffiti artists Jiroe and Odisy doing what they do in the alley
adjacent to Prikið with Maggi Noem and a crew of DJ’s setting the scene; and,
of course, a Jam Wagon, because jam just tastes better when served from a '68
Emmaljunga pram.
Now that some semblance of night has returned to the late-hours,
Menningarnótt will be capped off with a stunning fireworks display to put all others
in Europe to shame, the grandeur of which is rivalled only by the fireworks frenzy
that ringing in the new year in Reykjavík is famous for. The fireworks display also
marks the point at which the kiddies are carted off to their cosy beds so the rest of
us can get down to the serious business of post-Menningarnótt partying. There will
also be waffles.
For all the details take a gander at menningarnott.is or the complete
Menningarnótt program in the very publication you are enjoying right now. How
convenient!