Reykjavík Grapevine - 28.08.2009, Síða 26

Life is not just a game- it's a bed of
roses...
Show curated by Gudmunður Oddur
Magnússon and Guðfinna Mjöll Mag-
núsdóttir.
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.
May 01- April 30 2010
RHYTHM- Ásmundur and Our Age
This exhibition showcases contempo-
rary artists that tackle similar issues
as Ásmundur did in his time, but in a
context of a new age.
OUTSIDE
REYKJAVÍK
Hafnarfjörður

Hafnarborg
Aug. 29 - Nov. 1
In Deep Water
The sea and the self-consciousness of
a nation in Icelandic contemporary art.
This exhibition displays works by art-
ists that have used the sea as an inspi-
ration both as a natural phenomenon
and way of life; the sea both takes and
gives life.
Borgarnes

The Icelandic Settlement Centre
Permanent exhbitions:
The Settlement of Iceland; The Saga of
Egill Skalla-Grímsson.
Current theatre productions:
Brák – a monolouge by Brynhildur
Guððjónsdóttir
Mr. Skallagrímsson – a monologue by
Benedikt Erlingsson
Storms and Wars – a monolouge by
Einar Kárason
Stykkishólmur

Library of Water
Permanent Exhibition:
Roni Horn installation. The artist has
replaced stacks of books with glass
colums containing water gathered
from Iceland’s glaciers and glacial
rivers.
Akureyri
Akureyri Art Museum
August 29 - October 18
The Selection. Icelandic photography
from 1866 to 2009.
Café Karólína
August 1 – September 4
Icelandic Geography. An exhibition of
works by Þórgunnur Oddsdóttir.
DaLí Gallery
August 28 - 29
Edda Þórey Kristfinnsdóttir, Steinn
Kristjánsson and DaLíurnar exhibit
works as part of the Akureyri Town
Festival.
GalleríBOX
August 29 - September 20
Container: an exhibit showing the
new works of Finnish artists Kalle
Mustonen, Atte Uotila, Antti-Ville
Reinikainen and Petri Eskelinen.
Kunstraum Wohnraum
July 5 – Sept 20
Exhbition by Guðrún Vera Hjartardóttir
Seyðisfjörður

Skaftfell
June 21 – August 31
Exhbition by Kristján Steingrímur
Jónson
A R T
GALLERIES
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Old Harbour, a three hour tour can bring you up close to the whales
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Free entry to the Whale Watching Centre for our passengers.
Viðey Island
Nature, History and Art
Viðey Island is a unique site that combines history, culture
and nature, and is only a few minutes from the city by boat.
Ferry scheduled with 9 daily departures.
Viðeyjarstofa Café is open from 11:30 to 17:00
Iceland is a dish best served cold
Scheduled Busses
Linienbusse
Linjebussar
Bus régulier
Áætlunarbílar
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exterior fool you!
Our busses are warm
on the inside!
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On Saturday the 29th a new exhibit
will premiere at the National Museum
of Iceland, showing art created by
blind and visually impaired children
that recently finished a seminar at the
Reykjavík School of Visual Arts.
The goal of the seminar was to make
a catalog of diverse works and set up
an exhibit using unexpected materials.
The kids used everything from ropes,
threads, chords and plaster to colours,
paper and elastichords. The seminar’s
alternate goal was make references to
modern art and thus encourage and
strengthen the abilites of each and
every student.
The exhibit is located on the “square”
of the National Museum, which is right
next to the coffee shop. RJH
Art from the blind
Since Sruli Recht arrived here in Iceland
he’s been up to a string of miscellaneous
deeds, and now he’s launching the next
in line. This most recent project is a co-
production with artist Megan Herbert.
Together they’ve created The Armoury,
a peculiar shop boasting Sruli’s arsenal
collection as well as the illustrated topo-
graphic narratives of Megan. Check out
the shop, lost amongst the retrofitted
once-rusting ships and abandoned
fisheries of Reykjavik’s Fishpacking
District – but if you bring your children
remember that the Armoury is a place of
both sharp and delicate objects. SKK
The Armoury Opens!
Hólmaslóð 4
JULY 29
Erró – Japanese Love Letters
(1979-1980)
Reykjavík Art Museum,
Hafnarhús
September 3 – January 3
2010
In the early 1970s, Icelandic artist Erró
embarked on extensive world travels,
bringing him, among other places, to
Japan. There, in a second-hand book
store, he was captivated by an illustrated
book and a series of old photographs
and facsimiles related to the people and
subjects in the book. After persuading
the shop owner to let him photocopy
the material, Erró returned to Paris and
began to work, collaging the foreign
printed raw material with the paintings
he created. Using mainly shades of grey
and variations of brown, this muted but
startling display is a far cry from the Erró
that most are familiar with. The exhibit is
running for four months, so there is no
reason to miss it. RL