Reykjavík Grapevine - 25.09.2009, Síða 19

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GALLERIES & MUSEUMS
Cocktail pleasures and
Visual stimulation
How to use the listings
Venues are listed alphabetically by day.
For complete listings and detailed
information on venues visit
www.grapevine.is
oPENING
SEPTEMBER
26 1pm
ASÍ Art Museum
roles
Guðjón Ketilsson exhibits new sculp-
tures and drawings in the Ásmundar-
salur. He explores buildings, spaces
and furniture, their roles and paralells
with the human body. An artist talk
will be held in the museum on Sunday
October 4th at 15:00. Ongoing until
October 18.
26 1pm
ASÍ Art Museum
Lothar Pöpperl
Lothar Pöpperl exhibits paintings, pho-
tographs and three dimensional works
in Gryfjan and Arinstofa. Ongoing until
October 18.
26 12pm
Reykjavík Museum of Photogra-
phy
André Kertész - Ma France
Exhibit of André Kertész’s photographs
of France.
oNGoING
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.
The Culture House
Permanent Exhibition:
medieval manuscripts
March 28- January 10 2010
ICELaNd::FILm
This exhibition traces for the first time
the development of Icelandic filmmak-
ing from its origins around 1904 to the
year 2008.
September 16 - December 1
Postal History and Transport
The Library Room
Current exhibitions:
August 12 - ongoing
National archives of Iceland - 90
years in the museum building.
Commemorating the 100th anniversary
of the Culture House.
sheepskin, saffian and shirting
Exhibiting the tools and equipment
used in book binding.
Exhibition series:
Paintings by Hulda Viljálmsdóttir.
The Einar Jónsson Museum
Permanent exhibition: The ork of
sculptor Einar Jónsson.
Gallery Ágúst
autumn Exhibition
An exhibit consisting of new artwork of
various media by a group of five differ-
ent artists. Ongoing until October 10.
Gallerí Fold
September 19 - October 4
Haukur Snorrason exhibits his photog-
raphy.
Gallerí Tukt
Portrait a day
September 19 – October 3
An exhibit showing a series of portraits
by photographer Ernir Eyjólfsson. One
photo was taken for each day this
summer to capture people in their own
environment during their usual day to
day activities.
Gerðuberg Cultural Centre
August 12 - October 17
Cartoon courses for teenagers
Halldór Baldursson´s course will cover
the basics of political cartooning:
symbolism, exaggeration, sarcasm and
analysis, with a look at the history of
cartoons and their role in the present
age. The event runs every Saturday
and costs 5500ISK.
August 20 – October 18
Headlines...
Caricatures by Halldór Baldursson
2007-2009.
August 20 – October 11
stories without words
Ólöf Erla Einarsdóttir exhibits photo-
manipulated pictures.
Gerðuberg Cultural Centre
Boginn Gallery
August 19 - November 8
rising From the summer sea
Steinunn Einarsdóttir exhibits oil, wa-
tercolour and acrylic 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.
Kling & Bang Gallery
sleepless Nights: Visions from
Western Canada
A group exhibition that brings together
nine contemporary artists from the
provinces of Alberta and British
Columbia. The exhibition looks to (re-)
engage the cultural and historical
connections between Western Canada
and Iceland.
Living Art Museum
The museum is closed for restoration
and will open on a new location in
January 2010.
National Gallery of Iceland
Ongoing through October 18
Hidden Treasure: Treasures In
Public Possession?
Works from the three Icelandic state-
owned banks' collections, along with
some works from the National Gallery.
The National Museum
Permanent exhibition:
The making of a Nation
Heritage and History in Iceland is
intended to provide insight into the
history of the Icelandic nation from the
Settlement to the present day.
January 31 - November 30.
Encounters.
Archaeological excavations at many
locations around Iceland have been
funded by Kristnihátíðarsjóður (the
Millennium Fund). Finds from some of
these excavations are on display in an
exhibition suitable for the whole family.
The Numismatic Museum
Permanent exhibition:
The Central Bank of Iceland and the
National Museum of Iceland jointly
operate a numismatic collection con-
sisting of Icelandic notes and coins.
Ráðhús Reykjavíkur
dulin Himintungl
Kim Linnet exhibits her 360° panorama
photos of Iceland.
Reykjavík 871 +/- 2
Permanent exhibition:
The Settlement Exhibition
Reykjavík Art Museum
Hafnarhús
September 3 - October 18
Children of Nature vs. antichrists.
Consisting of twelve large paintings
of selected frames from films by Lars
von Trier and Friðrik Thor Friðriksson,
and a multi-media installation by Ari
Alexander Ergis Magnússon.
September 3 - October 18
d 13 Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir
The D project is a series of exhibitions
at Hafnarhus, drawing its name from
one of the museum’s galleries. For
the ongoing series, the Reykjavik Art
Museum commissions new work by
promising artists who have not had
prior private exhibitions in Iceland's
major museums.
September 17 - January 3 2010
The Crated rooms in Iceland
A new installation by world-renowned
artist Yoshitomo Nara in collaboration
with Hideki Toyoshima. The room-
sized installation, which consists of
shipping crates and billboards, places
Nara’s iconic images in a new and
unexpected context.
Reykjavík Art Museum
Kjarvalsstaðir
September 12 - November 8
Blink
The exhibition explores the role of
visual illusion in Icelandic art from
the middle of the 1960s until today.
Included are paintings and sculptures
by the artists Eybor Guðmundsdóttir,
Hreinn Friðfinnsson, Ólafur Elíasson,
JBK Ransu and others. The way artists
Tryggvagata 15, 6th floor · 101 Reykjavík · Tel. 411 6390 · www.photomuseum.is
Opening hours 12–19 mon–fri, 13–17 weekends · ADMISSION FREE
26 September 2009 – 17 January 2010
Ma France
André Kertész
FRIDAY 25 SEPTEMBER
>> Ching ching bling bling
>> Skorpulifur >> Orustubjarki
>> Peter & Wolf
>> Molestin Records
>> Momentum >> Muck, Myra
>> Logn >> Plastic Gods
SATURDAY 26 SEPTEMBER
>> Okidoki >> Black Man is god …
>> Matthew Collings (UK)
>> Rökkurró >> Ljósvaki
>> Útidúr >> Caterpillar men
>> Bárujárn >> Dynamo Fog
SATURDAY 3 OCTOBER
>> Black Metal Concert

FRIDAY 9 OCTOBER
>> Grapevine Concert
Þórir SF 77
Gallery Verðandi
September 18 – October 16
Portrait a Day
Gallery Tukt
September 19 – October 3
Photographer Brynja Dögg Friðriksdóttir
decided to hop aboard a ship in her
home town Höfn in Hornafirði one
day in February and spend the day at
sea. The result? A photo exhibition
showing snapshots of the crew of Þórir
SF 77, which just happens to be the
name of the ship she boarded as well
as the title of the exhibit. Brynja Dögg
is an amateur photographer who has
worked in Icelandic TV, newspapers and
magazines. Apparently, the day at sea
was only meant to be a small project but
the reactions to the photographs taken
were so good she simply had to put on
an exhibition. So if you’re up for some
sailors at work action, Gallery Verðandi
is the place to be. LP
Photography student Ernir Eyjólfsson
just opened his very first major
exhibition at Gallery Tukt. And boy is
it major! No less than 92 pictures are
shown in the exhibit Portrait a Day, all
taken from the 1st of June till the 31st of
August this year. Basically, Einar spent
the summer snapping away with his
camera capturing people in their own
environment; at work or during their
usual day to day activities. You could
say that the result shows a glimpse of
Icelandic society as it is today. Seen
through a photographers lens, that is.
Ernir Eyjólfsson is currently studying at
the Reykjavík Technical School and his
exhibit is free of charge and open for
all. LP