Reykjavík Grapevine - 04.06.2010, Page 40

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The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 07 — 2010 We are thinking of running this a a series over the summer; huuuuuge photographs of local
artists hanging out in their studios along with a little text on who they are. What do y'all think?
Art | Artists At Work
Haraldur
Jónsson
“I have been exploring the space be-
tween the senses,” artist Haraldur
Jónsson says when asked what his cur-
rent work is focused on. He is without
doubt one of Grapevine’s favourite local
artists; elusive, divisive, thoughtful and
interrogative, Haraldur’s body of work
exemplifies a certain type of playful
curiosity mixed with immense ambition
and skill. He is one of what makes Reyk-
javík bearable.
As a favourite of ours, it was only
natural we’d pay him a visit to kick off
our series of articles wherein we depict
local artists in their working environ-
ment, and get the skinny on what’s go-
ing on with them.
Haraldur has just released a most
excellent book of art. It is called TSOYL,
which features “photographs of the
subconscious” that he has been docu-
menting over the last quarter century.
“I am not documenting my own sub-
conscious, specifically, rather the ‘col-
lective unconsciousness’ – nonverbal
moments that I spot from time to time.”
You may purchase the book at the
Útúrdúr bookstore, located in Havarí
on Austurstræti. You can also view
Haraldur’s artwork on display in various
places around town. The show ‘Real-
ity Check’ features his piece, ‘Surveil-
lance,’ on the corner of Mýrargata and
Ægisgata. ‘Containers,’ is featured at
the show Vanitas, currently running at
Reykjavík Art Museum – Hafnarhús.
Lastly you may observe a piece en-
titled ’37°C at ‘Alternative Eye’ in Kjar-
valsstaðir.
HAUKUR S. MAGNúSSON
JULIA STAPLES