Reykjavík Grapevine - 09.09.2011, Blaðsíða 44

A R T
in september
Tjarnabíó
Reykjavík Dance Festival
The Reykjavík Dance Festival first
appeared on the dance scene in 2002,
created by independent choreographers.
Its aim is to bring modern dance to a
higher level of visibility within society
and introducing the independent dance
choreographers currently creating work
in Iceland.
Tickets cost 1.000-3.500 ISK
» |ONGOING
ASÍ Art Museum
The ASÍ 50 Years Anniversary
Runs until September 11
The Culture House
Bundle of words
Art exhibition series in the café and
shop are new and older works by artist
Ragnhildur Jóhanns who interlaces
visual art, literature and poetry in an
innovative way by using old texts and
poetry books to create her works
Runs until November
Child of Hope - Youth and Jón Sig-
urðsson
Exploring the life of Icelandic national
hero Jón Sigurðsson, made especially
accessible to children, families, and
school groups
On permanent view
Medieval Manuscripts - Eddas and
Sagas
Some of Iceland's medieval manuscripts
on display. Guided tour in English on
Mondays & Fridays at 15:00
On permanent view
Millennium - phase one
Selection of pieces from the collection of
the National Gallery display-
ing a variety of works by Icelandic artists
in the last two centuries
On permanent view
The Library Room
The old reading room of the National
Library. Displaying books of Icelandic
cultural history dating from the 16th
century to the present. Works include
oldest published versions of the Sagas,
Eddic Poems, and more
On permanent view
Einar Jónsson Museum
Einar Jónsson
The museum contains close to 300 art
works spanning a 60 year career: carv-
ings from the artist's youth, sculptures,
paintings and drawings. A beautiful
tree-clad garden adorned with 26
bronze casts of the artist's works is
located behind the museum
On permanent view
Gallerí Ágúst
Picture Of Her
Portraits of women Hulda Vilhjálmsdót-
tir has been working on for the past
few years. Her beautifully honest and
almost naive approach to the painting
has thrilled the guests of the gallery and
she has a strong fan base in Iceland. Her
women in the paintings are strong and
have a story to tell, but it is the audience
which needs to interpret the message
Runs until September 25
Gallerí Fold
Marta Rosolska Photography
Runs until November 14
Oil paintings by Soffía Sæmunds-
dóttir
Runs until September 25
Oil paintings by Hrafnhildur Inga
Sigurðardóttir
Runs until September 25
Gallerí Tukt
Cultural exchange and the vision of
foreign volunteers in Iceland
Open 9:00-17:00 on weekdays
Runs until September 10
Gerðuberg
New art Iceland 2011
An exhibition of oil paintings by the naïve
artist Ármann Kummer Magnússon in
the Boginn exhibition area
Runs until October 16
Without consideration
An exhibition in the Cafeteria of pastels
by Stefán Hermannsson
Runs until October 9
Stone – scissors - paper and the
keys to heaven
An exhibition in the Collectors’ Corner
Runs until June 22, 2012
Hafnarborg
In Between
The exhibition refers to the Curiosity
cabinet, a Renaissance cultural phenom-
enon known to be the predecessor of
modern public museums
Runs until October 23
Hönnunarsafn – Museum of Design
Our Objects - from the Museum's
Collection
Objects acquired by the Museum since
its opening in 1998 will be put on display
in the exhibition area. Objects include
Icelandic and foreign furniture, graphic
design, textiles, ceramics, and glass, to
name a few
Runs until October 16
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Robert Mapplethorpe
The gallery display its first exhibition of
works by this photographer
Runs until September 10
Endless Longing, Eternal Return
Ragnar Kjartansson's works pushes
himself and his audience to physical and
psychological limits, suspending them
in an ambivalent state of happiness and
mourning, beauty and horror, humor and
drama
Runs until October 16
Icelandic Printmakers' Association
Line of Sight
Watercolour exhibition by Derek
Mundell (a Brit who moved to Iceland
35 years ago). Open everyday except
Monday
Runs until September 11
Kling & Bang
Ripples (Gárur)
Exhibition by visual artists Anna Hallin &
Olga Bergmann
Runs until September 18
Knitting Iceland
Come and knit at Laugavegur 25, 3rd
floor, every Thursday, 14:00 - 18:00
On permanent view
Latin Dance Studio, Faxafen 12
Guided Practica
Argentine tango, Sundays from 17:30-
19:30
Register by phone 821 6929 or email
tangoadventure@gmail.com, 500 ISK for
students, 800 ISK for others. Six week
courses are also available
The Living Art Museum
Literacy
Exhibition of works from the collection
Runs until September 11
Laufásvegur 14
HOMIES WHERE MY HEART IS
Monday-Friday from 15-18
Saturday from 12-16
Sunday PERFORMANCE and soup night
at 20:00.
Open till september 11th
Mokka Kaffi
Duttlungar
The exhibition consists of portraits by
Þrándur Þrándar Þórarinssonar
Runs until September 22
MEET MIKILMEIR, THE
MUSICIAN
Katrín Ólína exhibits at Spark Design
Space
Spark Design Space, Klapparstígur 33
September 16 to November 16
Free
Icelandic illustrator Katrín Ólina will
open an exhibit at Spark Design Space
on September 16, featuring Miklimeir,
a magician with extraordinary powers.
His world will be featured on carpets, t-
shirts and silk screens, as well as hand
drawings.
Self-labelled as a multidisciplinary
designer, Katrín’s work has ranged
from designing porcelain, textiles and
snowboards to animation and interior
design. One of her interior design proj-
ects includes Cristal Bar in Hong Kong,
where her art design was applied to the
interior of the bar.
When talking about her work, Katrín
refers to a “world that [she] is growing”.
Her designs involve a world of mysteri-
ous creatures and nature, in a “growing
universe.”
The exhibition is definitely worth
checking out and this will be Katrín’s
first exhibition in Iceland since her
last installation with Crymogea during
Design March 2010. Her work will also
be on sale there until November 16.
Reykjavik
Art Museum
Flókagata
Open daily
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
artmuseum@reykjavik.is
Sigtún
Open 1 May – 30 Sept
daily 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
T +354 590 1200
Tryggvagata 17
Open daily
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thursdays 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
www.artmuseum.is
Hafnarhús Kjarvalsstaðir Ásmundarsafn
3 May 2010 – 15 January 2012
Kjarval – Key Works
10 September – 6 November
A New Art Emerges
10 September – 6 November
Kjarval‘s oddiTIES –
An Untold Story
21 May – 4 September
Perspectives – On the Borders
of Art and Philosophy

3 September 2011 – 26 August 2012
Erró – Drawings
3 September – 6 November
Attersee – Dance in Shirt-Valley
22 September – 30 December
Faster and Slower Lines –
From the Collection of Pétur
Arason and Ragna Róbertsdóttir
22 September – 30 December
Tiger Butter
22 September – 20 November
D21 Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir
30 April 2011 – 15 April 2012
From Sketch to Sculpture –
Drawings by Ásmundur Sveinsson
30 April 2011 – 15 April 2012
Magnús Árnason – Homage
Faster and Slower Lines
(Helgi Þorgils Friðjónsson,
Untitled, 1981)
D21 –
Hildigunnur
Birgisdóttir
Erró – Drawings
Kjarval's oddITIES
A New Art Emerges (Sigurður
Guðmundsson, Still life, 1968)
Christian Ludwig Attersee
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