Reykjavík Grapevine - 09.05.2014, Side 45

10-13
July
A R T
OPENINGS AND ONGOING
May 9 - May 22
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Opening
Hverfisgallerí
Mapping a piece of land
Hildur Bjarnadóttir explores the idea
of a painting through the medium
of weaving in her exhibition. She
produced her artwork using two
basic methods: colouring the thread
with acrylic paint before it is woven,
and experimenting with natural plant
colouring. Each plant is connected
to a specific place, carrying a sort of
genetic code about its location as well
as the people and fauna surround-
ing it. The exhibition follows up on
Hildur’s past work, which is deeply
rooted in nature.
Opens May 22
Runs until June 28
Kling & Bang
The Five Live Lo-Fi
A series of artists from Iceland and New
York band together and create a piece
of art that aims to form a harmoni-
ous spatial, aural, visual and physical
installation.
Opens May 22
Runs until June 22
The National Museum
Inspirations By Ron Rosenstock
The original subjects of Ron's black and
white photography—land, sky, trees,
and glaciers—serve as initial inspira-
tion for this exhibition. He then digital-
ly edits the images like he used to do
in the darkroom to bring out what he
felt like at the time of exposure. Ron
is an American photographer and has
been a professional photo tour leader
since 1967. His photographs have
been shown at numerous exhibits and
many books have been published on
his photography.
Opens May 10
Runs until July 27
Reykjavík Art Museum -
Ásmundarsafn
Selection From The Ásmundur
Sveinsson Collection
The exhibition spans over Ásmundur
Sveinsson's entire career and shows
how his artistic vision developed
throughout his life. Among the oldest
Nicht Fertig / Not Finished
Reykjavík Arts Festival 2014
Various museums and venues in Reykjavík | May 22 - June 5 | Price varies by event
‘Not Finished’ is the title of this year’s Reykjavík Arts Festival, which refers to the artistic
process that undergoes constant transformation by both the artist’s ongoing creative proce-
dure and the audience’s constant reshaping the artwork by experiencing it. The two-week
long multidisciplinary festival opens with a performance by singer and composer Högni
Egilsson at the Reykjavík Pond at 17:30 on May 22. Not much is known about his piece other
than that the bells of the Catholic Cathedral and Hallgrímskirkja will somehow be involved.
Other highlights include Ragnar Kjartansson and Kjartan Sveinsson’s new experimental the-
atre production that premiered in Berlin earlier this year, the exhibition ‘Píano’ at the Nation-
al Gallery and the performance of Welsh bass-barytone opera singer Bryn Terfel at Harpa.
That’s nowhere near half of the festival’s programme, so grab yourself one of the brochures
scattered around and check out everything on offer. YN
Photo by Rafael Pinho
exhibits are sculptures that he created
as a student; later came the grand
masterpieces that praise Icelandic
people, folktales and nature, and
finally the collection shows a number
of abstract works, that the artist
created in the last decades of his life.
Ásmundur was one of the pioneers of
Icelandic plastic art.
Opens May 10
Runs until August 31
Týsgallerí
Bjarni Þórarinsson
Bjarni Þórarinsson has a long history
in Icelandic contemporary art as one
of the founders of Suðurgata 7, a
gallery collective, along with many
of the artists of his generation that
became influential and important for
Icelandic contemporary art. Bjarni has
developed a personal language code
system called Vísirósir with which he
creates flower or mandala like images
with new words and sentences.
Opens May 15
Runs until June 7
Ongoing
Árbær Museum
A guided tour in English through this
open air museum, which consists of
20 buildings happens daily at 13:00.
Admission 1,100 ISK.
On permanent view
ASÍ Art Gallery
Things
Guðmundur Thoroddsen did it like
Nancy Sinatra when she planned her
new exhibition and spent some time
thinking ‘bout things. The things on
display are pure eye candy and only
exist to stimulate the viewer’s visual
senses. Guðmundur puts into ques-
tions society's materialistic way of
thinking.
Runs until May 18
Artótek
Reading
Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir displays a mix-
ture of recent and older artwork that
relate to reading in various ways. One
of her outstanding pieces is a painting
that recites an old verse from the first
and most famous poem of the Poetic
Edda Völuspá: Áminning um von / A
Reminder Of Hope.
Runs until June 1
The Culture House
An exhibit showcasing principal me-
dieval manuscripts, such as Codices
Regii of the Poetic Edda, Prose Edda,
law codices and Christian works, and
the Icelandic Sagas.
On permanent view
Child Of Hope — Youth And Jón
Sigurðsson
Exploring the life of Icelandic national
hero Jón Sigurðsson, made especially
accessible to children, families and
school groups.
On permanent view
Millennium - Phase One
A selection of pieces from the collec-
tion of the National Gallery, including 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 displays books of Icelandic
cultural history dating from the 16th
century to the present day.
On permanent view
The Einar Jónsson Museum
The museum contains close to 300
artworks including a beautiful garden
with 26 bronze casts of the artist's
sculptures.
On permanent view
Gerðarsafn
Final Show From MA Gradutes
This multi-faceted exhibition has work
from recent graduates who just earned
an MA in Fire Arts from the Iceland
Academy of the arts.
Runs until May 11
Hitt Húsið
The exhibition shows drawings, videos
and paintings produced by the stu-
dents of the Reykjavík school of visual
art. Free admission.
Runs until May 10.
i8 Gallery
1s & 0s
The series ‘1s & 0s’ (2011–2014) by
Ignacio Uriarte comprises 128 sheets
of A4 paper, covered in typewritten 1s
and 0s. Each sheet is typed on different
typewriters, which produce very differ-
ent results.
Runs until June 2
The Icelandic Phallological
Museum
The museum contains a collection of
more than two hundred and fifteen
penises and penile parts belonging to
almost all the land and sea mammals
that can be found in Iceland.
On permanent view
Books from
The UniversiTy of iceland Press
VIKING SETTLE-
MENTS & VIKING
62&,(7<‹Svavar
Sigmundsson ed.
Scholars of archaeol-
ogy, philology, history,
toponymy, numis-
matics and a number
of other disciplines
to discuss the Viking
Age from a variety of
viewpoints.
RING OF SEASONS
Terry G. Lacy
A long-term resident
brings inside and out-
side perspectives to this
delightful exploration
of all facets of Iceland,
past and present.
A PIECE OF
HORSE LIVER
Jon Hnefill
Adalsteinsson
Studies of Old
Norse religion
and Icelandi folk
beliefs.
SURTSEY. ECO-
SYSTEMS FORMED
Sturla Fridriksson
A study of how
pioneers invaded
the island and
were gradually
joined by others in
forming primitive
societies and simple
ecosystems.
MEDITATION
AT THE EDGE OF ASKJA
Pall Skulason
A perfect buy for anyone who
loves Icelandic nature and the
unique experience of traveling
through the Icelandic wilderness.
Also available
in German and French.
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GRÓFARHÚS 6th Floor
Tryggvagata 15, 101 Reykjavik
Opening Hours: Mon–Thu 12–19
Fridays 12–18, Weekends 13–17
www.photomuseum.is
Reykjavik Museum
of Photography
ADMISSION FREE
“One of the 10 best
free museums in Europe”
– The Guardian/Travel