Reykjavík Grapevine - 23.05.2014, Page 46

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OPENINGS AND ONGOING
Millennium - Phase One
A selection of pieces from the collection
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
Hverfisgallerí
Mapping The 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 surrounding
it. The exhibition follows up on Hildur's
past work, which is deeply rooted in
nature.
Runs until June 28
i8 Gallery
'1s & 0s'
The series by artist Ignacio Uriarte com-
prises 128 sheets of A4 paper, covered
in typewritten 1s and 0s. Each sheet is
typed on different typewriters, which
produce very different results.
Runs until June 2
The Icelandic Phallological
Museum
The museum contains a collection of
more than 215 penises and penile
parts belonging to almost all the land
and sea mammals that can be found
in Iceland.
On permanent view
Kling & Bang
The Five Live Lo-Fi
Out of the mysterious and ambiguous
zone of the creative process, a piece
composed of four different parts has
come into being, including instal-
lations, sound frequencies, space,
installations, television cameras and
fleeting and temporary performances
of the participating artists.
Runs until June 22
Living Art Museum
Time and Time and Again
Hreinn Friðfinnsson's film is based and
inspired by his own life and artworks.
It tells the story about two twins that
were separated at birth. One was
sent to the mountains of Iceland
and the other one below sea level
in Amsterdam. The different gravity
and oxygen level has made them age
differently. The story is a metaphor for
the dialectic of life and human beings.
The exhibition also shows Hreinn's
selected pieces of his new and older
work.
Runs until June 5
Mengi
Myndliðir
Jóhannes Dagsson opens exhibit
'Myndliðir' ("Fragmented Pictures")
which features several oil paintings on
canvas.
Runs until June 8
Mokka-Kaffi
Janina and the Whale
German artist Frida Adriana Martins
composed a picture story of insanely
wonderful women and whales. Her
exhibition is not only about aesthet-
ics but also a political statement for
a better understanding of mentally ill
people. The artist herself suffers from
occasional depressions and demands
the end of stigmatising those affected.
Art helped her to put structure into
her thoughts as a painting is always
a composition in itself. One of her
paintings show the Commerson's
dolphin, a species that only swims on
its back and suffers from ADHD. This
exhibition is part of the "Art without
Borders" programme
Runs until June 5
Museum of Design and Applied
Art
Ertu tilbúin frú forseti?
The Museum of Design and Applied
Art's exhibition, ‘Are you ready,
Madam President,’ displays clothing
and other accessories from the ward-
robe of former Icelandic President
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir. The exhibition
gives visitors a glimpse into Vigdís's
preferences in choosing her wardrobe
and style, and also the personal lives
and habits of heads of state.
Runs until October 5
Kosmos
Dew is a growing group of Icelandic
product designers who work with
international manufacturers. Their
varied designs reflect experiments with
new materials. With a powerful creative
urge to find innovative uses for ma-
terials, often resulting in unexpected
results, such as the 'Kosmos' exhibit.
Dew's designs have a strong link to
Icelandic heritage, seeking inspiration
in landscapes and history of traditional
craftsmanship, which is fused together
in new and exciting ways.
Runs until June 8
National Gallery of Iceland
(Listasafn Íslands)
Pull Yourself Together
Nina Lassila is a Finnish visual artist
who specialises in three large bodies
of work: site- and issue-specific video
works, performances for video and a
series of telepathic live events. In her
art, she deals with questions of identity
and has a particular interest in conven-
tions based on gender.
Runs until May 29
The National Museum
Inspirations
The original subjects of Ron Rosen-
stock's black and white photography–
land, sky, trees, and glaciers–serve as
initial inspiration for this exhibition. He
Travel the
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If you were a fan of the 'Where's Waldo?' books when you were
young, and like abstract art, then you definitely need to check out
Finnbogi Helgason’s new exhibit. It features a series of abstract
paintings made up of letters that on closer examinations form the
building block elements of human beings—Hydrogen, Nitrogen,
Carbon, Zinc, and so on. In other words, the paintings are a model
study, and even if the casual viewer may only see a pretty piece
made up of words, each is in fact a puzzle waiting to be solved.
Can you solve them all? TGB
Where's Word-o?
Exhibition: 'Word'