Reykjavík Grapevine - 20.06.2014, Síða 53

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OPENINGS AND ONGOING
June 20 - July 3
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Opening
Hafnarborg
Works By The Pioneers Of Icelandic
Art
A collection exhibition focusing on
the work of the pioneers of Icelandic
art. The exhibition includes works by
some of the first Icelanders to make
painting their profession, such as
Þórarinn B. Þorláksson, Jóhannes S.
Kjarval and more.
Opens June 21
Runs until August 24
Nordic House
Atlantis Photo Exhibition
This exhibition showcases an under-
water photo series shot by Finnish
photographer Ilkka Keskinen in a
swimming hall in the city Jyväskylä.
Keskinen has had more than 30 years
experience shooting underwater,
and boasts an extensive underwater
gallery.
Opens June 21
Runs until July 21
Reykjavík Museum Of
Photography
#shoppingtrolleys
For the last year and a half Gunnar
Marel Hinriksson has photographed
shopping trolleys around the city
using the smartphone app Instagram.
The trolleys symbolize single-use
consumerism, abandoned when they
have served their purpose for the
consumer.
Opens June 26
Runs until August 19
Spark Design Space
Urban Shape
The exhibition by artist Paolo Gianfran-
cesco involves a series of maps of
European capitals. Using Open Street
Map (OSM) data, the maps are meant
to represent a view of the cities rather
than try to capture the reality of them
because cities, unlike maps, are con-
tinuously evolving over time.
Opens June 26
Runs until September 26
Ongoing
Anarkía
Bombs and Weathering
Bjarni Sigurbjörnsson and Þorgeirr Hel-
gason present together mixed media
paintings that explore colour, energy,
and other abstract concepts.
Runs until July 6
Árbær Museum
A guided tour in English through this
open air museum, which consists of
20 buildings, happens daily at 13:00.
On permanent view
Art 67
Bjarnveig Björnsdóttir opens a visual art
show with several oil paintings.
Runs until June 30
Artótek
Thread TERRESTRIAL
This photographic exhibit is about five
generations of the same family who
lived on seven farms in Rangárvellir
and Landsveit from 1760 to 1941. The
people are long gone, but their pres-
ence lingers on, in a collection put
together by Borghild Óskarsdóttir.
Runs until June 29
ASÍ Art Gallery
Eygló Harðardóttir's untitled sculpture
exhibit sits in ASÍ's garden for all to
see.
Runs until August 9
Ladies, Beautiful Ladies
Birgir Birgisson follows up on the ques-
tions at the heart of the politics of rep-
resentation, addressed through the
visual negotiations of blondes in our
cultural environment. This exhibition
presents a variety of works that reach
from painting on canvas to installa-
tion to works on paper and connects
them to the issue of how identities are
made, shaped, distributed and retold.
Runs until December 31
The Culture House
The permanent exhibit showcases
principal medieval 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 Sig-
urðsson
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 is on view from the
collection of the National Gallery, in-
cluding 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
Hafnarborg
New Acquisitions
This is an exhibition of recent additions
to the Hafnarborg collection, including
work by leading Icelandic contempo-
rary artists Sirra Sigrún Sigurðardóttir,
Stefán Jónsson, Hildur Bjarnadóttir,
Pétur Thomsen and Hreinn Friðfinns-
son.
Runs until August 24
Works By The Pioneers Of Icelandic
Art
This exhibit is on display to compliment
the contemporaries recently acquired.
The exhibition includes works by some
of the first Icelanders to make painting
their profession, such as Þórarinn B.
Þorláksson and Jóhannes S. Kjarval.
Runs until August 24
Harbinger
Perhaps That In Which He
Bjarki Bragason's visual art exhibit
focuses on the past and how it will
never be again. Displaying photos
showing how spaces were right next
to how they are now shows a glimpse
into a world that was and how nothing
is ever eternal. The exhibit is open
Thursdays and Saturdays.
Runs until July 13
Hitt Húsið
Visual artist Wiola Ujazdowska presents
an exhibit of paintings and drawings,
seemingly visually related to Pi-
casso and Egon Schiele, with Rococo
themes of fantasy and reproduction.
This is her first international show.
Runs until June 21
Hverfisgallerí
Mapping a piece of land
Hildur Bjarnadóttir explores the idea
of a painting through the medium of
weaving in her exhibition. The exhibi-
tion follows up on Hildur's past work,
which is deeply rooted in nature.
Runs until June 28
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C-O-N-T-I-N-U-A-T-I-O-N
London designer Peter Liversidge's
work has begun with single or
grouped typewritten proposals, with
the proposed works taking form
across a seemingly limitless variety of
media, including performance, instal-
lation, sculpture, painting, photogra-
phy and actions. For this performance,
Peter has written 24 proposals for
works and performative actions in
Reykjavík.
Runs until August 9
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. There’s also a penis sculp-
ture honouring the Icelandic men’s
handball team, although confusingly it
does not feature their actual penises.
On permanent view
Kling & Bang
The Five Live Lo-Fi
This piece composed of four differ-
ent parts comes into being over the
course of two weeks, including instal-
lations, sound frequencies, space,
television cameras and performances.
In the fourth and last opening, the
piece reaches its peak when the com-
partmentalised space is completed,
and each artist’s voice merges with
the others to create harmony.
Runs until June 22
Kópavogur Art Museum
20th Anniversary Exhibition
To celebrate its 20th Anniversary, Kópa-
vogur Art Museum curated a new ex-
hibition of works from the museum’s
permanent collection and the private
collection of Þorvaldur Guðmundsson
and Ingibjörg Guðmundsóttir, donated
to the museum in 2001. On display
will be selected works by Gerður Hel-
gadóttir, Barbara Árnason, Magnús
Á. Árnason and Valgerður Briem and
paintings by Jóhannes S. Kjarval.
Runs until July 27
Kunstschlager
Þorgerður Þórhallsdóttir’s first exhibit
examines the process of preserva-
tion, how events are documented, and
what it means for memory through
footage of her grandfather, pianist
Gísli Magnússon. The home record-
ing of him rehearsing Beethoven’s
fourth Piano Concerto is intertwined
with his performance with the Iceland
Symphony Orchestra, creating a new
narrative and context that heightens
the creative process alongside the
Do it!
Whale
Watching
& Puffin Tours
from Reykjavík
1½ hour
Departure times: 10.00 & 14.00Sími/Tel. 861 3840
We are located in the whale watch-
ing area at Reykjavík Old Harbour.
A Guided Walking Tour
Dark Deeds
in Reykjavík
Every Thursday in June, July and August at 3pm
This 90 min. walk is at an easy pace
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www.borgarbokasafn.is
Tel. 411 6100
RAGNAR AXELSSON
MI RROR OF L I FE
24 May – 7 September 2014
ADMISSION FREE
GRÓFARHÚS 6th Floor
Tryggvagata 15, 101 Reykjavik
Opening Hours: Mon–Thu 12–19
Fridays 12–18, Weekends 13–17
www.photomuseum.is
ASÍ Art Gallery
Freyjugata 41 | June 6 - Jan 1 13:00 - 17:00 | ISK Free!

What does it mean to be blonde? You might as well ask the
question, “Why is the sky blue?” Some asshole may tell you that it’s
because molecules in the air scatter blue light from the sun more
than they do the other colours but really the answer you wanted
was something about the poetic and artistic significance of blue in
modern culture. Artist Birgir Birgisson answers the question about
blondness in the second manner, instead of saying something
smarmy like, “It’s the lack of melanin in the hair shaft.” He explores
the politics and ideology of blondness with an ongoing project of
mixed media pastel hued works. RSL
The Art of Being Blonde
Ladies, Beautiful Ladies