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OPENINGS AND ONGOING
>> REAL DELICACIES
This is a compilation of recent Brazilian
videos that articulate images from re-
ality, and escape definitions of genre
to create a personal interpretation.
Runs until July 31
At Twilight
One of Iceland’s defining features, pre-
cious little gem that it is, is its period
of twilight. This exhibition sheds light
on this oft taken for granted solar
elevation angle, as its artists explore
its prompt contrasts between light
and darkness.
Runs until September 21
The National Museum
Icelandic Silverwork
See various silver pieces and the
methods of their making at this exhibit
commemorating the 150th anniversary
of the National Museum of Iceland.
On permanent view
Inspirations by Ron Rosenstock
The original subjects of Ron’s black
and white photography–land, sky,
trees, and glaciers–serve as initial
inspiration for this exhibition. He then
digitally edits the images like he used
to do in the darkroom to bring out his
feelings at the time of exposure.
Runs until July 27
Sodium Sun
Photographer Stuart Richardson
exhibits a series of photographs on
Icelandic streetlights, their locales and
the weather.
Runs until December 31
The Making Of A Nation
This exhibition is intended to provide
insight into the history of the Icelandic
nation from the Settlement to the
present day.
On permanent view
Snapshots Of A Moment
Þorsteinn Jósepsson (1907–1967) was a
widely travelled author and journalist.
Þorsteinn’s photography presents an
intricate panorama of Icelandic life
and a rapidly changing rural land-
scape. His collection of photographs
is one of the largest, most important
and most comprehensive private
collections from the twentieth cen-
tury preserved in Iceland’s National
Museum of Photography, a part of the
National Museum of Iceland.
Runs until December 31
Nordic House
Atlantis Photo Exhibition
This exhibition showcases an under-
water photo series shot by Finnish
photographer Ilkka Keskinen in Aalto
Alvari, the swimming hall of the Finn-
ish city Jyväskylä. Keskinen has had
over 30 years experience shooting
underwater, and boasts an extensive
underwater gallery.
Runs until July 21
Descent
This exhibition is a collaboration
between six Danish artists, all looking
to build on an interest in the mythical
and existential. Inspired by a 5,000
year old Sumerian myth, they depict
the descent into the netherworld, il-
luminating the life and stories that are
connected to it. With different artistic
media, including photography, sculp-
ture, painting and installation, this
eternally relevant myth is reinterpreted
and put into a new context.
Runs until August 17
Jump In Diorama
Presented by Annika Dahlsten and
Markku Laakso, Jump In Diorama
focuses on the documentative nature
of photography, and real vs. authentic.
The artists have taken photos and shot
videos in various natural landscapes in
Finnish Lapland, Germany, and South-
ern Africa. In these situations, the
Laakso family entertained spectators
with their way of life, as human exhibi-
tions being seen as anthropological-
zoological displays.
On permanent view
The Old Harbour Iceland Expo
Pavillion
Every day from 10:00 to 22:00, Sagafilms
projects a film of Icelandic scenery
inside their Iceland Expo Pavillion
which provides a unique 360 degree
movie experience.
On permanent view
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
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 ab-
stract works that the artist created in
the last decades of his life.
Runs until August 31
Reykjavík Art Museum -
Hafnarhús
Erró: The World Today
The Reykjavík Art Museum's already
large collection of paintings by Erró has
grown considerably in recent years, as
the artist continues to donate his more
recent works. These pieces–including
collages, oils, watercolours and enam-
els–are on display.
Runs until September 28
Your Compound View
The exhibition comprises a total of about
80 pieces from the period 1970–2010,
representing three generations of
artists. The origins of Icelandic con-
temporary art can be traced back to
the rebellion of the “SÚM generation”
(SÚM – Association of Young Art-
ists) against the dominant position of
abstract painters in Icelandic art in the
early 1960s.
Runs until September 7
Reykjavík Art Museum -
Kjarvalsstaðir
Affinities
The exhibition is made up of works
which span a period of 73 years juxta-
poses works of different artists, two or
three together, in order to highlight the
similarities between them. A painting of
a door by Þorri Hringsson may thus be
compared with a geometrical abstract
by Þorvaldur Skúlason: Þorri objectifies
the form, while Þorvaldur rejects all
allusion to external reality.
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
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To Go, Or Not To Go, That Shouldn’t Even
Be A Question
Globe Theatre on Tour presents Hamlet
23
July
Concert series with
Icelandic art songs
and folk music.
The programme is
sung in Icelandic and
introduced in English.