Reykjavík Grapevine - 01.08.2014, Blaðsíða 61

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OPENINGS AND ONGOING
August 1 - August 14
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Opening
Anarkía
Alexander Zabachik and Serhiy
Savchenko
The Ukrainian and Belarussian abstract
expressionist painters are putting on a
show together produced in Iceland.
Opens August 9
Runs until August 31
Art67
Við ána (By The River) by Margrét
H. Hauksdóttir
With her third paintings exhibit at Art67,
Margrét's new impressionist works
focus on rivers which are inspired by
her time fly-fishing and lounging by
riverbanks.
Opens August 1
Runs until August 31
Gallery Ófeigur
Moment in Time
Artist Jóna Þorvaldsdóttir explores the
forms of Iceland’s nature through
traditional photography.
Opens August 2
Runs until August 27
SÍM
Joris Rademaker Solo Show
This Dutch artist has lived in Iceland for
20 years and is displaying his works
from the past 10 years. These three-
dimensional pieces raise questions
about human nature, existence and
purpose.
Opens August 1
Runs until August 22
Týsgallerí
Medúsa
Multimedia artist Steingrímur Eyfjörð
presents a solo show, relating to the
mythical gorgon after which it’s titled.
Opens August 7th
Runs until August 31
Ongoing
Árbær Museum
A guided tour in English through this
open air museum, which consists of
twenty buildings happens daily at
13:00.
On permanent view
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
Café Flóru
Heimþrá
Lilja Bjarkar- Egilsdóttir's been living
abroad for two decades, and her
time outside Iceland has influenced
her artwork which will be on display
at the venue's botanical garden.
The paintings and sculptures have
an emphasis on transparency and
energy, depicting the emotional
connections and memories to the
Icelandic landscape and nature.
Runs until August 10
The Culture House
This exhibit showcases 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
The exhibit explores 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 collection
of the National Gallery is on view, 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
Gallerí Skilti
Pura Vida
British artist S Mark Gubb went to Costa
Rica, got inspired by the casual atmo-
sphere and the concept of “pura vida,”
the catchall phrase for positivity. So he
brought it to Reykjavík with a sign that
points anyone in the right direction to
find their own Pura Vida, or good life.
Runs until December 15
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
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.
Runs until August 24
Harbinger
Equator
In this show, artist Victor Ocares deals
with dual nationality, drawing from his
own experience of being both Chilean
and Icelandic. He employs symbols
drawn from the worlds of mathematics
and business science, dealing with the
current state of entropy through the
subjects of globalisation and politics.
Runs until August 24
Hverfisgallerí
Summer Show
Nineteen artists from Iceland, Finland,
Belgium and USA showcase paintings,
works on paper, and sculptures in the
group exhibition.
Runs until August 23
i8
C-O-N-T-I-N-U-A-T-I-O-N
London designer Peter Liversidge has
a new exhibition. His work began
with single or grouped typewritten
proposals, with the proposed works
taking form across a seemingly
limitless variety of media, including
performance, installation, sculpture,
painting, photography and actions. For
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Mokka Kaffi | Skólavörðustígur 3A (E5)
August 1 to 14| 9:00 - 18:30 | ISK Free!

You sip your coffee and stare. This is your tenth cup today,
fifth this hour. The baristas are getting worried you’ll become a
permanent fixture by the door, but you can’t leave, not before you
decipher Mokka's Black Box. The eight paintings, as black as the
coffee you drink, depict the same thing from different angles. One
looks like the silhouette of a piano, another like an overhead of a
typewriter. Each angle reveals something new and distorts what
you thought was concrete; it’s a visual riddle whose answer keeps
eluding your grasp, but you will not let the artist win. You order
your eleventh coffee. AH
As Black As Your Coffee
Mokkas Black Box by Jón Axel
Björnsson
this performance, Peter has written 24
proposals for works and performative
actions in Proposals for 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 sculpture
honoring the Icelandic men’s handball
team, though confusingly it does not
feature their actual penises.
On permanent view
Icelandic Printmaker’s
Association
Infrastructure
This is a collaboration of thirteen friends
and artists and includes paintings,
photographs, drawings, installations,
video, sculptures and more. We’ve
been, it’s really awesome. Trust us.
Runs until August 3
Kunstschlager
Look Around You, Experiment One
Artists Anna Hrund Másdóttir and Helgi
Már Kristinsson created a collaborative
sculpture for the gallery space, focus-
ing on everyday objects and common
materials. They’ve got a thing for ice
cream, oranges, flower arrangements
and the color blue. If that’s your thing
too, check it out.
Runs until August 9
Mokka Kaffi
MOKKA’S BLACK BOX / Still life
Artist Jón Axel Björnsson exhibits a new
series of gouache, abstract still life
paintings.
Runs until August 14
Museum of Design and Applied
Art
Ertu tilbúin frú forseti?
The exhibition, ‘Are you ready, Madam
President?’ displays clothing and
other accessories from the wardrobe
of former Icelandic President Vigdís
Finnbogadóttir. The exhibition gives
visitors a glimpse into Vigdís's prefer-
ences through her wardrobe and style,
and also the personal lives and habits
of heads of state.
Runs until October 5
Hjalti Karlsson: This Is How I Do It
Hjalti Karlsson, last year's recipient of the
Nordic Torsten and Wanja Söderberg
prize is holding an exhibition featuring
work specially created for the occa-
sion of the prize. Hjalti's work, from
newspaper page to moving graphics,
from educational exhibition form to the
place-specific art installation, shows
traces of both classic schooling and
Icelandic narrative tradition.
Runs until October 5