Reykjavík Grapevine - 15.08.2014, Qupperneq 53

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OPENINGS AND ONGOING
August 15-28
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Opening
Árbær Museum
Rural Societies of the past
This exhibit provides visitors a chance
to assist in the household work of a
farm. There will be maids spinning on
spinning wheels and skyr will be made
on site, as well as butter.
August 17
Autumn Market
This market will have local farmers
bringing in their fresh produce and
products to sell. Go if you want to
further support local agriculture.
August 24
Artótek
45th Anniversary Exhibit
The Icelandic Printmaker's Association
is celebrating its 45th anniversary
with a special exhibit of local and
international talent.
August 23
ASÍ Art Gallery
Sniffer
This traveling piece takes over all of ASÍ,
having just come from Glasgow. In it,
a creature inspired by Oliver Twist and
called Sniffer has come to life. Its story
is told and it’s pretty weird.
Opens August 16
Runs until September 7
i8 Gallery
Multimedia artist Hrafnkell Sigurðsson,
an i8 regular, puts on a new solo
show.
Opens August 21
Runs until October 4
Listamenn Gallerí
New works by painter Hlaðgerður Íris
Björnsdóttir will be on display. Her
paintings feature children depicted
moodily and pensively.
Opens August 22
Runs until September 13
Reykjavík Art Museum -
Hafnarhús
Evening walk: New public art
Heiðar Kári Rannversson, curator of
public programs at Reykjavik Art
Museum, will lead a guided tour
around the city to show off the latest
public art.
August 21
Reykjavík Culture Night 2014
There will be a diverse programme
in connection with the current
exhibitions on display, including
poetry and a workshop for children
about words and images.
August 23
Reykjavík Dance Festival
The art museum will be participating in
the city's dance festival with a diverse
programme taking place at the
Hafnarhús location.
Opens August 27
Runs until August 31
Reykjavík Art Museum -
Kjarvalsstaðir
Reykjavík Culture Night 2014
There will be a diverse programme
in connection with the current
exhibitions on display, including
poetry and a workshop for children
about words and images.
August 23
Reykjavík Maritime Museum
Culture Night at the Maritime
Museum
There will be musicians, dancers, and
more performing all day. For the kids
there will be a treasure hunt and an
arts and crafts workshop where they
can make their own boats and sea
creatures.
August 23
Reykjavík Museum of
Photography
Twosomes
Images are paired up by comparative
subject matter, architectural icons
with sidewalk signage; Japan with
Iowa; 1979 with 2002; a celebrity with
a passerby in a manner that highlights
how everything is connected.
Opens August 21
Runs Until October 14
Reykjavík Culture Night
A photo session where visitors are
invited to dress up in costumes from
the Reykjavík City Theater and have a
polaroid taken with their play on the
past.
August 23
Tjarnarbió
ALIEN CITIZEN: An Earth Odyssey
A funny and poignant one-woman show
about growing up as a dual citizen of
mixed heritage in Central America,
North Africa, the Middle East, and
New England.
Opens August 20 and 22
Icelandic Printmaker’s
Association
Boston Printmakers Association
Boston Printmakers Association's finest
artists are being invited to Iceland to
introduce their own art, highlighting
the similarities and differences to the
Icelandic style. There will also be a
Printmaking workshop open August
15-20.
Opens August 21
Runs Until September 15
Reykjavík City Museum
Culture Night at The Settlement
Exhibit
The “oldest citizen” of Reykjavik, a
130 year old tree, will be honoured.
After that, people will meet at the
pond and sail toy boats on the water.
Finally, there will be a tournament of
“hnefatafl,” a 1,000 year old Icelandic
board game that roughly translates to
“fist chess.”
August 23
Skólavörðustígur
Sisimiut
Baldur Kristjánsson's new outside photo
exhibition focuses on what happens
when an Icelandic family is dropped
into the isolated Greenland village of
Sisimut.
Opens August 15
Runs until August 31
Ongoing
Anarkía
Alexander Zabachik and Serhiy
Savchenko
The Ukrainian and Belarussian abstract
expressionist painters have a special
show together that was produced in
Iceland.
Runs until August 31
Árbær Museum
A guided tour in English through this
open air museum, which consists of
twenty buildings happens daily at
13:00. Admission 1,100 ISK.
On permanent view
Art67
By The River
Margrét H. Hauksdóttir's new exhibit
focuses on rivers which are inspired
by her time fly-fishing and lounging by
riverbanks.
Runs until August 31
Brand New Book
“A Shining Pearl”
P U B L I S H I N G
The Icelandic Artist TÓTA Invites You Into Her World Of Art And Living
Not to
be missed
by you
– Art Lovers
ASÍ Art Gallery | Freyjugata 41 (G5)
August 16-September 7 | 13:00 - 17:00 | ISK Free!

Sniffer is a creature that’s been all over the place, most recently
Glasgow. It was born in early June, then was abandoned by its
parents shortly thereafter. All Sniffer does is wander around
in search of love, but its split personalities (common amongst
Geminis) impede this quest somewhat. Now Sniffer’s come to
Reykjavík and has made a bit of a mess in ASÍ’s house. Will it find
love here, or just a scolding? RSL
Creature Comforts
Sniffer
Ladies, Beautiful Ladies
Birgir Birgisson follows up on the
questions at the heart of the politics of
representation, addressed through the
visual negotiations of blondes in our
cultural environment. This deals with
the issue of how identities are made,
shaped, distributed and retold.
Runs until December 31
The Culture House
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
Sigurðsson
This exhibit explores the life of Icelandic
national hero Jón Sigurðsson.
On permanent view
Millennium - Phase One
A selection of pieces is on view from
the collection of the National Gallery,
including a variety of works by
Icelandic artists.
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 Ófeigur
Moment in Time
Artist Jóna Þorvaldsdóttir explores the
forms of Iceland’s nature through
traditional photography.
Runs until August 27
Gallerí Skilti
Pura Vida
British artist S. Mark Gubb went to Costa
Rica and brings to Reykjavík a sign that
points anyone in the right direction to
find their own Pura Vida, or good life.
Runs until December 15
Kópavogur Art Museum
Gerðarsafn
Flow
International artist Mireya Samper
(who was born in Iceland) doesn’t let
herself be constrained by things such
as materials or form. She works in all
media, from landart to knitting.
Runs until October 5
Hafnarborg
New Acquisitions
Recent additions to the Hafnarborg
collection, including work by leading
Icelandic contemporary artists Sirra
Sigrún Sigurðardóttir, Stefán Jónsson,
Hildur Bjarnadóttir, Pétur Thomsen and
Hreinn Friðfinnsson.
Runs until August 24
Works By The Pioneers Of Icelandic
Art
A collection exhibition focusing on
the work of the pioneers of Icelandic
art. Includes works by some of the