Reykjavík Grapevine - 10.10.2014, Page 42

ART
OPENINGS AND ONGOING
Oct 10 - Nov 6
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Opening
ASÍ Art Gallery
Visual Wandering
Artist Erla S. Haraldsdóttir combines
photorealistic motifs with painterly
excellence and humour. A unique
combination of concept-driven
methods, energetic brushwork and a
vivid palette make her solo-exhibition
a matchless study of motifs and
technique based on the freedom of
restraint.
Opens October 11
Runs until November 2
Coastal Wind
Hallgerður Hallgrímsdóttir’s exhibit
explores the mundane everyday
life of Iceland with a collection of
photographs, texts and material
capturing eternal moments, erupting
volcanos, days on repeat and
inscrutable faces.
Opens October 11
Runs until November 2
Hafnarborg
Lip-Sticks
This is an engaging exhibition of
paintings by leading Icelandic artist
who dazzle the viewer with colorful
narratives and blunt attitudes. The
artists are Gabríela Friðriksdóttir,
Guðmundur Thoroddsen, Helgi
Þórsson, Hulda Vilhjálmsdóttir,
Ragnar Þórisson, Þorvaldur Jónsson
and Þórdís Aðalsteinsdóttir.
Opens November 1
Runs until January 4
Icelandic Printmaker’s
Association
Inside - Out
Danish artist Lene Bennike has been
in love with Iceland since her first art
residency here in 2011. Lene's new
exhibit uses photogravure, a type
of graphic media which combines
photography and graphic art to
explore themes of “dramatic scenery,
unspoken forces, volcanos throwing
fire and ashes on virgin snow, hot
sources and masses of water”.
Opens October 11
Runs until October 26
i8
The third solo show at i8 by one
of the founding figures of the
conceptual arm of postminimalism,
Lawrence Weiner. The exhibition will
feature wall works, drawings and
objects based on language – Weiner’s
primary medium.
Opens October 16
Runs until November 29
Kling & Bang
Bismuth
This is a solo exhibition by Daníel
Björnsson in which he examines the
crystalline, colourful, brittle post-
transition metal element, Bismuth.
Opening October 26
Runs until November 23
Kópavogur Art Museum
Gerðarsafn
AIM XV
Artists Helgi Hjaltalín Eyjólfsson
and Pétur Örn Friðriksson have
a collaborative show that draws
inspiration from the ideas of
Michelangelo and Hungarian
psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
on creation, goals and flow.
Opens October 11
Runs until November 15
Kunstschlager
Phenomenal
This project is a collaborative one
between performance artists who
use public space as their canvas.
The exhibition at Kunstschlager
then brings all the live performances
together under one roof, recorded
and documented in a variety of ways.
Opens October 17
Runs until November 22
Mokka Kaffi
Músik & Sport
During Iceland Airwaves, Gusgus
member Stephan Stephensen (aka.
President Bongo) has a photo exhibit
focusing on still life.
Opens November 6
Runs until December 4
Museum of Design and Applied
Art
Prýði
To celebrate 90 years of the
Goldsmith’s Association of Iceland,
40 Icelandic goldsmiths will exhibit
their works. Expect a diverse variety
of jewellery and other pieces, with
inspiration spanning from over the
century.
Opens October 18
Runs until January 25
National Gallery
Vasulka Chamber
For the 130th anniversary of the
National Gallery, the gallery will
launch the Vasulka Chamber, a
department of video and media
art dedicated to Steina and Woody
Vasulka, two of video art's greatest
pioneers. The exhibition presents a
selection of their video works and
photographic works, which eventually
takes over the whole National Galllery.
Opens October 16
On Permanent View
Reykjavík Art Museum: Hafnarhús
Flatland
In her exhibition, Sirra Sigrún
Sigurðardóttir juxtaposes structural
stasis with movement by integrating
video with text, movement and
sculpture. The title Flatland is a
reference, among other things, to a
book of that title published in 1884,
a satirical portrayal of the social
hierarchy using the language of
mathematics and geometry.
Opens November 1
Runs until January 25
Worlds And Ways
This exhibition is a selection of works
by Gunter Damisch from the 1980s
to 2013. On display are graphic
works which Gunter has given to the
Reykjavík Art Museum. The works
are highly individual iconography and
mythology, which oscillate between
figuration and abstraction.
Opens November 1
Runs until January 25
The Reykjavík Photography
Museum
Iceland
Fascinated with the relations between
people, their living spaces and
possessions, the San Francisco-based
photographer Beth Yarnelle Edwards
collaborates with her subjects to
recreate scenes from their daily
lives. The Iceland series was created
when she spent one summer month
in Iceland, in which she sought out
intersections of the mythic and
mundane.
Opens October 16
Runs until December 9
Týsgalleri
Kok
Artist Kristín Eiríksdóttir exhibits
illustrations she did for her new poetry
book ‘Kok.’
Opens October 18
Ongoing
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
Art 67
Life Of Flowers
The exhibition by artist Georg Douglas
includes pictures incorporating
several different scale layers, from
elements on the molecular scale up
to realistic parts of flowers. These
elements are intertwined, sometimes
simply, sometimes in intricate and
obfuscated ways, thus widening the
viewer‘s experiences.
Runs until October 31
ADMISSION FREE
GRÓFARHÚS 6th Floor
Tryggvagata 15, 101 Reykjavik
Opening Hours: Mon–Thu 12–19
Fridays 12–18, Weekends 13–17
www.photomuseum.is
Lauren Greenfield
Stelpumenning / Girl Culture
13. 9. 2014 – 11. 1. 2015
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Take A Walk Through Art
‘Visual Wandering’ by Erla S. Haraldsdóttir
ASÍ Art Museum
Freyjugata 41 (G5) | Oct 12 – Nov 2 | 13 - 17 | Free!
Artist Erla S. Haraldsdóttir has the enviable gift of being able to
paint in a way that combines photorealistic motifs with painterly
excellence and humour. Her classical training is showcased in this
exhibit, as she delivers a unique combination of concept-driven
methods, energetic brushwork and a vivid palette. In her paintings,
she puts an emphasis on the physicality of paint, handling of
colour to create space, and light and shadow to make them look
as realistic as possible. Don’t expect to leave her works untouched.
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