Reykjavík Grapevine - 22.05.2015, Qupperneq 45

Experience
Icelandic Art
and Design
Gerðarsafn -
Kópavogur Art Museum
Hamraborg 4, Kópavogur
Open 11–17 / Closed on Mondays
www.gerdarsafn.is
Hönnunarsafn Íslands
/ Museum of Design
and Applied Art
Garðatorg 1, Garðabær
Open 12–17 / Closed on Mondays
www.honnunarsafn.is
Hafnarborg
/ The Hafnarfjordur Centre
of Culture and Fine Art
Strandgata 34, Hafnarfjörður
Open 12–17 / Thursdays 12–21
Closed on Tuesdays
www.hafnarborg.is
Route 40 takes you to
on your way to the Blue Lagoon
Ámundi
Graphic Designer
KEEPERS
Highlights from the
Collection, opens on June12
Your Place our
Evironment by
Flensborg Harbor
Open workshop
MENN
Curver Thoroddsen
Finnur Arnar Arnarson
Hlynur Hallsson
Kristinn G. Harðarson
Illumination
Exhibition of Works by Con-
temporary Icelandic Artists
Doríon
Dodda Maggý, Video- &
Music Performance by Dodda
Maggý with the Katla
Women ś Choir
Route 40
THE HOUSE AT EYRARBAKKI
Opening hours: May 1st - September 30th daily 11.00-18.00 or by an agreement
Tel: +354 483 1504 & +354 483 1082 | husid@husid.com | www.husid.com

The House at Eyrarbakki
Árnessýsla folk museum is located in Húsið,
the House, historical home of the Danish
merchants built in 1765. Húsið is one of the
oldest houses in Iceland and a beautiful
monument of Eyrarbakki´s time as the
biggest trading place on the south coast.
Today one can enjoy exhibitions about the
story and culture of the region, famous piano,
shawl made out of human hair and the kings
pot, are among items. Húsið prides itself with
warm and homelike atmosphere.
The country’s largest
museum of cultural history
featuring a permanent exhibition on Iceland’s
history from settlement to present day as well
as temporary exhibitions e.g. on photography.
the national
museum of
iceland
open
Winter (16. September-30.April)
Tuesday-Sunday 11-5
Summer (1. May-15.September)
Daily 10-5
www.thjodminjasafn.is | Suðurgata 41 | 101 Reykjavík
recollection with references from art
history. The title ‘Endurlit’ literally means
“Flashback” in Icelandic, and implies that
there is something familiar about the works,
but also worth revisiting.
Runs until May 30
Gallery GAMMA
‘The Next Great Moment in History
Is Ours’ by Dorothy Iannone
Dorothy Iannone (1933) is a visual artist
whose work deals with censorship and
women’s sexuality. In 1969, some of her
work was removed from a Kunsthalle
Bern exhibition after the museum director
demanded genitals be covered, thus
sparking the contrary reaction. Since then,
her work has been shown in places such
as the New Museum in New York and
Berlinische Galerie in Berlin.
Runs until July 31
Gallery Tukt
‘Exhibition by Students at Breiðholt
College’
This selection of works by students is
based on the concepts of autonomy and
independence, presented in multiple
mediums.
Runs until July 7
Gerðuberg Cultural Centre
‘Where are we going?’ By Katrín
Matthíasdóttir
In her exhibition, Katrín Matthíasdóttir
uses oil-paintings, jig-saw puzzles,
gouaches, water-colours and sculptures
to explore some of the more serious issues
that we as humans must tackle, such as
conflict, inequality, pollution and climate
change. She also uses her sons’ faces as
representation of the good forces and
juxtaposes them next to the darker images
to make the viewer think of our common
responsibility for the future.
Runs until June 19
Papercraft Exhibition by Juventa
and Paulius Mudéniené
An exhibition of paper art by Lithuanian
artist Juventa, and photography by
her husband Paulius, is on display at
Gerðuberg. In the past, they have exhibited
works in Belgium, England, Sweden,
Norway, Germany and Egypt.
Runs until August 31
Hafnarborg
‘Your place, our environment by the
Flensborg harbor.’
A selection of maps, photographs and
drawings showcase the long history of the
Flensborg harbor, located in Germany.
Runs until June 21
Harbinger
‘There Are Two In A Couple’
by Barbara Amalie Skovmand
Thomsen
An installation that features music, videos,
sculptures and photography, in which
this Danish artist explores love, lust and
relationships.
Runs until June 7
Héðinsvöllur Playground
Children’s Culture Festival
Old toys from days gone by will be on
exhibit at Héðinsvöllur Playground on
Hringbraut. This piece is a great way
to revisit your childhood, and perhaps
learn something new while making new
memories with your family.
Runs until September 1
Hornið
‘Take Two’ by Jóhann Vilhjálmsson
Part artist, part musician, and part chef,
Jóhann is a true jack-of-all-trades. His
Stained-Glass Inspiration
'Illumination'
Kópavogur Art Museum Gerðarsafn
Hamraborg 4 | May 15-Aug 2 11-17 Tue-Sun | 500 ISK
mediums are pastels and ink, and he
gravitates towards bold, bright colours. His
subjects range from people, to landscapes,
scenes and more, but all have a surrealist
quality in common. One could look at these
paintings a hundred times and still find
something new.
On permanent view
Hverfisgallerí
‘Misty Rain’ by Ásdís Sif
Gunnarsdóttir
Ásdis Sif Gunnarsdóttir presents a piece
that is part video installation and part
cinema. The video shows the surreal
memories of a woman during an interview.
Runs until June 26
i8 Gallery
‘Form Regained’ by Alexandra
Navratil, Erin Shirreff & Lara Viana
The exhibition brings together a selection
of works by three artists; Alexandra
Navratil, Erin Shirreff and Lara Viana,
that build on fragmenting and re-
shaping archives and memory. The work
investigates issues of reproduction
and the layering effects of media from
multiple perspectives of personal and
public territories. Lapses in time and scale
telescope through transposing processes
and techniques, and manifest in slide
projections, paintings and video.
Runs until May 30
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 honouring
the Icelandic men's handball team.
On permanent view
Icelandic Printmaker’s
Association
‘ÓRÓ’ by Magdalena Margrét
Kjartansdóttir
Magdalena Margrét’s work deals with
women and the feminine body with a focus
on childhood, maternity, mentality, and
sexuality. This exhibition showcases some
of her large hand printed paperworks of
big, bold and beautiful women.
Runs until May 25
Kópavogur Art Museum
Gerðarsafn
‘Illumination’
An exhibition displaying the works of
contemporary female artists who have
drawn inspiration from stained-glass
windows designed by Gerður Helgadóttir
(1928-1975). Her designs can be found in
various places, such as Skálholt Cathedral
This exhibition features the works of nine contemporary female
artists. Although diverse in age and artistic approach, all the artists
used the same basis as inspiration for their works: the stained-
glass windows designed by Gerður Helgadóttir (1928-1975). Her
designs can be found, for example, in the Skálholt Cathedral and
Kópavogskirkja Church. Characterised by rhythmic forms and colour
combinations, the designs focus on personal experience rather than
the religious kind. The exhibiting artists are Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir,
Erla Þórarinsdóttir, Guðrún Benónýsdóttir, Hekla Dögg
Jónsdóttir, Dodda Maggý, Lilja Birgisdóttir, Katrin Agnes Klar
and Ingibjörg Sigurjónsdóttir. Gerður’s designs are also displayed.
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