Reykjavík Grapevine - 10.04.2015, Side 49

Experience
Icelandic Art
and Design
Kópavogur Art Museum
/ Gerðarsafn
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
Un peu plus
Drawings and sketches by
fashion designer Helga
Björnsson
Cairns
Jónína Guðnadóttir
MENN
Curver Thoroddsen
Finnur Arnar Arnarson
Hlynur Hallsson
Kristinn G. Harðarson
MA degree show
Iceland Academy
of the Arts
Route 40
CHECK OUT THE NEW
REYKJAVÍK CITY MUSEUM
C OM P R I S I N G 5 TO P MU S E UMS:
Árbær Open Air Musem
Viðey Island
Reykjavík Museum of
Photography
Reykjavík Maritime Museum
www.reykjavikcitymuseum.is
The Settlement Exhibition
More information in the
Museums & Galleries section.
Open 11:30-22:00
saegreif inn. is
101 Reykjavík Tel. 553 1500 seabaron8@gmail.com
An absolute
must-try!
Saegreifinn restaurant (Sea Baron) is like none other
in Iceland; a world famous lobster soup and a diverse
fish selection.
‘Like a breath being compressed
into a high pitched sound’ by Hanna
Kristín Birgisdóttir
Newly graduated from the Iceland
Academy of the Arts, Hanna Kristín uses
sculptures and performative art to explore
the poetics of physical strength and nature.
Opens April 10
Runs until April 19
Kópavogur Art Museum
Gerðarsafn
MA Degree Show
MA graduates of design and fine arts from
the Iceland Academy of the Arts will show-
case their work in a special graduation
exhibition.
Opens April 18
Runs until May 10
Loftsson
‘Tesla Tune’ by Finnbogi Pétursson
Finnbogi Pétursson’s 2015 project ‘Tesla
Tune’ is presented as part of the Sequences
Real Time Art Festival. He creates
sculptures out of objects that produce
electronic or acoustic sounds. ‘Tesla Tune’
brings together different sounds that all
generate the same frequency.
Opens April 12
Runs until April 19
‘Wisdom and Eggs’ by Kris Lemsalu
Viennese artist, Kris Lemsalu, displays her
2011 work as part of the Sequences Real
Time Art Festival. Her work mocks societal
truths about beauty and necessity through
a variety of mediums.
Opens April 11
Runs until April 19
‘9’/Unlimited’ by Beatrice Pediconi
Beatrice Pediconi’s 2013 work ‘9’/Unlimited’
is on display at Loftsson as part of the
Sequences Real Time Art Festival. Her work
reflects her fascination with defying gravity
under water. She experiments with how
different mediums interact with water from
bronze to oil paint.
Opens April 11
Runs until April 19
‘Plato’s Parable of Light Astral
Pavilion 3D’ by Kolbeinn Hugi
Höskuldsson
Kolbeinn Hugi Höskuldsson presents his
new work ‘Plato’s Parable of Light Astral
Pavilion 3D’ at Loftsson as part of the
Sequences Real Time Art Festival. His work
is grounded in sensory relativity but is
influenced by dreams and a goal of aiming
for the heart rather than the head.
Opens April 11
Runs until April 19
‘Margins/Mæri’ by Hekla Dögg
Jónsdóttir
Hekla Dögg Jónsdóttir received her MFA
from the California Institute of the Arts.
Through her work she looks for perfect
moments when wonderful things happen
in unlikely places. Her 2014 work ‘Margins/
Mæri’ is on display at Loftsson as part of
the Sequences Real Time Art Festival.
Opens April 11
Runs until April 19
Mengi
‘KhoiSan Medicine’ by Anne
Haaning
Anne Haaning received an MFA from
Goldsmiths University in London. Her work
deals with myths and the endless
production of digital media. ‘KhoiSan’
unites her interests by applying beliefs of a
Southern African aboriginal tribe to digital
production and circulation.
Opens April 10
Runs until April 19
Watch Nordic Films For An Entire Week Straight!
Nordic Film Festival
Nordic House
Sturlugata 5 (H2) | April 15-22 | Free!
‘Sequences Baby Doll Bar’ by Helgi
Þórsson
Helgi received an MFA from the Sandberg
Institute in Amsterdam in 2004. He is
premiering his work, ‘Sequences Baby
Doll Bar’ at the Sequences Real Time Art
Festival this month.
Opens April 10
Runs until April 19
Mokka-Kaffi
‘Verk á viku’ - ‘One painting a week’
by Sæþór Asmundsson
Sæþór Asmundsson started his project
‘One painting a week’ last year and painted
one piece of art per week. There are
around 40 of the paintings on display.
Opens April 11
Runs until June 13
Reykjavík Art Museum:
Ásmundarsafn
A children’s sculpting workshop in
connection with the Reykjavík Children’s
Culture Festival and Ásmundur Sveinsson’s
‘The Water Carrier-Mountain+Woman.’
Runs April 23
Reykjavik Art Museum:
Hafnarhús
BA Degree Show
BA graduates of design, architecture and
fine arts from the Iceland Academy of the
Arts are showcasing their works and will
host a curators’ talk on May 3 at 15:00.
Opens April 25
Runs until May 10
Lecture: TALK Series
Professor Mary Jane Jacob from the School
of the Art Institute of Chicago will be giving
a lecture as part of the museum’s TALK
series
Runs April 30
Reykjavik Maritime Museum
Children’s Festival on the First Day
of Summer
As part of the children’s festival, Reykjavik
Maritime Museum is hosting a treasure
hunt on coast guard vessel Óðinn where
children can come play and look for clues.
Another treasure hunt will take place on
the following weekend April 25-26, along
with handicraft workshops and a
photography exhibition.
Opens April 23
Runs until April 26
The Reykjavík Museum of
Photography
‘What I See’ by Laura Andrés
Esteban
Exploring the difference between what is
real and what is seen, Spanish multi-media
artist Laura Esteban uses photography and
illustrations to communicate her vision and
make people smile.
Opens April 9
Runs until June 2
Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum
‘Interplay’ − thinking across
sculpture and design
This exhibition focuses on the relationship
between the Danish architect Finn Juhl
(1912-1989) and the Icelandic sculptor
Sigurjón Ólafsson in the years of 1940 to
1945. Both were pioneers, each in his field,
and both went unexplored paths in their
experiments with form and material.
Opens April 23
Runs until August 30
You like Nordic films? The humour? The actors and scenery?
You’re in luck! The third annual Nordic Film Festival kicks off on
Wednesday April 15 with a screening of Hrafn Gunlaugsson’s
classic ‘Hrafnin flýgur’ (‘When the Raven flies’) from 1984. The rest of
the week promises two to three screenings per day, with films from
Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark and even one from Greenland.
We’re talking about exciting films like ‘Børning,’ ‘Kraftidioten,’
‘Återträffen,’ and ‘Eskimo Diva.’ Don’t worry, yes, they have English
subtitles. See www.nordichouse.is for the full schedule. STM
ART
OPENINGS & ONGOING