Reykjavík Grapevine - 17.07.2015, Blaðsíða 59

A Guided Walking Tour
Dark Deeds
in Reykjavík
Every Thursday
in June, July and August at 3pm
This 90 min. walk is at an easy pace
Join us for a fun introduction to Icelandic
crime fiction, ghosts and ghouls
Starts at Reykjavík City Library in Tryggvagata 15
Info: www.literature.is
A fitting warm-up:
At 2pm every Thursday we screen
Spirits of Iceland, a film on Icelandic folklore in
the library's 5th floor screening room: Kamesið
Tryggvagata 15
Tel. 411 6100
www.borgarbokasafn.is
FREE OF
CHARGE
GEYMILEGIR
HLUTIR
KEEPERS
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
KEEPERS
Icelandic design highlights,
from the Collection
No Site
June 13th – August 23rd
Icelandic landscape seen
with the eyes of eight
contemporary photographers.
Ceramics – From the
Collection
June 24th – August 23rd
Illumination
Exhibition of Works by
Contemporary Icelandic Artists
Doríon
Dodda Maggý, Video- & Music
Performance by Dodda Maggý
with the Katla Women ś Choir
Performed: Friday 15 May, 9 pm
and Saturday 16 May, 4 pm.
Route 40
A journey
through the
visual world
of Iceland
The Culture House
Hverfisgata 15
101 Reykjavík
The exhibition, shop
and café are open
daily 10 - 17
Closed on Mondays
16/9 – 30/4
Illuminated manuscripts, textiles, carvings,
photographs, paintings and contemporary
Icelandic art www.culturehouse.is
The Culture House is part of the National Museum of Iceland
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The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 10 — 2015
exhibition after the museum director
demanded genitals be covered, thus
sparking the contrary reaction.
Runs until July 31
Gallerí Skilti
‘Al Dente’ by Tuomas A. Laitinen
This multimedia exhibition combines light,
sound, and video, and is inspired by the
artist’s time in China; in particular, by his
findings in “hutong” (narrow paths or
valleys) in Beijing. The exhibit explores the
constant overlapping of new and old in
China, and the distorted and often absurd
messages on signs outside food vendors in
the area thanks to Google Translate.
Runs until December 15
Gerðuberg Cultural Centre
‘Light’ by Litku
Using oil, acrylic, and watercolour,
members of the Litku art collective hope
to explore both manifestations of light in
nature and landscape and the interplay of
light and shadow in this exhibit, which is
in honour of UNESCO’s 2015 International
Year of Light.
Runs until August 28
‘True Face’ by Anna Henriksdóttir &
Svafa Björg Einarsdóttir
This exhibition of oil, pastel, watercolour
and collage work, is all based around the
theme of portraits and includes varied
pieces, such as paintings of pets as well
as self-portraits. This exhibition was made
through the efforts of art teachers Anna
Henriksdóttir and Svafa Björg Einarsdóttir,
who created the programme to help
strengthen and empower unemployed
people to get back into the labour market
through artistic expression.
Runs until August 28
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
‘Finger Dexterity’ by Fanney,
Óskar Henning og Sigurður Helgi
Valgarðsbörn
On exhibition is the work of these
skillful siblings, including silver jewelry,
candlesticks, and much more, all made
with excellent crafstmanship.
Runs until September 27
Hafnarborg
‘Ceramics - From the Collection’
Ceramic pieces from the museum’s
collection made by various artists between
1984 and 2006 are on display.
Runs until August 23
‘No Site’
This exhibition features photographs
depicting nature in Iceland, all taken by
artists currently residing in Iceland.
Runs until August 23
Hallgrímskirkja
‘City of God’ by Rósa Gísladóttir
'City of God' consists of five different
pieces of art, which include soundscape
and sculptures, all with references to
Christianity, except the mirror of time which
is situated outside the front of the church.
Runs until August 9
Harbinger
‘Opera’ by Bernardo Gaeiras and
Elsa-Louise Manceaux
This installation involves books specifically
Lost In Time… Like Tears In Rain
‘Melancholy’ by Dominik Smialowski
The Reykjavík Museum of Photography
Tryggvagata 15 (D3)| Runs Until August 11 12-19 | Free!
designed by their authors to be displayed
in fan form in the vitrine outside Harbinger.
The format of the installation necessitates
non-linear reading and brings about
questions of human nature and patterns.
Runs until July 26
Harpa
‘Constructed Horizons’ by
Alexander Zaklynsky
This exhibit features a set of paintings that
explore the depth of vision, movement,
and relative distance. ‘The Horizon’ in this
instance represents the unattainable, the
distance to the edge of the earth.
Runs until July 31
‘The Iceland Expo Pavilion’
Fifteen-minute films produced by Sagafilm
will be projected on the walls and ceiling
of the Expo Pavilion from 10:00 to 18:00.
Visitors can then be immersed in these
films, which feature scenes of Icelandic
nature.
Runs until December 31
Hornið
‘Take Two’ by Jóhann Vilhjálmsson
Part artist, part musician, and part chef,
Jóhann is a true jack-of-all-trades. His
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.
On permanent view
i8 Gallery
‘Me and My Mother 2015’ by Ragnar
Kjartansson
Celebrated artist Ragnar Kjartansson
displays his latest video work, capturing
the artist’s mother spitting on him, in her
own living room. His earlier works in the
series from 2000, 2005 and 2010 are also
on display.
Runs until August 22
Kirsuberjatréð Íslensk Hönnun
‘epilogue’ by Heiðrún Kristjánsdóttir
This exhibition will feature old books as
artwork, and will reflect on books as a
medium for inspiration and knowledge.
Runs until July 21
Kling & Bang
‘Benelux verkstæðið’ by Helgi
Thorsson
In this exhibit, which consists of prints,
paintings and sculptures, Helgi Thorsson
hopes to reinvent old classics in a new
light. Exploring everything from corporate
responsibility to aliens, this exhibit will be
Helgi’s final in Iceland before he moves
abroad.
Runs until July 26
Icelandic Printmakers
Association (Íslensk Grafík)
‘Wish you were here...’ by Soffía
Sæmundsdóttir and Heike Liss
This mail-art project by Icelandic painter
Soffía Sæmundsdóttir and German artist
Heike Liss features a series of postcards
Photographer Dominik Smialowski’s new exhibit presents a series
of staged scenes revolving around a pilot who unexpectedly crash
lands in an unforgiving foreign land. But this isn’t another reiteration
of ‘Lost in Translation’—no, it’s actually much closer to ‘2001: A Space
Odyssey’. Smialowski’s exhibit is based around a science-fiction
narrative; the pilot, lost and desperate, wears fantastical otherworldly
costumes surrounded by alien and ethereal landscape. So turn off
‘Star Trek’, put down ‘Game Of Thrones’, turn off ‘League Of Legends’
and commence your quest over to the The Reykjavík Museum of
Photography. HJC
ART
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