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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.
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
May 15 - August 2
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.
Cycle
Music & Art Festival 2015
Route 40
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The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 11 — 2015
24 artists from 8 countries:
The visitors’ eye
and some Icelandic
Curator: Ben Valentine

OPEN daily 12—6 pm

FREE ADMISSION
only 40 min. drive from Reykjavik
on the Golden Circle
Opens August 6
Runs until August 25
Skólavörðustígur
Photo Exhibition and Rainbow
Street Painting
Eva María Þórarinsdóttir Lange and the
mayor of Reykjavík kick off the Pride
Week celebrations with rainbow street
painting. Everyone is invited to participate.
BYOB—Bring your own brush! Alongside
the painting there will be a photographic
exhibition by Geirix that spans the history
of Reykjavik Pride from 1993.
Runs August 4 at 12:00
Tjarnarbíó
‘Comissura’
Spanish theatre group Patricia Pardo
perform ‘Comissura’, a captivating blend
of dance, theatre and acrobatics. The
performance will include some strange
characters in peculiar situations—perhaps
the most notable of which being a woman
drowned in twenty litres of wax. The piece
aims to comment on desire, heartbreak,
self-image and the endless mess of
emotions humans experience in their lives.
August 6 and August 7 at 20:00
Ongoing
Anarkía
‘Höfuðverk’
This twelve-artist exhibit is focused on
bones and everything about them.
Runs until August 15
‘Litirnir Vega Salt’ by Rannveig
Tryggvadóttir
Rannveig Tryggvadóttir’s new exhibit
features multiple colourful paintings.
Runs until August 16
Árbær Open Air Museum
‘Between the lines – How stay-
at-home women earned a living
1900-1970’
This exhibition looks at how women were
able to generate revenue with odd jobs in
the twentieth century when many of them
stayed at home.
Runs until August 31
ART67
‘Untitled’ by Lilja Bragadóttir
This exhibition features the abstract and
vividly colourful oil and acrylic paintings of
Lilja Bragadóttir. The artist graduated from
Grafik Kunstskole in Århus in 2004, and has
an art studio (Art 11) that she shares with
several other female artists in Kópavogur.
Runs until July 31
Ásgrímur Jónsson Collection
‘In The Light Of The Days’ by
Ásgrímur Jónsson
The works of the late Ásgrímur Jónsson
cover huge swaths of the history of Iceland.
The interpretation of the seen and the
unseen, landscape, and oral tradition
were some of his main topics throughout
his career, which spanned the first half
of the twentieth century. His paintings
and drawings reflect sincere love for the
country and the nation, and the works
chosen for this exhibition reflect the scope
of the artist’s themes.
Runs until September 15
Crymogea
‘Good Friends’ by Brynjar
Sigurðarson
Product designer Brynjar Sigurðarson
exhibits new and old work alike this month
at Crymogea. Many of his pieces have
strong ties to Iceland, including candles
that look like mini glaciers and fishing-
inspired designs created with rope and
wood. Also featured will be works of
designer Veronika Sedlmair and graphic
designer Frosti Gnarr.
Runs until July 31
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 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
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
Nothing Gold Can Stay
‘Hreintjarnir’ by Harpa Árnadóttir
Hverfisgallerí
Hverfisgata 4 (D4)| Runs Until August 22 Tues-Sun 13-17 | Free!
work was removed from a Kunsthalle
Bern exhibition after the museum director
demanded genitals be covered, thus
sparking the contrary reaction.
Runs until July 31
Gallery Tukt (Hitt Húsið)
‘The Meta Level’ Poetry and Short
Story Exhibition
‘The Meta Level’ exhibits the writing of
16-18-year-olds who participated in the
‘10x10Reykjavík Writing Workshop’, led by
Erla Steinþórsdóttir. The stories and poems
shown are inspired by a wide variety of
subjects: art, nature, human rights, and
daily life.
Runs until August 1
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
“Icelandic summer,” with its 11-degree days and unbudging
cloud covers, is almost an oxymoron to those from countries
that actually experience legitimate summers (i.e. most of the
northern hemisphere). But even if summers here are chilly and
fleeting, there’s no denying that there’s something mystical
about those endless golden days with the midnight sun. In her
exhibit ‘Hreintjarnir’ (“Clear Ponds”), Harpa Árnadóttir attempts
to capture the ephemeral spirit of summer in this neck of the
(mostly treeless) woods. Though abstract, her works portray the
Icelandic landscape with soothing, earthy colour schemes and rich
textures. Some of her works combine poetry and imagery, and the
title of the exhibit takes its name from a book of poetry by Einar
Bragi. Despite the occasional shit weather, there’s no denying that
there’s something special about summer in Iceland, so enjoy it
while it lasts. KES
ART
OPENINGS & ONGOINGS