Reykjavík Grapevine - 25.09.2015, Qupperneq 48

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HISTORIC EXHIBITION RESTAURANT • SHOP • ACTIVITIES
The Saga Museum brings the Viking age to life. There you’ll walk
among some of Iceland’s most famous heroes and infamous villains
portrayed in their defining moments; the Viking settlement in 874,
Leif the Lucky’s discovery of America, the founding of the world’s
first parliament and the epic clan feuds that marked the settlement.
This is as close as you’ll ever get to meeting Vikings in the flesh.
Saga Museum • Grandagarður 2 • 101 Reykjavík
Tel.: (+354) 511 1517 • Open: Daily from 10 to 18
www.sagamuseum.is
Try on the clothes and
weapons of the Viking
age. Great fun and a
great photo opportunity.
The shop has a wide
selection of traditional
Viking handiwork,
souvenirs and clothing.
ART
ONGOING
most unusual, and is highly sought after
worldwide.
Runs until January 4, 2016
‘Keepers’
This exhibit focuses on the collections in
the Museum of Design and Applied Art,
displaying a few key pieces, and explores
how and why the museum curates the
works that it does. The title refers both
to the objects themselves, the ones
worth keeping, as well as the people who
preserved them, kept them, and eventually
gave them to the museum for safekeeping.
Runs until June 10, 2016
The National Gallery
‘Poetcast’ by Nína Tryggvadóttir
An influential Icelandic artist of her
generation—and one of few women—Nína
Tryggvadóttir is credited with bringing
the aesthetics and ideologies of abstract
expressionism from mainland Europe and
the States to the then colonial settlement
of Iceland. This retrospective exhibition will
show works from her 1938-1967 creative
period.
Runs until December 31
Vasulka Chamber
Steina and Woody Vasulka are some of
the pioneers of multimedia and video art,
and have a show at the National Gallery.
They began experimenting with electronic
sound, stroboscopic light, and video in the
late ‘60s, and haven’t stopped since. The
chamber’s purpose is not only to present
art from the genre, but to encourage
preserving and mediating such works.
On permanent view
The National Museum of Iceland
‘A Woman’s Place’
This exhibition takes a look into the lives of
women from 1915 to 2015, and questions
what role women have had and currently
have in Icelandic society.
Runs until December 31
Bible Exhibit
This is an exhibit celebrating the 200 year
anniversary of the Icelandic Bible company
(Biblíufélagið). On display are many antique
Bibles owned by the National Museum and
the company itself.
Runs until December 31
‘Bundled Up In Blue’
This exhibition is centred around new
archeological findings from bones believed
to belong to a woman from the settlement
era, discovered in 1938 in East Iceland. New
research provides answers as to the age of
the woman in question, where she came
from, together with indications of what she
may have looked like and how she would
have dressed.
Runs until December 31
‘I - Portraits’ by Valdimar Thorlacius
In this exhibit, Valdimar Thorlacius presents
portraits of Icelandic loners, hermits and
recluses and their living spaces. Aiming to
provide a glimpse into the life of those who
live in seclusion, Valdimar shows subjects in
both rural and urban Iceland.
Runs until December 31
‘The Making Of A Nation’
This exhibition is intended to provide insight
into the history of the Icelandic nation from
Settlement to the present day.
On permanent display
‘Nesstofa - House and History’
Nesstofa is one of the oldest stone
buildings in Iceland, and this exhibition
discusses the construction and repair
history of the historical structure. Because
it was once a pharmacy, there are many
showings of Icelandic herbs used not only
for medicine but also for nutrition and
health.
Runs until December 31
‘What Is So Interesting About it?’
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of
women gaining the right to vote in Iceland,
this exhibit presents examples of the work
and struggles women have faced since
gaining that suffrage. This show celebrates
women who have achieved in fields that
were previously dominated by men, such as
politics, business, arts, and sports.
Runs until December 31
Reykjavík Art Museum -
Ásmundarsafn
‘Artistic Inclination’ by Ásmundur
Sveinsson
Works that span the entire career of
sculptor Ásmundur Sveinsson (1893-1982)
from when he was a student at the Sate
Academy in Sweden to abstract pieces
created towards the end of his life. His work
is inspired by nature, literature, and the
Icelandic people.
Runs until October 4
Reykjavík Art Museum -
Hafnarhús
‘bears; truths…’ by Kathy Clark
Using teddy bears discarded by Reykjavík
children, Kathy develops a narrative about
life’s journey. Throughout her career, she
has shown work in Iceland and the United
States, and is the founder of two window
galleries in downtown Reykjavík.
Runs until October 18
‘Erró and Art History’
The exhibition provides an insight into
the work of the Icelandic painter Erró. He
maintains a style that fluctuates between
surrealism and pop art, integrating elements
of comics and science fiction. This exhibition
presents works in which he has borrowed
images and fragments of pictures by some
of the leading artists in history, such as
Picasso and Léger.
Runs until September 27
‘MIX’ by Þórdís Erla Zoëga & Þór
Sigurþórsson
This mixed-media exhibit uses mirror
installations and other works to play with
people’s perception to reflect on issues such
as intimacy, balance, and one’s sense of
right and wrong.
Runs until October 4
‘Process & Pretense’ by Magnús
Sigurðarson
Best known for his pop-culture-referencing
photographic series and video art, Magnús
Sigurðarson addresses in this exhibit the
universal human yearning for the sublime.
Runs until October 18
Reykjavík Art Museum -
Kjarvalsstaðir
‘Marginalia—texts, sketches, and
doodles in Kjarval’s art’
This exhibit dives into Jóhannes S. Kjarval’s
personal world, presenting drawings, letters
and writings collected over the artist’s life.
By showing everything from sketches on
envelops to doodles on paper napkins, this
exhibit hopes to allow the viewer to enter the
intimate and eccentric world of Kjarval.
Runs until November 29
‘Women’s Time - Here and Now
Thirty Years Later’
An exhibition of art by Icelandic women to
commemorate the centennial anniversary of
women’s suffrage. The artists collaborated
30 years ago in an exhibition called ‘Here
and Now’ to increase the visibility of
women’s art, and now come together again
to demonstrate their creative processes,
spanning back 30 years.
Runs until November 29
Reykjavík City Hall
Female Achievements
Female Achievements is an exhibit in City
Hall that stands are the intersection of many
exhibits commemorating women’s suffrage.
It aims to show visitors how much women
have achieved in the past century, and how
far they’ve come. There are exhibitions on
female appearance and dress, feminist
movements, gender roles, female literature,
and a lot more.
Runs until September 30
‘Genderplay’ by various artists
One of the City Hall exhibitions to
commemorate women’s voting rights.
Fourteen artists work with the diversity of
feminism and their lived experiences in a
feminist context. They give their reflections
on individuals in a society that is constantly
framing gender in different ways.
Runs until September 30
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The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 15 — 2015

Poolscapes & Donut Dreams
Rán Flygenring Exhibit
Documentary illustrator Rán Flygenring spent the summer of
2015 travelling around Iceland, documenting her experiences as a
participant in Iceland's rich and lively bathing culture with the il-
lustrative medium of pen and paper. This exhibition showcases the
breadth of her summer's experiences, with 150 new drawings and
three-dimensional paper constructions articulating a specific cul-
tural and national experience of relaxation and leisure intersecting
with tourism, nature, geology, and nomadic travel. Though simple
in composition, each drawing is rife with the meaning, imagery,
humour and ease that illustrative arts can afford. SLWF
Spark Design Space
Klapparstígur 33 | Opens October 1 | Free!