Reykjavík Grapevine - 28.08.2015, Blaðsíða 50

ART
OPENINGS
Aug 28 - Sept 10
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Opening
ART67
Guest artist of the month: Kári
Sigurdsson
Kári Sigurðsson is a self-taught traditional
painter, whose works most often utilize oil
and pastel paints. The bulk of his works
are inspired by and depict Icelandic nature,
weather, and human development amongst
these forces.
Opens September 5
Runs until September 30
ASÍ Art Gallery
Installations by Guðrún Hrönn
Ragnarsdóttir
Guðrún Hrönn Ragnarsdóttir's instillations
uses photo, film, and flowers to create
pieces inspired by nature and gardens from
real life, world travels, and memory. There
is a special opening party on September 5
at 15:00.
Opens September 5
Runs until September 27
Guest artist of the month: Jóhanna
Kristbjörg
The works of Jóhanna Kristbjörg Sýningu
combine a variety of different media—
paintings and sculptures with a variety of
physical structures, sizes, shapes, colours—
mixed with video, sound and space. There
is a special opening party on September 5
at 15:00.
Opens September 5
Runs until September 27
Borgarleikhúsið
‘Blæði: Obsidian Pieces’
This award-winning dance performance
is back for the Lókal/RDF. It’s composed
of three parts: ‘Les Médusées’ by Damien
Jalet, ‘From Babel/words: Sin and
Evocation’ by Damien Jalet & Sidi Larbi
Cherkaoui, and ‘Black Marrow’ by Erna
Ómarsdóttir & Damien Jalet. The last piece
also features original music by Ben Frost.
August 30 & September 6 at
20:00
Café Flora
'Botany' by Þórgunnur Oddsdóttir
Þórgunnur Oddsdóttir is the kind of
artist who tries everything at least once.
Her newest work, entitled ‘Botany’, uses
organic elements—twigs, leaves, branches,
flowers—and rearranges them in inorganic
ways. There is a special opening party on
August 28 at 17:00.
Opens August 28
Runs until September 24
Ekkisens Art Space
‘Occupation II’ by various artists
‘Occupation II’ is a pop-up gallery of works
by various artists, curated by Ekkisens Art
Space. This second edition takes place in a
two story, 100-year-old residential property
at Bergstaðastæti 25. There is a special
opening party on August 29 at 17:00.
Opens August 29
Runs until evicted!
Hverfisgallerí
Selected Works by Davíð Örn
Halldórsson
Hverfisgallerí is be showing selected works
by painter / sculptor Davíð Örn Halldórsson.
He combines various forms and materials,
creating bold colours, patterns, and
psychedelic shapes. There is a special
opening party on August 29 at 16:00.
Opens August 29
Runs until October 3
i8 Gallery
‘Works from 1971 – 1989’ Kristján
Guðmundsson
i8 presents early works by drawer and
painter Kristján Guðmundsson. Kristján
works with two and three dimensional
forms and their relationship with graphite,
time, and space—to question and expand
the limits of illustration into the realm of
sculpture.
Opens September 3
Runs until October 25
Iðnó
Reykjavík International Literary Festival
Writing About World War II: Can
you? Should you? How to?
Join Timur Vermes and Danny Wattin as
they discuss the how, why, issues and
tactics, and hazards around writing about
WWII.
September 9 at 19:45-20:30
Magic In Everyday Life
Helle Helle, Þórdís Gísladóttir, and Óskar
Árni Óskarsson discuss the significance of
everyday life in their writing, and the ways
in which they develop their characters and
events to explore deeper ideas of human
existence.
September 9 at 20:45-21:30
Write.Drink.Read: A Happy Writing
Hour
Join us for a happy hour with creative writ-
ing prompts. Write, drink, and share your
work (if you want to). Hosted by Willona
Sloan.
September 10 at 17:00-19:00
The Role of the Past in Modern
Writing
Katja Kettu, Ófeigur Sigurðsson, and Bergs-
veinn Birgisson discuss the role of the past
in their recent, contemporary works.
September 10 at 19:45-20:30
Stories that Travel and Transform
Fiction author Dave Eggers and screenwrit-
er David Nicholls will explore the ways in
which stories travel from reader to reader,
language to language and page to screen.
September 10 at 20:45-21:30
Crime Stories on Friday Night
Pierre Lemaitre, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir & Lilja
Sigurðardóttir—French & Icelandic crime
novelists—sit down to discuss the crafting
of crime plots and the delights of the genre.
September 11 at 19:45-20:30
Madison Perfumery Reykjavik • Aðalstræti 9 • 101 Reykjavik
tel : +354 571 7800 • www.madison.is
Iceland’s fi rst n iche per f u mer y,
offeri ng a world class selection of
the fi nest ar tistic per f u mes and
cosmetics i n dow ntow n R e y k j av i k
Welcome to our enchanting
Beauty Room where we offer a
range of treatements using only
the finest skin care products
mind.blown
Selected Works by Davíð Örn Halldórsson
Hverfisgallerí
Hverfisgata 4 | August 29 - October 3 | Free!
Hverfisgallerí will be opening an exhibition of works by painter/
sculptor/colour-wizard Davíð Örn Halldórsson. His work com-
bines various materials and forms such as ship varnish, spray
paint, and markers on wood blocks, cardboard, and directly
onto the walls for a visual aesthetic and experience that is often
reminiscent of street art. If you’re a fan of wild abstraction—bold
colours, solid geometries, psychedelic patterns, and strange
shapes—then Davíð’s paintings offer everything you could want
out of an artistic venture. SLWF
ART HOUSE CINEMA & CAFÉ
CULT CLASSIC MOVIE POSTER EXHIBITION
ICELANDIC FILMS
WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
HAPPY HOUR AT THE BAR FROM 17:00-20:00
ShowtimeS: bioparadis.is | Hverfisgata 54 | Reykjavík | +354 412 7711 | midasala@bioparadis.is
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 13 — 2015