Reykjavík Grapevine - 11.09.2015, Síða 47

The country’s largest
museum of cultural history
featuring a permanent exhibition on Iceland’s
history from settlement to present day as well
as temporary exhibitions e.g. on photography.
the national
museum of
iceland
open
Winter (16. September-30.April)
Tuesday-Sunday 11-5
Summer (1. May-15.September)
Daily 10-5
www.thjodminjasafn.is | Suðurgata 41 | 101 Reykjavík
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
The World Without Us
August 28th – October 25th
Exhibition of works that address
ideas about the universe
by eight icelandic artists from
different generations.
New Release
August 13th – September 27th
Where does music come from,
and how is it released? Is music
an exception to the rule or the
greatest law of all? Are we
composers or, perhaps, just
instruments?
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The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 14 — 2015
Ongoing
Anarkía
‘Secret Garden’ by Georg Douglas
This exhibit of vivid, trippy paintings is
inspired by nature of the floral kind, as well
as the artist’s career as a scientist, Irish
dancing, and the Icelandic summer light.
Runs until September 13
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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.
Runs until September 30
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
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.
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.
Runs until September 27
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.
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.
Runs until Evicted!
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 display
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 Tukt (Hitt Húsið)
‘The Signals’ by Sindra “Sparkle”
Frey
Sindra “Sparkle” Frey’s mulstifasceted &
often pop-culture-referential oil paintings
are on display (and some are even for sale)
at Gallerí Tukt. Do you read her?!
Runs until September 12
Gerðuberg Cultural Centre
‘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 craftsmanship.
Runs until September 27
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,
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Reykjavík International Film Festival
Various Venues!
September 24 – October 4 | Admission: 11,500 ISK for a Festival Pass
scenes and more, but all have a surrealist
quality in common.
On permanent display
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.
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.
Runs until October 25
Icelandic Printmakers
Association
‘Spektrum’ by Ásdís Kalman
'Spektrum', a new exhibition of oil paintings
by Ásdís Kalman, is intent on capturing and
depicting the depict fluidity of power, as
well as the artist's memories of lights.
Runs until September 27
Kopavogur Art Museum—
Gerðasafn
New Release—Various Artists
New Release is an exhibition of answers
to the question “Where does music
come from?” provided by a multitude of
international and Icelandic artists, and
curated by Nadim Samman. Einar Torfi
Einarsson og Þráinn Hjálmarsson will have
an artist talk on September 13 at 15:00.
Runs until September 27
Living Art Museum (Nýló)
‘Adorn’
Using the work of all female artists and
the curation of Becky Forsythe, ‘Adorn’
addresses the idea of ornamentation
and the question of everyday beauty. The
exhibition is part of the series ‘Women
in Nýló’ and presents works by Anna
Líndal, Erla Silfá Þorgrímsdóttir, Hildur
Hákonardóttir, Svala Sigurleifsdóttir and
Þóra Sigurðardóttir.
Runs until September 15
Museum of Design & Applied Art
‘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
‘From the Rustic to the Selfie’
The National Gallery contains about 1,000
portraits by both Icelandic and foreign
artists—some modern, some centuries
old. This exhibition will feature selected
portraits from the gallery, and asks viewers
to contemplate the human image from both
historical and personal perspectives.
Runs until September 6
‘Jacqueline with a Yellow Ribbon’ by
Pablo Picasso
Picasso’s widow, Jacqueline Roque
Picasso, has given her portrait as a gift
to the President of Iceland. This portrait
is considered to be one of Picasso’s
most unusual, and is highly sought after
worldwide.
Runs until January 4, 2016
‘Saga - Narrative Art’
Curated by Norbert Weber and Halldór
Björn Runólfsson, this exhibit explores
the use of narrative in Icelandic visual art,
presenting work from Björk, Dieter Roth,
Ragnar Kjartansson, Erró, among others.
There are guided tours every Tuesday and
Friday at 12:10.
Runs until September 6
The National Museum of Iceland
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
‘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
‘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
‘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
This year's Reykjavík International Film Festival is screening
46 film submissions in five categories from twenty-one countries,
including New Zealand, Japan, Colombia, and Palestine—as well
as from right here in Iceland. As well as screenings, there will be a
whole host of Q&A sessions, panel discussions, and masterclasses
to see inside the diverse and complex world of the film industry,
the creative process, the art of screenwriting, and more. And if
that's not enough, don't miss out on the Swim-in Cinema or the
Film Concert, where bands will play live over a projection of a clas-
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Still from 'Those Who Fall Have Wings'
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