Reykjavík Grapevine - 09.10.2015, Qupperneq 43

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.
Sculpture/Sculpture:
October 17th - January 23rd
Baldur Geir & Habby Osk
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The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 16 — 2015
environment, specifically glaciers and the
arctic icefields.
Opens October 15
Runs until November 22
‘Travelling Sun’ by Christine Istad &
Lisa Pacini
SUN, an installation featuring a large
glowing globe, has been travelling from
Norway to Iceland, a westward movement
mirroring the sun’s journey. It finishes its
journey at Nordic House, where it will be on
display. There is a special opening party on
October 16 at 16:00.
Opens October 16
Runs until November 16
Reykjavík Art Museum -
Ásmundarsafn
‘Yearning For Space’
‘Yearning for Space’ presents dreams of the
future from the 1950s and 1960s, during
the age of space exploration. It addresses
the dialogue between visions of the future
and spatial and formal perception, and the
genre blend between science fiction and
modernist art.
Opens October 17
Runs until February 7
Reykjavík Art Museum -
Hafnarhús
The Making of Erró
This exhibitions explores Erró’s early days
as an artist, showing his experiments
with self-expression, and his move from
impressionist art to collages.
Opens October 31
Runs until October 9, 2016
Rekjavík City Hostel
Shnit International Shortfilmfestival
This festival is held in cities on five
continents and brings together filmmakers
and film lovers to enjoy cinema.
October 10 at 19:00
Reykjavík Maritime Museum
‘If I was…’ by Nina Zurier
Nina Zurier has collected photographs
from the Reykjavík Museum of
Photography archives to reconstruct old
memories, and construct new ones. There’s
a special opening party on October 16 at
17:00.
Opens October 16
Runs until January
Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum
Female Idols
To mark the centennial of women in Iceland
winning the right to vote, Sigurjón Ólafsson
Museum has created an exhibition of
classical portrait sculptures of women.
Opens October 17
Runs until May 31
Spöngin
‘RUMSK Textile and glass works’
by Ólöf Einarsdóttir & Sigrún
Einarsdóttir
This exhibit features textile and glass works
inspired by Icelandic landscapes and the
pressures of internal and external forces.
There is a special opening ceremony on
October 15 at 15:00.
Opens October 15
Runs until January 9
Tjarnarbíó
Arty Hour #14
This open event sees artists working in
Tjarnarbíó present their work.
October 19 at 20:00
‘Lífið’
This children's theatre piece is the winner
of two Gríma prizes.
October 18 and November 1 at
13:00
‘Petra’
This theatre piece is based on Steina-
Petra—the famous stone collector from
East-Iceland—and her relationship with her
grandson, who directs the piece.
Runs October 17 at 20:30 &
October 30 at 19:00
‘Uppsprettan’
This piece is in the style of rapid theatre,
where a piece gets directed, rehearsed and
performed in the space of three hours.
October 20 at 19:30
Tveir Hrafnar Gallery
Húbert Nói Exhibit
Húbert Nói opens an exhibition of his
private collection in Tveir Hrafnar.
Opens October 23
Runs until November 21
Ongoing
Anarkía
‘Rótarskot’ by Hrönn Björnsdóttir
‘Rótarskot’ (“Root Shot”) features
monoprints, and is inspired by man’s
working life and roots. Roots are symbols
of stability, security and hope, while the
medium of monoprints provides numerous
challenges, in that an artist must deal with
the unexpected outcome without being
able to interfere.
Runs until October 11
‘Ár í listheimum’ by Unnur
Óttarsdóttir & Rán Jónsdóttir
Unnur and Rán are showing three (or four)
conceptual works in their latest exhibition
in Anarkía. Their art highlights the many
layers of identity and representation in 21st
century art production, and specifically in
contemporary Iceland.
Runs until October 11
Arion Banki
Georg Guðni Exhibition
This opening of an exhibition of Georg
Guðni’s work will preceded by a lecture by
Einar Garibaldi Eiríksson on the importance
of Guðni’s work. After this, selected works
(1985-2009) will be shown, some of which
have never been shown in Iceland before.
Runs until December 11
ART67
Exhibit: Hafdís and Haukur
Harðarbörn
Art67’s guest artists for the month of
October are siblings Hafdís and Haukur.
Haukur works with acrylics, landscape
and abstract forms; Hafdís’s pieces are
illustrations of flora, nature, and the
Icelandic alphabet.
Runs until October 30
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 January 31
Better Weather Window Gallery
STOCK
STOCK combines different cultural and
artistic elements from Icelandic, French,
and Malagasy cultures to create an unique
composition. This work by Dadid Subhi
speaks volumes about Icelandic culture,
international relations and the tourism
boom.
Runs until October 29
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
Ekkisens
‘Edible inedibles’ by Pengruiqio
Food in the Western world has become
less a matter of survival and more of
an emotional experience, a relationship
that we are not always keenly aware
of. Pengruiqio uses her paintings to
demonstrate this artistic nature of food;
the expressive qualities that we often take
for granted. The artistry she applies to her
paintings, she also applies to her cooking,
and it is this relationship that the exhibit
highlights.
Runs until October 11
‘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!
Gallerí Fold
‘Að Austan’ by Hrafnhildur Inga
Oil paintings by Hrafnildur Inga are
displayed at Gallerí Loft. Hrafnildur
demonstrates remarkable skill in producing
lifelike scenes of storms, seas and
landscapes.
Runs until October 18
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
‘The wishes of Icelandic children’ by
Ásta Kristjánsdóttir
A series of photographs illustrate the
desires of children who suffered through
abuse in their childhood. Ásta provided the
photographs, based on texts provided by
the UN.
Runs until January 10
‘Úr Ýmsum Áttum’ by Erna
Johannesdóttir
‘Úr ýmsum áttum’ ("from various
directions") is an exhibit of oil paintings.
This is Erna's first solo exhibit.
Runs until January 10
Grófin Culture House ‘Þetta Er Viggo Að Kenna!’ by Ingi
Jensson
This exhibit showcases works by famous
comic artist Ingi Jensson.
Runs until 31 October
Hafnarborg
‘The World Without Us’
The exhibit showcases works by various
artists—Björg Þorsteinsdóttir, Brynhildur
Þorgeirsdóttir, Finnur Jónsson, Gerður
Helgadóttir, Marta María Jónsdóttir, Ragnar
Már Nikulásson, Steina, and Vilhjálmur
Þorberg Bergsson—as they riff on the idea
of The Universe: its various dimensions,
things seen and unseen, known and
unknown. Works range from the abstract
to the personal, through various media and
highly different approaches by creators
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