Reykjavík Grapevine - 05.02.2016, Síða 36

CHECK OUT THE NEW
REYKJAVÍK CITY MUSEUM
C OM P R I S I N G 5 TO P MU S E U MS:
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.
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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 dening moments; the Viking settlement in 874,
Leif the Lucky’s discovery of America, the founding of the world’s
rst parliament and the epic clan feuds that marked the settlement.
This is as close as you’ll ever get to meeting Vikings in the esh.
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
‘Diktur’ by Ragnhildur Jóhanns
Ragnhildur uses mediums such as
sculpture, collage, drawing, and print to
explore the relationship between language
and art.
Runs until March 6
Hverfisgallerí
‘Óvera’ by Sigga Björg
Sigurðardóttir
Sigga Björg Sigurðadóttir presents her
work at Hverfisgallerí.
Runs until February27
The Icelandic Phallological
Museum
The museum contains a collection of
more than 215 penises and penile parts
belonging to almost all the land and sea
mammals that can be found in Iceland.
There’s also a penis sculpture honouring
the Icelandic men's handball team.
On permanent view
i8 Gallery
'Untitled' by Margrét H. Blöndal
For the paintings in this exhibition, Margrét
began by looking at an image, and allowing
her focus to fluctuate. The drawings then
become almost architectonic, making the
boundary between oil and paper nearly
tangible. The page becomes more than
just imagination and project, it becomes
material fact.
Runs until March 5
Kópavogur Art Museum
Gerðarsafn
‘Double Happiness’ by Katrín
Elvarsdóttir
In this exhibit, Katrín exhibits work created
in China in 2010-2014. There is a special
artist talk on February 21 at 15:00.
Runs until February 28
‘Deltas’ by Ingvar Högni Ragnarsson
Ingvar took a lot of photographs during his
three week stay in Bucharest, Romania.
In this exhibit, he focuses on quiet spaces
within the bustling city, shedding light on
the interactions between everyday life and
complex social issues.
Runs until February 27
Listastofan
‘What this is, is not’ by Íris
Indriðadóttir, Ólöf Björk Ingólfsdóttir
& Signý Jónsdóttir
In this installation, the three artists present
objects in a manner that gives them new
meaning.
Runs until February 11
Living Art Museum
‘Boekie Woekie - 30 years - Books
and More’
Boekie Woekie is a bookshop in
Amsterdam, founded by two of Nýló’s
founders, Rúna Þorkelsdóttir and Jan Voss.
This exhibit reconstructs the original Boekie
Woekie.
Runs until February 21
Mokka-Kaffi
‘Aðeins undir vatnsfletinum og
rétt fyrir ofan fjallið’ by Sesselja
Björnsdóttir
Sesselja is deeply inspired by nature, and
attempts to put its texture, magic and
majestic weather onto canvas.
Runs until February 10
Museum of Design and Applied
Art
‘Iceland is so ceramic’ retrospective
of Steinunn Marteinsdóttir's works
Icelandic artist Steinunn has had a long and
successful career as a ceramicist in Iceland.
She is known for her elegant, diverse works,
as well as her influence on the field of
Icelandic ceramic art.
Runs until February 28
‘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
The National Gallery
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 First Exhibitions of Icelandic Art
in Copenhagen’
In 1927, the exhibition ‘Udstilling af islandsk
kunst (An Exhibition of Icelandic Art)’
presented Icelandic art to the public in
Copenhagen for the first time. This exhibition
explores some of the works presented at this
landmark event. Guided tours in Icelandic
February 14 at 14:00.
Runs until September 11
‘Quartet’ by Chantal Joffe, Gauthier
Hubert, Jocken Nordström, & Tumi
Magnússon
This exhibit brings together the work of
four contemporary artists: Gauthier Hubert,
Chantal Joffe, Jockum Nordström, and
Tumi Magnússon. These works all centre
on the human being as depicted in various
stages of art history, with each artist taking
aesthetic inspiration from a different period.
Runs until May 1
The National Museum of Iceland
‘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 and where she came
from, together with indications of what she
may have looked like and how she would
have dressed.
Runs until August 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 view
‘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 August 31
'Sjálfstæðar mæður' by Annie Ling
In this photography exhibit, Canadian Annie
Ling showcases the lives of single Icelandic
mothers.
Runs until February 28
'Breeze' by Katrín Elvarsdóttir
‘Andvari’, or ‘Breeze’, features black
and white landscape pictures by five
contemporary photographers, as well as
Sigurður Tómasson and Arngrímur Ólafsson.
Katrín Elvarsdóttir curates the exhibit.
Runs until February 28
Nordic House
Pippi Longstocking
An exhibition about Pippi Longstocking due
to her 70th birthday.
Running until February 28
Traveling Sun by Christine Istad and
Lisa Pacini
A large light sculpture bringing light to dark
places in the North.
Running until February 28
Reykjavík Art Museum -
Ásmundarsafn
‘Yearning for Space’
This exhibit presents dreams of the future
from the eyes of the 50s and 60s, during
the age of space exploration. It addresses
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Every Road Is The Same
‘MOODS’ by Friðgeir Helgason
After hitting rock bottom and recovering from his addiction in 2006,
Friðgeir Helgason took up photography. Some of the results are
on display in his new exhibition, which features pictures taken
whilst roaming his native Iceland and adopted home of Louisiana
between 2008 and 2013. The roadside shops and dusty landscapes
take on an uncanny resemblance when presented together, reveal-
ing similarities, differences, and the identity-shaping powers of
place. The pictures are taken on Kodak film and developed the
old-fashioned way. GB
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
Tryggvagata 15 (D3) | January 16 – May 15 | Admission: Free!