Reykjavík Grapevine - 03.06.2016, Blaðsíða 49
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52The Reykjavík GrapevineIssue 7 — 2016
Runs until further notice
Nordic House - 'The Weather Diaries'
Sarah Cooper and Nina Gorfer lead this
group exhibit on how weather affects art
with their photographs and installations.
Runs until July 5
Reykjavík Art Museum -
Ásmundarsafn - 'Disruption' by
Ásmundur Sveinsson and Elín
Hansdóttir
Elín and Ásmundur work with perspective
in different ways.
Runs until October 9.
Reykjavík Art Museum - Hafnarhús -
'The Making of Erró'
This exhibition explores Erró's early days
as an artist, showing his experiments
with self-expression, and his move from
impressionist art to collages.
Runs until October 9
Reykjavík Art Museum - Hafnarhús -
'Subselves Mean Well' by Arnfinnur
Amazeen
Arnfinnur examines the monotonous
round of everyday life and the
contradictory role of the person within.
Runs until August 7.
Reykjavík Art Museum - Hafnarhús -
'KINGDOM: Flora, Fauna, Fable'
A group exhibition by contemporary
artists who explore the nature in their
works.
Opens May 28 - Runs until September 18
Reykjavík Art Museum -
Kjarvalsstaðir - 'Jóhannes S. Karval:
Mind and World'
The exhibition is compromised of rarely
seen works form the private collection
of Þorvaldur Guðmundsson and his wife
Ingibjörg Guðmundsdóttir. Guided tours
in English on May 20 and 27, and June 3.
Runs until August 21
Reykjavík City Museum - 'Settlement
Sagas: Accounts from Manuscripts'
This exhibition has rarely seen
manuscripts that tell the history of the
settlement of Reykjavík.
On permanent view
Reykjavík Maritime Museum - 'For
Cod's Sake'
An exhibition to commemorate the
40th anniversary of the end of the Cod
Wars.
Runs until August 31
Reykjavík Maritime Museum -
'From Poverty to Abundance'
Photos documenting Icelandic
fishermen at the turn of the 20th
century.
On permanent view
Reykjavík Maritime Museum -
'Seawomen - the fishing women of
Iceland, past and present'
On permanent view
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
- 'Vanishing Cultures: Westfjords'
by Þorvald Örn Kristmundsson
Photos that depict the old way of
life in the Westfjords, and the harsh
conditions that have marked the daily
lives of farmers.
Opens May 21 - Runs until September 11
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
- 'An Island in Ölfus' by Valdimar
Thorlacius
Photos the depict a town in the south
of Iceland, which is also the hometown
of the photographer.
Opens May 21 - Runs until September 11
The National Gallery - Berlinde De
Bruyckere
Belgian artist Berlinde exhibits
drawings and sculptures shaped by the
traditions of the Flemish and German
Renaissance. Guided tours are held
every Friday at 12:10.
Opens May 21 - Runs until September 4
The National Gallery - 'Ljósmálun'
Various artists come together to study
this connection between paintings and
photographs and how the limits of the
two different art forms are mixed.
Runs until September 9
The National Gallery - 'Udstilling af
islandsk kunst'
In 1927, the exhibition presented Icelandic
art to the public in Copenhagen for the
first time. This exhibition explores some
of the works presented then.
Runs until September 11
The National Gallery - 'Vasulka
Chamber'
Steina and Woody Vasulka are some of
the pioneers in 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.
On permanent view
The National Gallery - 'En plain air -
Along the South Coast' by Ásgrímur
Jónsson
He documented his travels and
homecoming in oil and watercolour
paintings.
Runs until September 16
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.
Runs until August 31
The National Museum of Iceland -
'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
The National Museum of Iceland -
'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.
Runs until August 31
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
Tveir Hrafnar Gallery - 'Mósaík' by
Steinunn Thóarinsdóttir
Steinnun uses digital technology in an
exhibition inspired by the ancient and
Art Listings
Transcending Design
'Transcendence' Opening Party
June 3 | Lækningaminjasafnið, Seltjarnarnes (F5) | Admission: Free
Local designer Hildur Yeoman will put to rest any questions
about whether or not fashion should be considered art in her solo
exhibition ‘Transcendence’. The installation combines design
with video art, photographs, and performance art to examine
the state of mind that exists in the space between wakefulness
and sleep. The opening party will feature live music from the
band Samaris, as well as a dance performance to kick of an
exciting new exhibition as part of the Reykjavík Arts Festival. IW
the new.
Opens May 21
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.
On permanent view
Volcano House
‘The Volcano House Geology Exhibition’
The exhibition gives a brief overview of
Iceland’s geological history and volcanic
systems with superb photographs of
volcanic eruptions and other magnificent
aspects of Icelandic nature.
On permanent view
Wind and Weather Gallery - 'Special
Offer' by Haraldur Jónsson
Haraldur Jónsson exhibits a site specific
installation for passers-by.
Runs until June 28