Reykjavík Grapevine - 06.01.2017, Blaðsíða 47

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Opening
ART67
Exhibit by Sigríður Oddný Jónsdóttir
Sigríður, also known as Sjoddý, is exhibit-
ing her paintings.
Opens on January 7
Runs until January 31
Ásmundarsafn
Guided Tour: Art, Processing and Algo-
rithm
January 19th 20:00
Berg Contemporary
“Drawing Spatially” by Monika Grzymala
The German based artist exhibits her
structures through space by drawings and
tape.
Opens January 14
Runs until February 25
Hafnarborg
Exhibit by Steingrímur Eyfjörð
Steingrímur Eyfjörd presents his perspec-
tive on gender through a selection of
artwork.
Opens on January 21
Runs until March 19
Hafnarborg
“Rose” by Sigga Björg
Artist Sigga Björg creates an installation
based around monsters and strange
creatures using drawings, animated videos
and sculptures.
Opens on January 21
Runs until March 19
Hitt Húsið
“EUNOIA” by Lorena Sendic Silvera
A photographer and graphic designer
from Germany is exhibiting her photo-
graphs all taken here in Iceland.
Opens January 7
Runs until January 21
Kópavogur Art Museum
“Normality is the new avant-garde”
A show on the extraordinary ordinary in
contemporary Icelandic art.
Opens January 13
Runs until March 5
Mengi
Anna Kolfinna Kuran / Woman Landscape
The New York based artist explores the
catcalling culture and objectification of
women's body through series of photos,
video work, texts and a performance.
January 6th
Museum of Photography
Influentials – Exhibition talk
Photographers discuss chosen works from
the exhibition "PORTRAITS by Hasselblad
Award Winners" in relation to their own
work.
January 14th 14:00
SÍM Gallery
“Traces” by Jelena Antic
The Serbian artist exhibits abstract expres-
sionism and abstract minimalism through
her paintings. The main idea of this exhibi-
tion is the displacement of attention off
the subject/figure.
Opens January 5
Runs until January 24
Weather and Wind Window Gallery
“Three Part Performance Series: The Pres-
ence; The Oracle, The Consultant and The
Masseuse”
A series of three performances by artists
livestreamed as well in Reykjavík and
abroad.
Opens January 7
Runs until February 26
Ongoing
Árbær Culture House
‘The Power of Colors’
Runs until January 31, 2017
Árbær Open Air Musem
Daily guided tours from 13:00 to 14:00
through its open air exhibits.
On permanent view.
Ásgrímur Jónnson Collection
‘Frightening Nature’
Runs until May 7, 2017
Einar Jónsson Museum
The museum contains close to 300 art-
works including a beautiful garden with 26
bronze casts of the artist’s sculptures.
On permanent view
Hafnarborg
‘The Building as A Being and the City as a
Platform of Our Lives’
Artist Egill Sæbjörnsson addresses city
planning and the importance of magic in
our environment in a new installation in
Hafnarborg.
Runs Until January 15, 2017
Hönnunarsafn Íslands
‘On Paper’
A collection of sketches by designers and
artists of packaging, advertisements, book
covers and of furniture from the 1920s to
the 1960s.
Runs until March 5, 2017
Hverfísgallerí
‘Completed Randomness’ by Hildur
Bjarnadótti
In this exhibit, Hildur mixes woven
paintings and dyed silk works to create
an environment that questions the act of
agency and systematic action.
Runs until January 14, 2017
Listhús Ófeigs
“Náttúra” by Anna María Pitt
Silversmith Anna María Pitt presents her
first exhibition ever—a line of hand-
wrought jewelry.
Runs until January 11
Museum of Design and Applied Art
‘KEEPERS’
This exhibition focuses on the question of
how we decide which objects are worth
keeping.
Runs until June 4, 2017.
National Gallery of Iceland
‘Joan Jonas Reanimation Detail,
2010/2012’
Runs until January 22, 2017
National Gallery of Iceland
Valtýr Pétursson
An exhibition focusing on Valtýr Pétursson
- a pioneer of Icelandic abstract art, and his
rich artistic career.
Runs until February 12, 2017
Nordic House
‘Century of the Child’
An exhibition of Nordic design for
children from 1900 to the present day.
Runs until February 27, 2017.
Reykjavík Art Museum - Hafnarhús
‘One More Story’
A collection of works by Yoko Ono
expressing feminism, peace, and collective
activism.
Runs until February 5, 2017
Reykjavík Art Museum - Hafnarhús
‘Arising - A Call’
A call to women to submit an anonymous
photograph of their eyes along with a
narrative of how they have been harmed in
some way.
Runs until February 5, 2017
Reykjavík Art Museum - Hafnarhús
‘War and Peace’
Provocative new exhibition of Icelandic
pop-political artist Erró.
Runs until January 22, 2017
If Some Flowers Are In A
Gallery... Are They Really Tho?
Elín Hansdóttir’s ‘Simulacrum’ bends reality
i8 | Tryggvagata 16 | Dec 15 - Feb 4 | 11:00-17:00 | Free
The ever-reliable i8 gallery plays host to one of Iceland’s most
interesting contemporary artists, Elín Hansdóttir, through-
out January and until February 4. She’s ostensibly a sculptor,
but this show is a simulated sculptural installation, consist-
ing of wall-based photographs of a large bunch of deteriorat-
ing flowers hanging in midair, shedding their petals over a
square plinth and the gallery floor. To complicate matters
further, they’re hanging in the exact space that the gallery’s
solid-looking central pillar occupies. Elín employed a vari-
ety of painstaking old-school effects techniques to create,
photograph, and then disassemble the installation, creating
a subtle illusion that warps your perception of the space with
ingenious sleight of hand. JR
Art Listings47The Reykjavík GrapevineIssue 01 — 2017
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National Museum of Iceland
The country’s largest
museum of cultural
history from settlement
to present day.
The Culture House
Manuscripts, fine art, natural
specimens, curiosities and
archeaological findings form
the exhibition Points of View.
National
Museum of
Iceland
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Culture
House
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Listamenn Artists
Anna Hrund Másdóttir Arna Óttarsdóttir
Arnfinnur Amazeen Emma Heiðarsdóttir
Finnur Arnar Arnarson G.Erla - Guðrún Erla Geirsdóttir
Guðrún Hrönn Ragnarsdóttir Loji Höskuldsson
Sólveig Aðalsteinsdóttir Sveinn Fannar Jóhannsson
Þorvaldur Þorsteinsson
Sýningarstjóri Curator
Heiðar Kári Rannversson