Reykjavík Grapevine - 03.02.2017, Blaðsíða 48

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Opening
Anarkía
“Catalyst” by Sara Þórðardóttir Oskarsson
“Catalyst” is a retrospective of
conceptual artist Sara Þórðardóttir
Oskarsson’s 14 year career. It includes
sketches, photographs, and videos.
Opens on February 4, 2017
Reykjavík Art Museum - Hafnarhús
“Panik” by Ilmur Stefánsdóttir
Chaos and panic. That is what you will find
in Ilmur’s new installation exhibit that uses
video art intertwined with the museum's
existing structures. There will be an open-
ing party on February 3rd at 20:00.
Opens on February 3, 2017
Runs until May 1, 2015
Erró: More is Beautiful
Erró is a postmodern artist whose work is
characteristically provocative and shock-
ing, attacking not only politics but also
social norms and standards.
Opens on February 18, 2017
Runs until May 1, 2017
Reykjavík Art Museum -
Kjarvalsstaðir
Case Studies - Product Design Into The
21st Century
The exhibition explores Icelandic product
design at the beginning of the 21st
century featuring the works of Brynjar
Sigurðarson, Sigríður Heimisdóttir, Unnur
Valdís Kristjánsdóttir and Tinna Gunnars-
dóttir.
Opens on March 4, 2017
Runs until April 23, 2017
SÍM
Exhibit by Sari Maarit Cedegren
In this exhibit, Sari used black and white
Super 8 film which she exposed with
unusual materials like caffeine, vinegar,
and baking soda.
Opens on February 3, 2017
Runs until February 21, 2017
Ongoing
Árbær Open Air Musem
Daily guided tours from 13:00 to 14:00
through its open air exhibits.
On permanent view.
ART67
Exhibit by Olivier Manoury
Olivier Manoury is this month’s featured
artist at ART67. He is a watercolor special-
ist who mostly paints realistic nature and
urban scenes. Runs until February 28,
2017
Akureyri Art Museum
Colours, Shapes, and People by Nina Tryg-
gvadóttir
Nina Tryggvadóttir is a famous Icelandic
artist from back in the day. Nina worked
mainly with oil on canvas but she is also
known for paper works, works of stained
glass, mosaics and children's books.
She was one of the pioneers of Abstract
expressionism in Iceland.
Runs until February 26, 2017
Four Years
This exhibit shows works made by George
Oscar from 2013 to 2016—four years.
Runs until February 9, 2017
Ásgrímur Jónnson Collection
‘Frightening Nature’
Runs until May 7, 2017
Berg Contemporary
“Drawing Spatially” by Monika Grzymala
The German based artist exhibits her
structures through space by drawings and
tape.
Runs until February 25, 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.
Gallerí Fold
Magnús Jónsson
Magús deconstructs objects and then
reforms them using only dots. They come
together in this exhibit to form beautiful
landscapes and animals.
Runs until February 11,2017
Gerðarsafn - Kópavogur Art Museum
“Normality is the new avant-garde”
A show on the extraordinary ordinary in
contemporary Icelandic art.
Runs until March 5, 2017
Hafnarborg
Exhibit by Steingrímur Eyfjörð
Steingrímur Eyfjörd presents his perspec-
tive on gender through a selection of
artwork.
Runs until March 19, 2017
“Rose” by Sigga Björg
Artist Sigga Björg creates an installation
based around monsters and strange
creatures using drawings, animated videos
and sculptures.
Runs until March 19, 2017
Hannesarholt
“Japanese Glimpse” by María Loftsdóttir
María Loftsdóttir is a watercolour painter
who is this exhibit presents a series
inspired by Japan.
Runs until February 23, 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
Listasalur Mosfellsbæjar
“Winter Dance” by Georg R. Douglas
"Winter Dance" is a series of paintings all
inspired by Irish dancing. Fan of fast steps?
This is right up your alley.
Runs until February 11, 2017
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
Valtýr Pétursson
An exhibition focusing on Valtýr
Art Gives...Or Does It?
Presence: The Masseuse
Wind and Weather Gallery | Hverfisgata 37 | Fri & Sat in Feb| 17:00-19:00 | Free
The Presence is a performance series that features three
parts: the Oracle, the Consultant, and the Masseuse. The
project will be filmed and live-streamed, as well as projected
at various locations in Reykjavík and abroad. Each role, it says
in the exhibits description, “will be representative of differ-
ent presence.” But what does that mean? What is “presence”?
The state of existing? A thing that exists but is not seen, like
a ghost? A group of people like soldiers or police stationed
in a particular place? Which is it? Well, go there and see for
yourself. HJC
Art Listings47The Reykjavík GrapevineIssue 02 — 2017
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West-Iceland
Suðurgata 41
101 Reykjavík
www.thjodminjasafn.is
tel +354 530 22 00
Hverfisgata 15
101 Reykjavík
www.safnahusid.is
tel +354 530 22 10
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
The
Culture
House
The exhibitions, shops and cafés are open daily 10 - 17 Closed on Mondays 16/9 – 30/4
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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