Reykjavík Grapevine - 07.04.2017, Page 39

Art Listings
Events are listed alphabetically by venue. For
complete listings and detailed information on
venues visit grapevine.is/happening. Send your
listings to: listings@grapevine.is
Opening
GALLERÍ FOLD
“New Paths” by Elinborg Ostermann
Elinborg Ostermann is an abstract
acrylic painter who presents an
exhibit inspired by bicycles.
• Opens on April 8, 2017
• Runs until April 29, 2017
GALLERY PORT
Snorri Asmundsson
In this performance piece, Snorri
Asmundsson, dressed in a dog suit,
surrounded by a selection of real
dogs and toy dogs, paints pictures
of dogs. It is a tribute to his cat, Loki.
• Runs on April 8, 2017
KAFFIBARINN
Rituals, Sweethearts And More
Wiola Ujazdowska explores the ideas
of everything from witches to the
Other to the body to sexuality.
• Opens on April 16, 2017
• Runs until April 20, 2017
ÍSLENSK GRÁFIK
Gígja Guðfinna Thoroddsen
Gía's works are based on her experi-
ence as a woman and also as a user
of the mental health system. This
is exhibit is part of the Art Without
Borders festival.
• Opens on April 15, 2017
• Runs until April 30, 2017
Ongoing
LISTASTOFAN
‘Emile’ by Emilie Dalum
On the 2nd of February 2016, Emilie
Dalum was diagnosed with Hodgkins
Lymphoma. She documented the
next five months of chemotherapy
and remission with a vulnerable
photo series being presented at
Listostofan.
• Runs until April 19, 2017
MUSEUM OF DESIGN AND APPLIED ART
"Chair"
“Chair” presents a series of chairs
made by Icelandic designers. A few
hundred will be on display, made
from 1930 to 2013.
• Runs until June 18, 2017
ÁSGRÍMUR JÓNNSON COLLECTION
‘Frightening Nature’
• Runs until May 7, 2017
THE CULTURE HOUSE
'Points of View'
Guests are taken on a journey
through the Icelandic visual world of
past and present.
• On permanent view.
THE NATIONAL GALLERY
“Art of Memory” by Woody Vasulka
Woody’s work leads the viewer
through a dreamlike journey fo-
cused on landscapes and historical
paintings.
• Runs until September 1, 2017
T E X T
This exhibition contains a selection
of text-based art work by fifty Ice-
landic and international artists.
• Runs until May 14, 2017
“PYROGLYPHS” by Steina
PYROGLYPHS is a meditation on the
phenomenology of fire.
• Runs until August 20, 2017
Treasures of a Nation
This new long-term exhibit presents
a selected number of works from
1884 to 1911 of mostly Danish and
Scandinavian artists.
• Runs until December 31, 2017
EINAR JÓNSSON MUSEUM
Permanent Exhibition
The museum contains close to
300 artworks including a beautiful
garden with 26 bronze casts of the
artist’s sculptures.
• On permanent view.
I8 GALLERY
Málverkasýning
This exhibit presents work from 6
artists—Andreas Eriksson, Mairead
O'Heocha, Silke Otto-Knapp, Melanie
Smith, Lara Viana, and James White—
all exploring what it means to be
called a painter.
• Runs until April 22, 2017
GALLERÝ H
“Rat Race” by Haraldur Ingi Haralds-
son
Haraldur presents 19 paintings in-
spired by politics and the addiction
to power.
• Runs until December 21, 2017
NORDIC HOUSE
A Colour Map of Icelandic Wool
This textile installation hopes to
display the beautiful, rich colours of
Icelandic wool in a pure and inspir-
ing way.
• Runs until April 22, 2017
MUSEUM OF DESIGN AND APPLIED ART
‘KEEPERS’
This exhibition focuses on the ques-
tion of how we decide which objects
are worth keeping.
• Runs until June 4, 2017.
REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM - HAFNARHÚS
Bout: Video Works from the Collec-
tion
BOUT is an extensive project where a
large part of the animated works in
the Reykjavík Art Museum collection
will be put on show. The themes in
question are play, performance,
documentation and storytelling. The
first theme was PLAY, which opened
in early January. The second, PERFOR-
MANCE, starts on February 9th, the
third, RECORD; starts on March 9th,
and last, TALE, begins on April 6th.
• Runs until May 7, 2017
“Panik” by Ilmur Stefánsdóttir
Chaos and panic. That is what you
will find in Ilmur’s new installation
exhibit that uses video art inter-
twined with the museum's existing
structures.
• Runs until May 1, 2017
Erró: More is Beautiful
Erró is a postmodern artist whose
work is characteristically provoca-
tive and shocking, attacking not
only politics but also social norms
and standards.
• Runs until May 1, 2017
D29: Anna Hrund Másdóttir: Fantastic
Souvenirs
In this exhibit, Anna Hrund Másdót-
tir explores the subconscious and
meditation by dissecting and rear-
ranging real world objects.
• Runs until May 7, 2017
D30 Ragnar Þórisson: Human Dis-
guise
Ragnar´s paintings offer us a
glimpse of people, shrouded in
mystical atmosphere. Huge, multi-
layered, coloured surfaces are inter-
twined with delicate brush strokes.
• Runs until May 7, 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.
• Runs until April 23, 2017
REYKJAVÍK MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY
“Ljósmyndir” by Jóhanna Ólafsdóttir
Jóhanna Ólafsdóttir has been
documenting life in Iceland through
photography since the 1970s. focus-
ing on the commonplace, capturing
everyday scenes that tell a different
story of Iceland. In doing so, she
sensitively preserves moments that
would otherwise become memo-
ries and, eventually, be lost to time
completely.
• Runs until May 14, 2017
Situations
Auður Ómarsdóttir describes her
pictures as, “intimate and objective
observations of situations.” In this
exhibit, she presents autobiographi-
cal work mixed with found footage.
• Runs until May 30, 2017
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ICELAND
Steinholt
The exhibition 'Steinholt' is a story
about the origin of names and the
memory of a place. Christopher
Taylor spent time in Þórshöfn, North-
East Iceland, and travelled the area
to capture the landscape and tell
stories of memories connected with
Steinholt.
• Runs until May 28, 2017
"Grímsey" by Cole Barash
Cold Barash was fascinated by
Grímsey from his first visit there. In
this exhibit, he captures intimate
moments with the local people and
reactions to the light and land-
scape.
• Runs until May 28, 2017
RAMSKRAM GALLERY
From Hörgshóli to Hollywood
The exhibition presents a mother
and son in both Los Angeles and Ice-
land. It contains both watercolors
and photographs.
• Runs until May 28, 2017
ART67
Halla Harðardóttir
Halla is inspired mainly by the
seasonal changing faces of nature
and light. She mainly paints with oil
on canvas and masonite. There is
an opening event on April 8th from
14:00 - 16:00.
• Runs until April 30, 2017
ÍSLENSK GRÁFIK
Ode to the Sheep
In an act of gratitude towards
sheep, Maja Siska’s spun, felted,
weaved and tanned wool to make
pieces of art.
• Runs until April 9, 2017
GALLERY O
Exhibit by Snorri Ásmundsson
Snorri has often been called the
"Naughty Child of Icelandic Art", stir-
ring the community with exhibitions,
where he works with "taboos" such
as politics and religion.
• Runs unti May 8,2017
HANNESHOLT
Málverk / 12 rendur
Hlynur Helgason presents an exhibit
where every painting has 12 lines.
He works on thing canvas with oil,
which allows the colours to bleed.
• Runs until May 12, 2017
ANARKÍA
M-I
Eilíf Ragnheiður presents an exhibit
based on the search for the self in
the age of social media.
• Runs until April 23, 2017
HALLGRÍMSKIRKJA
Hilma Studies: Swans
This exhibit centers around swans
as an object of reflection, medita-
tion, and study.
• Runs until May 14, 2017
April 7 - April 20
Our Picks

Iron, Hammers and Gouts
of Flame
Steina -
'Pyroglyphs'
Now until
August 20,
The National
Gallery
Enter the forge:
that long-
held abode of
blacksmiths and
Greco-Roman
fire gods. In this
new exhibit,
Icelandic artist
Steina captures
the consumptive
capacity of fire
and overlays it
with harmonized
sounds and
rhythmic percus-
sion, inducting
the viewer into
an alchemical
process that
leaves one
transformed. In a
series of spliced
videos, Steina
zooms in on vari-
ous conflagratory
scenes (burning
books, a cascade
of sparks, the
hammering of the
forge) in order
to meditate, in
her words, on the
“violent nature of
materials being
manipulated by
torches, files, and
anvils.” The piece
draws us fully
into the danger
of fire while also
reminding us of
its necessity in
our lives. GD

Humans Are Better Naked
Life Drawing
Class
April 10, 19:00
Listastofan
1.500 IDK

Bring your
sketchbook and
pencils, and
Listastofan will
provide a naked
human for your
sketching plea-
sure. Now that’s a
deal. JS

Metaphor Or Messed Up?
'Spirited Away'
Showing
April 9, 16:30,
Bíó Paradís
1.200 - 1.600 ISK

This Oscar-win-
ning animation
is about a girl
working at a
mystical bath-
house to save
her parents-
turned-pigs.
Metaphor? Trippy
movie? If you
figure it out, let
us know. JS

The Orator
Eiríkur Örn
Norðdahl
releases
‘Órattorek’
April 18, 21:00,
Mengi
2.500 ISK
This isn’t your
ordinary release
party for a new
collection of
poetry. Why?
Because Skúli
mennski is also
playing tunes! GD
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