Reykjavík Grapevine - 21.04.2017, Blaðsíða 37

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
I8 GALLERY
Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir
Hildigunnur creates art where small
details take on great importance, in
the past working with materials as
varied as stickers and notebooks.
This is her first exhibit in i8 gallery.
• Opens on April 27, 2017
• Runs until June 10, 2017
LISTASAFNIÐ Á AKUREYRI
The Creation of Childhood
This is a group exhibition featuring
professional artists, child artists,
and toy creators. It is meant to
stimulate a childlike mindset and
creativity.
• Opens on April 22, 2017
• Runs until May 428 2017
Up
Up is a graduation series of line
drawings and other cartoon-esque
pieces.
• Opens on April 22, 2017
• Runs until April 30, 2017
LISTHÚS GALLERY
Divergence
American-born artist Alana LaPoint
shows a conglomeration of works
created during her three month
residency at Listhus Artspace. Bold
and experimental, LaPoint's works
sweep a vast spectrum of humours.
• Opens on April 24, 2017
• Runs until April 26, 2017
Ongoing
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
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
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
GALLERÍ FOLD
“New Paths” by Elinborg Ostermann
Elinborg Ostermann is an abstract
acrylic painter who presents an
exhibit inspired by bicycles.
• Runs until April 29, 2017
KAFFIBARINN
Rituals, Sweethearts And More
Wiola Ujazdowska explores the ideas
of everything from witches to the
Other to the body to sexuality.
• Runs until May 4, 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.
• Runs until April 30, 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 21 - May 4
Our Picks

Bunraku Extravaganza!
‘Own Two Feet’
Numerous
Performances
over April
and May,
Tjarnabíó
Traveling with
kids? Put this on
your calendar!
‘Own Two Feet’ is
a Bunraku-style
puppet show
designed for
children aged
two and beyond,
made by Miðnætti
in collaboration
with the Lost
Watch Theatre
Company. Bun-
raku uses only
instrumental mu-
sic—no words—
so it’s appropri-
ate for people
of all languages
and demograph-
ics. The piece
tells the story
of a young girl,
Ninna, who is sent
alone to live on
an isolated farm.
Challenged by
this new environ-
ment, Ninna must
learn to stand
on her “Own Two
Feet.” Get it?
PS: If you miss
it in Reykjavík,
feel free to hop
over to Nuuk for
an encore run at
the end of May.
HJC

Photos Come On Paper?!
ÍSLAND: Book
Launch and
Exhibition
May 2-8,
Various Times,
Listastofan
Réza Kalfane’s
first book
release, ‘ÍSLAND’,
depicts “abstract
visions of Icelan-
dic landscapes”
through photo-
graphs. Printed
on black paper
with silver ink, it’s
a work of art in
itself. JS

Magneto And Professor X
Back In Action
‘No Man’s
Land’
April 29-30,
20:00, Bíó Paradís
2.500 ISK
Two great ac-
tors, and best
buddies, Ian
McKellen and
Patrick Stewart,
perform Pinter’s
‘No Man’s Land’.
Broadcast live to
Bíó Paradís, it’ll
be like sitting in
the front row. JS

Get Your Polskie On
Polish Film
Days
April 21-22,
Various times,
Bíó Paradís
Free!
Bíó Paradís
and the Polish
Embassy’s sixth
Polish Film Festi-
val is here. Four
films shown over
two days, and it’s
free! JS
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