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Opening
RAMSKRAM GALLERY
A Matter of Some Moments
By photographing families at home
and then decomposing them, Char-
lotta María Hauksdóttir explores
memories, intimacy, and attach-
ment.
• Opens on May 6, 2017
• Runs until July 16, 2017
ART67
Gísli Sigurðsson
Originally from the Westmann
Islands, Gísli Sigurðsson’s works
mainly feature the Icelandic coun-
tryside.
• Opens on May 6, 2017
• Runs until May 31, 2017
BERG CONTEMPORARY
Steina & Woody Vasulka
In this exhibit at BERG Contemporary,
experience a dialogue between art-
ist and technology as the Vasulkas’
showcase their expressive elec-
tronic vocabulary of image-making.
The exhibit will feature the works,
“Distant Activities,” “Electromagnetic
Objects,” “The Matter,” and “Wave-
form Studies XXVIII.”
• Opens on May 11, 2017
• Runs until August 4, 2017
IPA GALLERY
Mame Coumba Bang
The name Mame Coumba Bang
comes from a river goddess in
Senegal. The exhibit contains instal-
lation art, videos, and drawings.
• Opens on May 6, 2017
• Runs until May 21, 2017
GERÐAFSAFN KÓPAVOGUR ART MUSEUM
MA 2017 Fine Arts Degree Show
The graduates of Design and Fine Art
at the Iceland Academy of the Arts
present their Master’s work.
• Opens on May 6, 2017
• Runs until May 21, 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.
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
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
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
Louisa Matthíasdóttir: Calm
The exhibition spans the whole
career of Louisa Matthíasdóttir, who
painted mainly Icelandic landscapes
and still-lifes.
• Runs until Setpember 17, 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
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
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.
In this exhibit, she uses copper,
porcelain, printed pieces, scultures,
and wallpaper to explore abstract
knowledge and physical senses. This
is her first exhibit in i8 gallery.
• 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.
• Runs until May 28, 2017
KLING & BANG
Opnun - Opening
Kling & Bang opened this year by cel-
ebrating young artists; their second
show brings in some of Iceland’s
big guns, including Ragnar Kjartans-
son and this issue’s cover star Elín
Hansdóttir.
• Runs until June 11, 2017
WIND AND WEATHER WINDOW GALLERY
Making Sense
Eygló Harðardóttir explores colour,
shape, and space in this month’s
window display.
• Runs until June 28, 2017
LIVING ART MUSEUM
READ THROUGH
The Living Art Museum presents a
reading room full of domestic and
international artworks in book form
spanning from the 1960s until today.
• Runs until September 2, 2017
GALLERÍ FOLD
Þorri Hringsson
Þorri Hringsson is a landscape
painted who only paints landscapes
he feels a personal connection to—
this exhibit focuses on Aðaldalur.
• Runs until May 13, 2017
HAFNARBORG
Literally
'Literally' presents Icelandic
concrete poetry from 1957 to the
present day.
• Runs until May 21, 2017
BÓKASAFN KÓPAVOGS
Hlýnun
Ynja Mist, a 22 year old artist from
Kópavogur, presents an exhibit
based on consumerism, global
warming, and the consequences of
humans on nature. 'Hlýnun' means
warming,
• Runs until May 13, 2017
May 5 - May 18
Our Picks

See Onscreen...Onscreen
Steina & Woody
Vasulka
Opens 11 May,
Runs until 4 Aug.,
BERG
Contemporary
Steina and
Woody Vasulka
are pioneers of
multimedia and
video art. The
two began ex-
perimenting with
electronic sound,
stroboscopic
light, and video in
the late ‘60s, and
they’re still going.
In this exhibit at
BERG Contem-
porary, experi-
ence a dialogue
between artist
and technology
as the Vasulkas’
showcase their
expressive elec-
tronic vocabulary
of image-making.
To whet your pal-
ette, their 1974
piece “Noise-
fields” is a good
starting point.
“Noisefields” was
a visualization of
the electronic
signal as a mate-
rial itself—the
content being
colourised video
noise or “snow.”
If this captures
your interest, the
BERG Contem-
porary exhibit
will feature the
works, “Dis-
tant Activities,”
“Electromagnetic
Objects,” “The
Matter,” and
“Waveform Stud-
ies XXVIII.” HJC

Open Fire
Opnun -
Opening
Runs until 11
June,
Kling & Bang
Kling & Bang
opened this year
by celebrating
young artists;
their second
show brings in
some of Ice-
land’s big guns,
including Ragnar
Kjartansson and
this issue’s cover
star Elín Hansdót-
tir. JR

From Medium to Medium
a) b) c) d) e) &
f) by Hildigunnar
Birgisdóttir
Runs until
10 June,
i8 Gallery
Hildigunnar uses
many mediums—
copper, por-
celain, printed
pieces, montage
sculptures, and
wallpaper—to
explore abstract
knowledge and
physical senses.
Don’t miss it. HJC

Real Life Pinterest
Craft and
Design Fair
May 5-7
12:00-17:00
City Hall
Come get some
inspiration at
City Hall with an
inside look into
many craft and
design studios
in Iceland. If any-
thing will make
you want to
finally spruce up
the house, this'll
be it! HJC
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