Reykjavík Grapevine - 02.06.2017, Blaðsíða 45

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REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM - HAFNARHÚS
God, I Feel So Bad
Ragnar Kjartansson hijacks Reykjavík
Art Museum to bring you an ode to
art in all its glory. “God, I Feel So Bad”
recognises art’s ever persuasive
allure by combining video, pho-
tography, sculpture and painting.
Highlights include a crazy 20-hour
video installation, capturing the
beauty of a novel by Icelandic Nobel
Prize author Halldór Laxness.
• Opens on June 3, 2017
• Runs until September 24, 2017
GERÐASAFN KÓPAVOGUR ART MUSEUM
The In, With and Between Us
This exhibit presents a conversation
around non-linear readings of place
and time, language and translation.
It is a collaboration between a num-
ber of international MFA students
from the SVA school in New York.
• Opens on June 3, 2017
• Runs until August 30, 2017
AKUREYRI ART MUSEUM
Selected Works By North Icelandic
Artists
Thirty northern Icelandic artists
present a diverse range of art in-
spired by the intrepid North. What is
the state of Northern Icelandic arts?
You’ll find out.
• Opens on June 10, 2017
• Runs until August 27, 2017
ART67
LITKA MYNDLISTARFELAG
LITKA’s artist collective collaborated
on this exhibit, which is catered to
travelers with sizes that will fit in
hand luggage.
• Opens on June 3, 2017
• Runs until June 31, 2017
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ICELAND
Birds, Fjord and Iceland Photo-
graphs by Björn Björnsson
Björn specialised in nature photog-
raphy and travelled around Iceland
documenting such.
• Opens on June 3, 2017
• Runs until September 17, 2017
HÚSAVÍK MUSEUM
Far Away Right Here
Photographer Martin Cox spent a
month at the Fjuk Art Center last
year. Here he presents his work from
there, inspired by the landscape and
history of Húsavík.
• Opens on June 3, 2017
• Runs until September 1, 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
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
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
HALLGRÍMSKIRKJA
501 Nails
The work 501 NAILS revolves around
the idea of nailing down time that
has piled up, time in linear sequence
from Luther's action to our day.
• Runs until August 21, 2017.
REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM - HAFNARHÚS
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
SHADOWS / ECHOES
The work SHADOWS / ECHOES was
conducted over a two-year period
where Marianne Bjørnmyr travelled
around Iceland to research and
document the mythology of elves
and fairies.
• Runs until August 15, 2017
THE NORDIC HOUSE
THE CITY BEING
THE CITY BEING explores various
aspects of our modern cities, with
contemporary Reykjavik as the main
point of reference.
• Runs until November 5, 2017
Eyes As Big As Plates
Eyes as Big as Plates is a photo-
graphic art project produced in
collaboration with retired farmers,
fishermen, zoologists, plumbers,
and many more.
• Runs until August 13, 2017
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.
• Runs until July 16, 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.
• Runs until June 10, 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 Kjartansson
and recent Grapevine 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
HAFNARBORG
Land Seen – Following in the Foot-
steps of Johannes Larsen
In this exhibition, some recurring
themes emerge, such as the trail
or path, the gate and the traveller.
It explores Einar Falur Ingólfsson’s
experience following Danish artist
Johannes Larsen around Iceland.
• Runs until August 20, 2017
Without Dreams All Is Dead
Drawing is the starting point of
'Wiithout Dreams All Is Dead' , an ex-
hibition that derives its name from a
poem by Nobel laureate Halldór Lax-
ness, and is an allusion to the world
of imagination an artist inhabits.
• Runs until August 20, 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.”
• Runs until August 4, 2017
SÍM
Bjarni Bernharður Bjarnason
Bjarni is a self taught artist and
poet. This exhibit is made in collabo-
ration with the release of his new
book, "Í LANDI ÞÚSUND DJÖFLA".
• Runs until June 20, 2017
ANARKÍA
Kristbergur Ó. Pétursson
Kristbergur describes his paintings
as having a strong connection to
the Earth and a sense of spirituality.
• Runs until June 18, 2017
REYKJAVÍK MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Metamorphosis
In Metamorphosis, Sigurgeir Sigur-
jónsson compares the city to the
built-up countryside to the wild wil-
derness. From torn-down buildings
in Reykjavík to abandoned farms,
the photos are brutal, sometimes
violent, but beautiful.
• Runs until September 10, 2017
IPA GALLERY
rgbDrawing: Pigment On Paper
A collaboration between Creighton
Michael and Ben Diep showcasing
hybrid work produced using a large
digital format in a time capture
process.
• Runs until June 11, 2017
THE NATIONAL GALLERY
Shoplifter
Hrafnhildur Árnadóttir, aka Shoplifter,
is a renowned Icelandic designer
and artist whose colourful, large
scale installations are eye-catching
and textural. She uses brightly co-
loured hair fibres to create vivid, diz-
zying landscapes, or “hairscapes,”
with a surreal and dreamlike quality.
• Runs until October 10, 2017
ANARKÍA
Kristbergur Ó. Pétursson
Kristbergur describes his paintings
as having a strong connection to
the Earth and a sense of spirituality.
• Runs until June 18, 2017
LISTAMENN GALLERÍ
ÞESSI - SARA RIEL
"ÞESSI" is the first time Sara Riel
has used humanity as her artistic
subject. The mixed media exhibit
uses technology, portraits, and
poetry to explore states of mind and
mannerisms.
• Runs until June 25, 2017
June 02 - June 15
Our Picks

God, I Feel So Bad
Ragnar Kjartansson
June 3 - August
27, Listasafn
Reykjavíkur-
Hafnarhús
Ragnar Kjartans-
son hijacks
Reykjavík Art
Museum to bring
you a feast of
contemporary
art in all its glory.
“God, I Feel So
Bad” recognises
art’s ever per-
suasive allure by
combining video,
photography,
sculpture and
painting. More
than 10 years’
worth of work are
on display, which
have gained
Ragnar accolades
internation-
ally. Highlights
include a crazy
four screen video
installation that
lasts a whopping
twenty hours,
capturing the
beauty of a'World
Light' by Icelandic
Nobel Prize
winning author
Halldór Laxness.
There are also
durational music
performances,
and all manner
of works from
Ragnar's back
catalogue. You'll
need a few hours
to appreciate it
fully. AC

Moments In Mixed Media
The Fable Of
Three
Runs until 3 June,
Listastofan,
Free!
Ewa Iwona
Przymus is a
celebrated Polish
artist who came
to Iceland for di-
vine inspiration.
Her illustrated
narrative ‘The
Fable Of Three’
documents her
experience. AC

Invisible, But Visible, Cities
THE CITY BEING
Runs until 5 Nov.
Nordic House,
1.000 ISK
The exhibition
has an urban
theme. It ex-
plores the com-
bination of the
city and citizens,
using contem-
porary Reykjavík
as its point of
reference. This
relationship is
crucial for its,
and our, being.
JJE

Djúpavík: Population Two
The Factory
Runs until 31
August, Old
Herring Factory,
Djúpavík, Free!
This annual
exhibition takes
place in an
abandoned
factory in the
Westfjords vil-
lage of Djúpavík.
Haunting setting,
beautiful art—
what more could
you ask for? HJC
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