Reykjavík Grapevine - 14.07.2017, Síða 43

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Opening
GALLERÍ VEST
A N D A R T A K
Habby Osk and Jóna Hlíf present a
photography and sculpture exhibit
inspired by poetry and featuring
objects like jello.
• Opens on July 14, 2017
• Runs until July 17, 2017
Ongoing
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
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
coloured hair fibres to create vivid,
dizzying landscapes, or “hairscapes”.
• Runs until October 10, 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 September 17, 2017
God, I Feel So Bad / Woman In E
Ragnar Kjartansson’s retrospective
features four pianists and four op-
era singers playing simultaneously.
Now a new performance begins: a
presentation in which a glamorously
staged female guitarist endlessly
strums the chord e-minor.
• Runs until August 13, 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
-LINES-
This interactive sound art installa-
tion explores one of the most fun-
damental parts of Western music:
Lines. Come create music with your
own hands using hanging sensors
and electronics.
• Runs until September 3, 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
HAPPY PEOPLE
“HAPPY PEOPLE” presents a smoking
lounge full of mysterious sculptures
full of funky pipes for you to smoke,
consume and inhale fruity flavours.
• Runs until July 20, 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 electron-
ic vocabulary of image-making.
• Runs until August 4, 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
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.
• 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.
• Runs until August 27, 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.
• Runs until September 17, 2017
Bundled In Blue
This exhibition is based on new
research on the bones and grave
found in a settlement-era grave.
• Runs until September 30 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.
• Runs until September 1, 2017
SLÁTURHÚSIÐ
Born In The Slaughterhouse
Nine artists worked with various me-
dia to create an exhibit linked by the
idea of basic needs. Carcasses will
hang from hooks and snapshots will
capture prison cells, all to create a
playful twist on human violence.
• Runs until September 15, 2017
HVERFISGALLERÍ
River únd bátur
River únd bátur consists of a
colorful installation presented in
patterned, at times psychedelic,
mixed-media works which reflect
a variety of influences including
graffiti, organic structures, textiles
and collage.
• Runs until August 12, 2017
MUSEUM OF DESIGN AND APPLIED ART
Nordic Angan: A Fragrance Library Of
The Nordic Nature
Sonja Bent and Elin Hrent have set
up a workshop / showroom where
they make essential oils with the
goal of making a fragrance library
from Icelandic flora..
• Runs until September 20, 2017
I8 GALLERY
A Trillionth of a Second
Alicja Kwade in her installation and
sculpture exhibit “A Trillionth of a
Second”, deals with questions of
reality and our perception of the
world. Is there such a thing as fun-
damental, evident truth?
• Runs until August 12, 2017
LISTASTOFAN
#276331054 – Story Provided If
Wanted
This exhibit is part of a bigger proj-
ect ‘The Fourth Culture’ and presents
a critical view on contemporary
society, encompassing sexuality,
cultural identity and borders. The
artists attempt a microculture,
proposing an un-learning situation
where a new way of being can be
cultivated.
• Runs until July 21, 2017
ART67
Wilderness
This mission statement of this
exhibit made by Hrönn Björnsdóttir
and Kristín Tryggvadóttir is, “We are
constantly inspired by the wilder-
ness, power and beauty of the
icelandic nature.
• Runs until July 31, 2017
VERKSMIÐJAN Á HJALTEYRI
Les Silences de la Fumée
The exhibit "Les silences de la
fumée" hopes to bridge the gap
between Icelandic and French art-
ists. In an old herring factory, artists
from both nations present works
exploring nature and its elements.
Some work with humans, others with
vistas, but you won't know till you
see, right?
• Runs until July 26, 2017
July 14 - July 27
Our Picks

Singeing Still Lifes
HIDE YOUR FIRES
July 15 - Sept.
15, Museum Of
Witchcraft And
Sorcery
After a day of
witchcraft and
wizardry, catch
"Hide Your Fires",
a unique photog-
raphy exhibition
by French born
visual artist
Giní Cormeralis.
The exhibition
captures visions
of the organic
form, juxtaposed
by character-
istic Icelandic
landscapes. Each
photo is designed
to transpose
a flickering
atmosphere,
somewhere
between dream
and tangibility
as dark figures
haunt nature. The
exhibition kicks
off with a per-
formance from
French musician
and composer
Töfie, followed by
a DJ set by DUBIX
(you guessed it,
French) as the
performance
continues into
the night. Dubi-
ous about DUBIX?
Fear not. Electo-
beats will keep
the night lit. AC

Regalement In Rif
Purgatorio:
Australian
Theatre
Performance
Every Monday,
20:00, Freezer
Hostel
Scorn, murder,
suicide. If that
sounds like your
cup of tea, check
out Purgatorio, a
formidable work
of drama by Chil-
ean playwright
and human
rights advocate
Ariel Dorfman. AC

The Fairest One Of Akureyri
Road Movie
Runs until July
23, Verksmiðjan á
Hjalteyri
Experience a
refined plastic
approach to
Snow White's
status as an icon
with Catherine
Bay’s dance and
performance film
“Road Movie”. Can
our milky white
heroine free
herself? HJC

Henny & Hokusai
Drink & Draw
18 July, 20:00,
Húrra, Free!
Need a few
pints to get
those creative
juices flowin’?
Grab some
paper, bring your
crayons and get
down to Húrra’s
Drink & Draw. We
can't promise
Picasso will be
there, but maybe
some Port. AC
43The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 12 — 2017
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