Reykjavík Grapevine - 20.10.2017, Síða 37

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SIGURJÓN ÓLAFSSON’S ART MUSEUM
Two Comrades
Influential avant-garde artists and
friends Sigurjón Ólafsson and Asger
Jorn are shown together here with
the hopes to open a dialogue which
will throw light upon unexplored
links between these prolific artists.
• Opens on October 21, 2017
• Runs until May, 2018
MUSEUM OF DESIGN AND APPLIED ART
Icelandic Album Covers
Iceland is known for its music, so
come see the main trends in album
cover design from the mid 20th
century to the present day. There
will be an opening event on the 27th
featuring music by Tonik Ensemble,
Myrra and dj flugvél og geimskip.
• Opens on October 27, 2017
• Runs until January 28, 2018
SPÖNGIN CULTURE HOUSE
Ferðalag línu og forma
Anna Þ. Guðjónsdóttir presents a
series of drawings and watercolours
inspired by the geometric patterns
in Islamic architecture.
• Opens on October 28, 2017
• Runs until December 14, 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
Orka
To commemorate Steina’s twentieth
anniversary of her representing the
nation at the Venice Biennale, this
exhibit presents the exact works
shown there.
• Runs until January 31, 2018
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
Dr. Selma Jónsdóttir: A Centennial
Dr. Selma Jónsdóttir was the first
director of the National Gallery of
Iceland. This small exhibit commem-
orates her centennial.
• Runs until October 22, 2017
Comparative Vandalism
In the late 1950s, Asger Jom began
working on an encyclopaedia cover-
ing Nordic folk art. Tens of thou-
sands of the photos for this project
ended up unused—come see them
here.
• Runs until January 21, 2018
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
Haraldur Ingi Haraldsson presents
19 paintings inspired by politics and
the addiction to power.
• Runs until December 21, 2017
RAMSKRAM
In The Blink Of An Eye
Ever since Inga Sólveig Friðjónsdót-
tir read 1001 Nights, she’s been
obsessed with different countries.
In this series of travel photographs,
come see cultures that lurk behind
closed doors.
• Runs until November 5, 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
Å blåsa kvitt
Klara Sofie Ludvigsen presents a
photographic work that explores
the improvisational potential of
photography.
• Runs until October 30, 2017
REYKJAVÍK MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Sugar Paper Theories
The Geirfinnur case captivated
Iceland. Here, dive into the evidence
with Jack Latham, who photo-
graphed the places and people
involved.
• Runs until January 10, 2018
HRAUN: Yogan Muller
“Hraun” explores areas on the pe-
riphery of Reykjavík and Reykjanes.
There, nature interacts with man-
made environments and modernisa-
tion. Is there harmony?
• Runs until December 5, 2017
REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM -
KJARVALSSTAÐIR
Kjarval – Key Works
Kjarvalsstaðir was actually named
after the artist Jóhannes Sveinsson
Kjarval. This exhibit asks: Does the
value lie in natural beauty for its
own sake, in the hidden life within it,
in our potential for utilisation, or in
the transience?
• Runs until December 31, 2017
Anna Líndal: Expedition
A retrospective of the work of artist
Anna Líndal, Expedition, spans Anna's
career of almost thirty years.
• Runs until December 30, 2017
REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM - HAFNARHÚS
Erró: More is Beautiful
This exhibition shines a special
light on Erró’s works which revolve
around excess and density, creating
intricate and charged structures
related to politics, science, fiction
and art history.
• Runs until May 13, 2018
Doubling
Pierre Coulibeuf is an avant-garde
filmmaker and visual artist. Here, he
presents three video installations
created in collaboration with three
Icelandic dancers .
• Runs until November 11, 2017
Greater-Iceland
The group exhibition features works
by international artists who have
settled in Iceland for limited or
extended period of time.
• Runs until January 7, 2018
D31: Garden
Anna Rún Tryggvadóttir is the 31st
artist to show in the Gallery D exhibi-
tion series, which aims to give prom-
ising artists a chance to work within
the museum.
• Runs until January 21, 2018
BERG CONTEMPORARY
Dodda Maggý
Lingering on the verge of cinema,
video art, and music composition,
Dodda Maggý employs many mediums
with a cross-disciplinary approach.
• Runs until October 21, 2017
GERÐUBERG CULTURE HOUSE
Colonists Of Fire And Ice
Without its ethereal fields of moss,
the county of Iceland would be
rather barren. Here, watercolour-
ist Darek Mundell presents works
inspired by this oft-ignored plant.
• Runs until November 19, 2017
Posters From Poland
Go back in time with Polish artists
Leszek Żebrowski, Monika Starowicz
and Sebastian Kubica who will be
showcasing their poster works—like
Polish history class, but way better.
• Runs until November 9, 2017
LISTASALUR MOSFELLSBÆJAR
Font and Art
Literature and writing teacher Þor-
valdur Jónasson presents a series
of fonts that tell the story of fiction
and calligraphy from the time of
Christ until the present.
• Runs until October 28, 2017
HVERFISGALLERÍ
Chickenshit
Stupid males doing something that
they think is very important but is
really just onanistic nonsense—that
is the inspiration for this exhibit.
• Runs until October 28, 2017
GERÐARSAFN – KÓPAVOGUR ART
MUSEUM
Emplacement: Part One
Emplacement presents the work of
Icelandic painters Einar Garibaldi
Eiríksson and Kristján Steingrímur
Jónsson. Part one features recent
works based on on landscapes,
nature and monuments.
• Runs until October 29, 2017
THE LIVING ART MUSEUM
Does The Mirror Make The Picture
This solo exhibition by Joan Jonas
presents a selection of multidiscin-
plinary works spanning her whole
career. Her works investigate time-
based structures and the politics of
spectatorship using many mediums.
• Runs until December 10, 2017
ART67
Thomas Fleckenstein
Fleckenstein’s photographs do not
aim to document nature or land-
scapes but rather let them inspire
him to find a motivation to capture
it.
• Runs until October 31, 2017
I8
Egill Sæbjörnsson
Based an the troll concept, Egill’s
solo exhibition turns the gallery
into a plush blue environment filled
with… well. Your guess is as good as
ours. Troll jewellery?
• Runs until November 25, 2017
SÍM GALLERY
Completely Dishonest
Does a man need to understand his
existence? His ego? This question is
explored by ten recent graduates of
the Iceland Arts Academy.
• Runs until October 24, 2017
GRÓFIN CULTURE HOUSE
THE WAIT
‘THE WAIT’ is a photo exhibition that
provides a window into the daily life
of those who are waiting for their
asylum applications in Iceland to be
processed.
• Runs until November 5, 2017
SKAFTFELL
Pollur-spegill
Margrét H. Blöndal made these
works just days before the start
of the exhibition, turning everday
materials into curiousitys.
• Runs until November 26, 2017
MIR GALLERY
Messengers
British-Russia artist Katya Gera-
simova Bosky uses the title "Mes-
sengers" in English and "Joy" in
Russian, which together express the
picturesque message she wishes to
put out into world.
• Runs until October 28, 2017
October 20 - November 2
Our Picks

Out of Controll in RVK
Ugh & Boogar Jewellery
October 12-November 30, i8 Gallery
After letting
his trolls, Ugh
& Boogar, run
amok at the
Venice Biennale
earlier this year in
a sprawling and
confounding mul-
timedia explosion
“Out of Controll in
Venice”, Berlin-
based artist Egill
Sæbjörnsson re-
turns to Reykjavík
for a victory lap.
Apparently based
on an exten-
sion of his troll
concept, his new
solo exhibition is
entitled “Ugh &
Boogar Jewel-
lery,” and turns
the gallery into
a plush blue en-
vironment filled
with… well. Your
guess is as good
as ours. Shiny
artefacts and
strings of rocks.
Troll jewellery? It
seems so. Head
over to i8 gallery
on Hafnarstræti
if you feel like
taking a swing at
this particularly
odd, cartoonish,
troll-infested
riddle. JR

(Un)natural
HRAUN: Yogan
Muller
Until Dec. 5,
Reyk. Museum Of
Photography
“Hraun” explores
areas on the
periphery of the
greater Reykjavík
and Reykjanes
area. There, it is
easy to see how
nature interacts
with man-made
environments
and modernisa-
tion. Is there
harmony? HJC

No Implants...Seriously
'Double Agent
73' Screening
Nov. 2, 20:00, Bíó
Paradís, 1.600 ISK
If watching a film
based on the
premise of a spy
having a camera
implanted into
her 73 inch bust
to catch criminals
sounds titillat-
ing, don’t miss
this screening of
Doris Wishman’s
sexploitation epic.
HJC

Spirits and Stuff
Jón Sæmundur
Auðarson
Until Oct. 30,
Gallery Port
Jón Sæmundur
Auðarson is a
painter who ex-
plores the spiri-
tual properties
and possibilities
of paint. Check
out his latest
discoveries at
Gallery Port. JR
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