Reykjavík Grapevine - 13.07.2018, Page 43

Art Listings
Events are listed by venue. For complete listings
and detailed information on venues, visit
grapevine.is/happening.
Send your listings to: listings@grapevine.is
Opening
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ICELAND
Blossoming: Iceland's 100 Years As A
Sovereign State
This exhibition explores the pre-
ciousness and fragility of sover-
eignty to celebrate Iceland's 100th
year of self-rule.
• Opens on July 17, 2018
• Runs until December 16, 2018
Ongoing
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ICELAND
Treasures Of A Nation
A selection of over 80 works chosen
from the national gallery’s collection
display the evolution of art since the
19th century.
• Runs until December 31, 2019
Other Hats: Icelandic Printmaking
This exhibit takes printmaking and
looks at it in parallel with other
means of expression, including writ-
ing, composition, and visual arts.
• Runs until September 23, 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
THE ÁSGRIMUR JÓNSSON COLLECTION
Korriró And Dillidó
Ásgrímur’s art explores the fears
and dreams of generations, as
mysterious Icelandic elves, trolls
and monsters finally take shape and
materialise as vivid beings.
• Runs until September 15, 2018
MUSEUM OF DESIGN AND APPLIED ART
Behind The Scenes With
Einar Þorsteinn
In 2014, architect and mathemati-
cian Einar Þorsteinn Ásgeirsson gave
all his belongings to the museum.
Best described as a renaissance
man, the exhibit is full of curiosities.
• Runs until October 7, 2018
The Imaginarium Of Kron By KronKron
Magni and Hugrún (aka KronKron)
have designed over 2000 fashion
items, thereof 1200 shoe designs
which make up the core of this
exhibition.
• Runs until September 18, 2018
Mannabein
Knitter Torfi Fannar Gunnarsson
takes over the entrace of the
museum to knit some oversized
brightly coloured ponchos.
• Runs until July 24, 2018
ÁRBÆR OPEN AIR MUSEM
Daily Guided Tours
Tours are from 13:00 to 14:00
through its open air exhibits.
REYKJAVÍK CITY MUSEUM
Settlement Sagas
As Viking ruins meet digital technol-
ogy, this exhibition provides insight
into Reykjavík's farms at the time of
the first settlers.
REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM -
ÁSMUNDARSAFN
Invasion II: Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir /
Shoplifter
The first instalment of a series of
exhibitions that encourage artists
to engage with the artistic heritage
of Ásmundur Sveinsson.
• Runs until August 12, 2018
Ásmundur Sveinsson: Art For The
People
Ásmundur Sveinsson watched
Iceland grow from a poor agrarian
society into one of the richest in the
world. His sculptures reflect this,
presenting a conversation between
assimilation and innovation.
• Runs until December 31, 2018
REYKJAVÍK MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Olaf Otto Becker: Ice & Land
Here, spectacular documentary
photography highlights changes
in Iceland and Greenland due to
climate change and other human
interference.
• Runs until September 16, 2018
Black Metal
Hafsteinn Viðar, aka Verði Ljós, docu-
ments the elusive Icelandic black
metal scene with a series of darkly
beautiful photos. The photos will
also be available in a book of the
same name.
• Runs until August 15, 2018
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ICELAND
Splendid Saddlery
In the past, beautifully-decorated
and ornate saddles were valuable
possessions. Here, see a collection
of them.
• Runs until October 21, 2018
Discovering Iceland's Monastaries
Are you fascinated by really old
things? God? This exhibit combines
both, based on research by archae-
ologist Steinunn Kristjánsdóttir.
• Runs until May 26, 2019
Pre-Christian Graves In A New Light
In 2017, six pre-Christian burial
mounds were found in North
Iceland. Swords, spears, and even a
boat was unearthed. Come see.
• Runs until May 26, 2019
EyeSound
Photos by Iben West and Else Ploug
Isaksen are joined with text by a
number of Icelandic writers.
• Runs until September 2, 2018
Family Photos With A Difference
Photographer Nanna Bisp Büchert's
mother wrote a number of letters
to her from Iceland when she was a
child. Here, those letters turn visual.
• Runs until September 2, 2018
SIGURJÓN ÓLAFSSON MUSEUM
Two Comrades
Icelandic artists Sigurjón Ólafsson
and Asger Jorn were both influential
figures in the 1930s. Their works are
now shown together to hopefully
unveil new links and relationships.
• Runs until October 7, 2018
THE NORDIC HOUSE
Inspired by Aalto: Sustainability as
an Attitude
Come see some of Alvar Aalto‘s clas-
sic furniture designs and some of
the works he inspired including an
assortment of Artek furniture.
• Runs until September 2, 2018
50 Objects From The Nordic House
In honour of the Nordic House's 50
year anniversary, come see a col-
lection of eclectic objects they've
collected over the years.
• Runs until September 15, 2018
GERÐUBERG CULTURE HOUSE
Moments From The Life Of Asylum
Seekers
Is asylum in Iceland paradise or
purgatory? Here, Annie Ling explores
the lives of those who arrived in
Iceland last year.
• Runs until August 24, 2018
BERG CONTEMPORARY
The Search For Truth
Katrín Elvarsdóttir explores the
blurred limits of imagination and
how memories tend to gradually
come free of reality.
• Runs until August 3, 2018
GERÐARSAFN KÓPAVOGUR ART MUSEUM
GERÐUR: Retrospective
This retrospective explores Icelan-
dic sculptor Gerður Helgadóttir, af-
ter whom the museum was named.
• Runs until August 12, 2018
LISTASTOFAN
Sig Vicious - Lavastract
Iceland's first Insta celebrity (@
SigVicious) combines his landscape
photography with his graphics for a
futuristic and yet paradoxical ride.
• Runs until September 2, 2018
I8
Divisions & Reflections
With monochromes and geometrics,
Ignacio Uriarte's pieces could at any
moment be mathematical formulas,
musical compositions, or art.
• Runs until August 4, 2018
DJÚPAVÍK
The Factory
This annual multidisciplinary exhibi-
tion takes place in an abandoned
herring factory in the Westfjords.
Haunting setting, beautiful art.
• Runs until August 31, 2018
LIVING ART MUSEUM
Pressure Of The Deep
This exhibit celebrates the 40th an-
niversary of the Living Art Museum.
Come for a magnifying glass on
current events.
• Runs until August 12, 2018
REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM -
KJARVALSSTAÐIR
No Man's Land: Where Beauty Alone
Reigns?
In this two locale exhibit, experience
wilderness and independence as
seen through the eyes of the Icelan-
dic psyche. This location holds only
historic artists.
• Runs until September 30, 2018
REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM - HAFNARHÚS
No Man's Land: Where Beauty Alone
Reigns?
In this two locale exhibit, experience
wilderness and independence as
seen through the eyes of the Icelan-
dic psyche. This location holds only
21st century artists.
• Runs until September 30, 2018
HAFNARBORG
35/30 Anniversary Exhibit
It's Hafnarborg's anniversary, and to
celebrate they'll have a special ex-
hibit of pieces from their collection.
Some have never been seen before.
• Runs until August 26, 2018
VERKSMIÐJAN Á HJALTEYRI
Archaelogy For The Anthropocene
Five photographers explore the
population growth, super cities,
and environmental impact of the
Anthropocene epoch. How has the
Earth changed?
• Runs until July 22, 2018
KLING & BANG
Routine Dream
Tradition. Perception. Knowledge.
Stable sleep routines. Combine all of
these and you'll get Fritz Hendrik's
new exhibit.
• Runs until August 19, 2018
Professional Amateur
What is a "professional" artist versus
an amateur? Is it just validation from
outside sources or more?
• Runs until September 2, 2018
HÚSAVÍK MUSEUM
The Reindeer Ghost
This drawing and sculpture exhibi-
tion surrounds the past presence of
reindeer in North Iceland. We can't
promise Santa will be there though.
• Runs until August 31, 2018
WIND & WEATHER WINDOW GALLERY
Out Of Balence Is The Balance
Unndór Egill Jónsson's installation
shows a scale carefully but un-
equally balancing plants. What does
this mean?
• Runs until August 28, 2018
July 13th - July 26th
Our Picks
Yes And...
Improv Iceland Weekly Show
Every Wednesday - 20:30
Tjarnarbíó - 2,000 ISK
This weekly show will offer their audi-
ence something completely different
every single time—it‘s improvisation,
get it? Improv Iceland are kind enough
to perform in English, so tourists and lo-
cals alike can enjoy the company‘s live-
display of creativity. The unanimously
acclaimed Improv Iceland is Iceland‘s
first, and only, improvisation theater
company, founded by Dóra Jóhannsdót-
tir in 2015. They promise that anything
can happen in their shows, so go to
Tjarnarbíó and brace yourself for an
evening full of unexpected stuff and
lots of laughter. And don‘t forget, it‘s to-
tally legit to go there more than once
or even every week as you‘ll never see
the same performance twice and first
class entertainment is guaranteed. NE

Poignant Honesty
Moments From The Life Of Asylum
Seekers in Iceland
Runs until August 24 - City Library
Canadian documentary photogra-
pher Annie Ling‘s exhibition visual
reflects on asylum seekers’ experi-
ence in Iceland. NE

Paper Dismantled
Lignin
Runs until July 22 - Harbinger
Adam Fearon's art installation explores
the surface as a plane on which repre-
sentation, identity, and intimacy play
across. Screens, meshes, silicon reliefs,
paper sculptures, it's got it all. CS

Antici...........................pation
Rocky Horror Picture Show
July 20 - 20:00 - Bíó Paradís - 1,600 ISK
It's astounding. Time is fleeting. Mad-
ness takes control. But listen closely.
Not for very much longer. Please
keep control at this party screening,
And wear costumes! HJC
43The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 12 — 2018
Garðatorg 1, Garðabær
Open Tue - Sun 12 -17
Exhibitions:
The Imaginarium
of Kron by Kronkron
600 pairs of magical shoes
Mannabein
Torfi Fannar with his knitting
machine
Behind the scenes
with Einar Þorsteinn
architect and mathematician
www.honnunarsafn.is
honnunarsafn