Reykjavík Grapevine - 01.06.2018, Síða 49

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Opening
NORDIC HOUSE
Pillow Talk
Emergency beds from the Red Cross
zoom around the city broadcasting
stories from refugees and asylum
seekers in Iceland. Listen and learn.
• Opens on June 7, 2018
• Runs until June 9, 2018
Street View
A wrecked caravan-like installation
symbolises the loss of homes. The
materials themselves were shipped
directly from Syria. Found art in the
most tragic way.
• Opens on June 4, 2018
• Runs until June 17, 2018
WIND & WEATHER WINDOW GALLERY
Journey To Home
This exhibit is moving—literally. With
a traveling gallery, the nomadic
window searches for home. What
is home? Can it be plotted and
mapped?
• Opens on June 3, 2018
• Runs until June 22, 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.
• Opens on June 7, 2018
• 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.
• Opens on June 2, 2018
• 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.
• Opens on June 2, 2018
• Runs until September 30, 2018
RAMSKRAM GALLERY
Lines For These Lands
How often are we in direct confron-
tation with nature? This photogra-
phy exhibit asks that by document-
ing scientists and technology.
• Opens on June 2, 2018
• Runs until June 8, 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.
• Opens on June 2, 2018
• Runs until August 26, 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
Rule Of The Game
Finnish artist Elina Brotherus comes
to Iceland with a retrospective.
She's known for her arresting self-
portraits and landscapes.
• Runs until June 24, 2018
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
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 agrar-
ian society into one of the richest
countries in the world. His sculp-
tures 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
SIGURJÓN ÓLAFSSON MUSEUM
Two Comrades
Icelandic artists Sigurjón Ólafsson
and Asger Jorn were both influential
figures in the Danish art scene 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
GERÐUBERG CULTURE HOUSE
Hildur Björnsdóttir
How do we experience a culture that
is remote and exotic to us? With her
photographs and illustrations, Hildur
dives into this question.
• Runs until June 4, 2018
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
LISTASALUR MOSFELLSBÆJAR
Kristján og Logi umpotta
Two embroidery artists collaborate
in a seamless project that makes
you wonder: Which artist stitched
what?
• Runs until June 15, 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 Instagram celebrity
(@SigVicious) combines his land-
scape photography with his graphic
design origins for a dramatic, futur-
istic, 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 formu-
las, architectural projects, musical
compositions, or works of art.
• Runs until August 4, 2018
SKAFTFELL
Birds Of Passage
After 20 years of Skaftfell’s artist-in-
residency program, over 250 artists
have come and gone. In this exhibit,
walk down memory lane from Skaft-
fell’s residency archive.
• Runs until June 10, 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
June 1st - June 14th
Our Picks

On Wonder & Liberation
Strell Ytzia Blossom:
A Utopian Drag Show
June 7 - 21:00 - Gaukurinn
Whether you’re new or not to the flour-
ishing drag scene of Iceland, you need
some Strell Ytzia in your life. Join her on
Thursday night for the culmination of
years of performances. This Utopian
Drag show will take you on a journey of
wonder and liberation intertwined with
songs, lip-syncs and poetry delivered
by some of Iceland’s beloved divas,
including butch disaster comedy queen
Jackie Moon and goth heartbreaking
powerhouse Hans. But wait—there’s
more! All profits will go to publishing
‘Estranged,’ a new magazine striving to
be a welcoming platform for all kinds of
experiences and for all those who have
felt estranged from society at some
point in their life. This issue goes deep
into the Icelandic drag scene, so if you
like the show, open those pockets! AD

Between Man And Nature
Never again or is it too late to
change my mind?
Until June 9 - Tveir Hrafnar
Heimir Björgúlfsson creates works
that question the relationship
between man and nature. Expect
paintings, collage, and more. AD

In Hindsight
GERÐUR: Retrospective
Until August 19 - Gerðarsafn
A pioneer of abstract sculpture in
Iceland, Gerður Helgadóttir was known
for her stained glass and mosaic. This
retrospective highlights themes and
connections within her work. AD

4 In A Hoe
Burlesque Bingó!
June 1 - 21:00 - Gaukurinn - 2,900 ISK
Sexy, weird, funny, jokes, magic,
bumps, boobs, bulges, bingo? Yes,
you heard right. Wear your best pas-
ties and come get gamey with the
sultriest stars in town. HJC
41The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 09 — 2018
Garðatorg 1 · Garðabær
Open Tue - Sun 12 -17
Exhibitions:
The imaginarium
of Kron by Kronkron
600 pairs of shoes
Ðyslextwhere
spelling mistakes
in knitwear
Behind the scenes
with Einar Þorsteinn
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