Reykjavík Grapevine - 14.10.2018, Blaðsíða 41

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Opening
GALLERÍ FOLD
Circulum
Odee mixes pop art with
contemporary culture to create
what he calls "digital fusion" or
"visual mashup".
• Opens on August 10th, 2018
• Runs until September 9, 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
writing, composition, and visual arts.
• Runs until September 23, 2018
Blossoming: Iceland's 100 Years As A
Sovereign State
This exhibition explores the
preciousness and fragility of
sovereignty to celebrate Iceland's
100th year of self-rule.
• Runs until December 16, 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.
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
mathematician 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
Mannabein
Knitter Torfi Fannar Gunnarsson
takes over the entrance of the
museum to knit some brightly
coloured ponchos right in front of
your eyes.
• Runs until November 11, 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
technology, this exhibition provides
insight into Reykjavík's farms at the
time of the first settlers.
REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM -
ÁSMUNDARSAFN
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,
documents 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 archaeologist 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
classic 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 collection 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
GERÐARSAFN KÓPAVOGUR ART MUSEUM
GERÐUR: Retrospective
This retrospective explores
Icelandic sculptor Gerður
Helgadóttir, after whom the museum
was named.
• Runs until August 12, 2018
DJÚPAVÍK
The Factory
This annual multidisciplinary
exhibition takes place in an
abandoned herring factory in
the Westfjords. Haunting setting,
beautiful art.
• Runs until August 31, 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
Icelandic 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
Icelandic 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 exhibit of pieces from their
collection. Some have never been
seen before.
• Runs until August 26, 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 August 19, 2018
HÚSAVÍK MUSEUM
The Reindeer Ghost
This drawing and sculpture
exhibition 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
unequally balancing plants. What
does this mean?
• Runs until August 28, 2018
VERKSMIÐJAN Á HJALTEYRI
Oh So Quiet!
This sound installation uses music,
singing, recitation, and simply noise
to explore the relationship between
language, the spoken word, and the
ability to listen.
• Runs until September 9, 2018
ARTGALLERY GÁTT
Svartalogn
Annamaría Lind Geirsdóttir, Didda
Hjartardóttir Leaman, Hrönn
Björnsdóttir, Igor Gaivoroski,
Jóhanna V Þórhallsdóttir, Kristbergur
Ó Pétursson & Kristín Tryggvadóttir.
All together.
• Runs until August 24, 2018
WHALE SAFARI
Oceanic
Photographer and captain Friðrik
Örn presents a special exhibit
featuring photos taken during whale
and puffin watching excurions.
• Runs until November 1, 2018
LISTASALUR MOSFELLSBÆJAR
From Mother To Daughter
Jóni Jónsdóttir and Sigurlína
Jónassnsdóttir weave threads
together to explore memories of
the past.
• Runs until November 1, 2018
August 10th - August 23rd
Our Picks
Radical Romances
Rómönsur: Ragnhildur Jóhanns
Until August 24 - SÍM
Ragnhildur
Jóhanns chose to
unite two rather
conflicting sub-
jects for her
newest art
exhibition: She
painted famous
Icelandic
feminists Friða Rós
Valdimarsdóttir,
Hildur Lilliendahl
Viggósdóttir, María
Lilja Þrástardóttir
and Sóley Tómas-
dóttir reading
romance novels
with titles which
translate as ‘For-
bidden Longing’ or
‘Enchanting and
Wicked’.The four
new paintings on
display combine
once more the
artist’s interest
in language and
text with her visual
arts, in this case oil
paintings. The four
women portrayed
are outspoken
feminists, who
have “submerged
themselves into the
public debate. Thus,
they all refuse to be
the dumbfounded
woman in the
love story,” author
Auður Jónsdóttir
writes. A must-
see, not only for
bookish
feminists. NE

The Sagas In Comics: Valhalla &
Vinland Saga
August 16 - 20:00
- Nordic House
Nordic sagas and
Japanese manga
collide on this
special night
that pits Henning
Kure, the writer
of ‘Valhalla’, with
Makoto Yukimura,
the artist behind
manga ‘Vinland
Saga’. HJC

Invasion III: Matthías Rúnar
Sigurðsson
Aug. 18-Nov. 4 -
Ásmundarsafn
In the Invasion
series, artists
examine the
career of
sculpture
Ásmundur
Sveinsson. This
iteration sees
stone sculpture
Matthías Rúnar
Sigurðsson in
dialogue with
Ásmundur. HJC

Kinky Carnival
August 10 - 22:00
- Hard Rock Café
Break taboos.
Release yourself
from shame. Get
sensual. Come
celebrate queer
sex in all its
rainbow glory.
Sexologists,
comedians,
burlesque, a
candy floss
machine and
more! HJC
41The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 14— 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
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