Reykjavík Grapevine - 24.08.2018, Page 41

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Opening
GERÐARSAFN KÓPAVOGUR ART MUSEUM
SCULPTURE / SCULPTURE
This exhibition honours the legacy
of Gerður Helgadóttir, after whom
the museum is named, as well as
to give insight into the medium of
sculpture in contemporary times.
• Opens on August 24, 2018
• Runs until October 7, 2018
EKKISENS
Sugar Wounds
Eight artists join together to explore
environment, politics, love, psychol-
ogy, pop culture through their own
personal experience.
• Opens on August 24, 2018
• Runs until August 26, 2018
Sugar Wounds (Part 2)
Three artists from the last Sugar
Wounds show dig deeper into their
works in this more personal exhibit.
• Opens on August 31, 2018
• Runs until September 2, 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
Steina - Pergament
After working with old Icelandic
manuscripts, Steina sliced them to-
gether into an ink-drawing extrava-
ganza. Blood red capital letters and
moth-eaten illuminations float for
an unforgettable experience.
• Runs until December 31, 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 mu-
seum 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
Emilie
On the 2nd of February 2016, Emilie
Dalum was diagnosed with Hodgkins
Lymphoma. She documented the
next five months of chemotherapy
and remission with a vulnerable
photo series.
• Runs until October 29, 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
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
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
WHALE SAFARI
Oceanic
Photographer and captain Friðrik
Örn presents a special exhibit fea-
turing 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 September 7, 2018
GALLERÍ FOLD
Circulum
Odee mixes pop art with contempo-
rary culture to create what he calls
"digital fusion" or "visual mashup".
• Runs until September 9, 2018
KAFFI KLARA
Paysages islandais / / íslenskt
landslag
Different perspectives on Icelandic
landscapes are presented by in oil,
pastel, and watercolour paintings by
Anna Kristín Semey and Anita Hunor.
• Runs until August 30, 2018
REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM -
ÁSMUNDARSAFN
Invasion III: Matthías Rúnar Sigurðs-
son
In the Invasion series, artists
examine the career of sculpture
Ásmundur Sveinsson. This itera-
tion sees stone sculpture Matthías
Rúnar Sigurðsson in dialogue with
Ásmundur.
• Runs until November 4, 2018
August 24th - September 6th
Our Picks
Monochrome Romance
The Depth of Color: Recent Works
By Kees Visser
Until Oct. 6 - Berg Contemporary
Kees Visser is
part of a group of
international art-
ists that settled
in Iceland for a
time around 1980,
through the Am-
sterdam-based
part of the Fluxus
movement. Others
in this group in-
clude Dieter Roth
and Roni Horn,
who was one of
the co-founders
of the Reykjavik
Museum Of Living
Art. After a varied,
vibrant career in
Reykjavík, Paris
and Amsterdam,
working across a
multitude of me-
diums, this exhibi-
tion showcases
Visser’s recent
works, his signa-
ture monochrome
paintings, “but
with added layers
of complexity,
both in terms of
color and shape.
They present
geometric fields
of closely related
colours, with re-
peated overpaint-
ing and a highly
textured, crystal-
line surface." SP

Reflection of My Childhood
Aug. 25 - 30
Gallery Port
Mr. Awkward
presents an exhi-
bition where the
artist delves into
the world of toys,
LEGO sculptures
creating a uni-
verse alternative
to a reality filled
with bullying and
trauma. A very
welcome one for
us at the Grape-
vine! SP

Seeing Believing Having Holding
Until Oct. 27 - i8
This show brings
together five
U.S. artists: Kelly
Akashi, Kahlil R.
Irving, Michelle
Lopez, B. Ingrid
Olson, and Daniel
Rios Rodriguez.
Each makes com-
posite objects and
images, generat-
ing conditions of
doubt, pleasure,
and skepticism in
the face of physi-
cal fact. SP

Sugar Wounds
Aug. 24 - Sept. 16
Ekkisens
Sugar Wounds is
a group exhibi-
tion series where
8 artists open
shows every fri-
day night, start-
ing August 24
and continuing
until September
16. The artists are
all heavy hitters
in the Reykja-
vík grassroots
scene. SP
41The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 15— 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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