Reykjavík Grapevine - 16.07.2018, Blaðsíða 37

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STUDIO SOL
INNFÆDD//NATIVE
Nina Zurier's photographs revolves
around the characteristic light and
darkness in Iceland. What does it
mean to be 'native'? What does it
mean to be 'innfædd'?
• Opens on September 8, 2018
• Runs until September 15, 2018
ÁRMÚLI 7
Sugar Wounds: No. 03
Eight artists join together to explore
environment, politics, love, psychol-
ogy, pop culture through their own
personal experience. This iteration
features Freyja Eilíf, Katrína Mo-
gensen, and Nína Óskarsdóttir.
• Opens on September 7, 2018
• Runs until September 9, 2018
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ICELAND
Who Is In The Picture?
The people in all of Aldreð D. Jóns-
son's pictures are now unknown.
Come see his outstanding body of
work, from 1931 to 1952, here.
• Opens on September 9, 2018
• Runs until November 18, 2018
Aldarminning
Hjálmar R. Barðarson took photos of
20th century Iceland, focusing on
the natural history. Think flora, rocks,
and birds.
• Opens on September 9, 2018
• Runs until November 18, 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 pre-
ciousness and fragility of sover-
eignty 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
• Runs until October 7, 2018
I8
Seeing Believing Having Holding
Five American artists join together
to make composite objects and
images, generating conditions of
doubt, pleasure, and skepticism in
the face of physical fact.
• Runs until October 27, 2018
BERG CONTEMPORARY
The Depth Of Colour: Recent Works
By Kees Visser
This exhibit presents Kees Visser's
signiture monochrome paint-
ings—geometric fields repeatedly
overpainted with highly textured,
crystalline surfaces,
• Runs until October 27, 2018
GALLERY PORT
Sound & Proof Soup Bowl
Come define the position of you, the
viewer, in relation to the objects in
the exhibit. We can't promise there
will be soup though.
• Runs until September 13, 2018
WIND & WEATHER WINDOW GALLERY
Your Friend Jeff
Lee Lorenzo Lynch and Þorbjörg
Jónsdóttir's window installation is
a wash of bright colours and sym-
metry.
• Runs until October 27, 2018
LISTASTOFAN
Matter(s) Of Consequence: The Little
Prince and the Scientist
Asteroid B-612. The rose. The Baobab
tree. Jóhanna Ásgeirsdóttir and Su-
san Moon's performance is built on
the beloved novel 'Le Petit Prince' by
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Children
and adults alike are invited to come
contemplate the universe together.
The performances will be on Sept.
6th and 7th at 18:00 and Sept. 8th
and 9th at 16:00. The exhibit will run
during general hours.
• Runs until September 20, 2018
September 7th - September 20th
Our Picks
Question Your Existence
Páll Haukur & Auður Ómarsdóttir
Solo Shows
Until Oct. 7 - Kling & Bang
Kling & Bang is
opening two new
solo exhibits. One,
titled ‘Death of an
object,’ explores
the process of
decomposition
and definitions
of meaning by
asking visitors,
what consti-
tutes an object?
Using biological
substances,
artist Páll Haukur
questions any
given whole by
showing how it is
compromised by
the presence of
its own disorderly
components.
The other, ‘Inn off
the Post,’ makes
reference to
sport culture, art
history, pop music
and the artist’s
own experiences
to showcase how
our decisions
have imminent
consequences
that make us
either heroes or
villains. The artist,
Auður Ómarsdót-
tir, urges visitors
to interrogate the
concepts ‘luck’
and ‘destiny’ in
this regard. CES

Emilie
Until Oct. 28
- Reykajvík
Museum Of
Photography
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
and intimate
photo series. HJC

Another Space
Until Oct. 28 -
NÝLÓ: The Living
Art Museum
Eygló Harðardóttir
works with both
two and three
dimensional
paper sculptures.
In doing so, she
hopes to disrupt
space by provid-
ing an alternate
to it. Weightless,
impermanent—a
world built in dis-
placement. HJC

Bergman í Bíó Paradís
Until Sept. 9 -
Bíó Paradís - Free!
You like to put
on airs as a film
connoisseur,
but people roll
their eyes at
your mention
of Wes Ander-
son? Check out
Ingmar Bergman,
then you can be
armed with real
film wisdom. Only
downside: no
smoking in the
theatre. AF
37The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 16— 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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