Reykjavík Grapevine - 01.02.2019, Síða 37

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37The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 02— 2019
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Opening
REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM -
KJARVALSSTAÐIR
Eyborg Guðmundsdóttir:
Circle, Square and Line
In this retrospective, experience the
abstract geometric art of Eyborg
Guðmundsdóttir. Called Op-Art,
Eyborg's paintings are based on the
primary qualities of art—shapes.
• Opens on February 8th, 2019
• Runs until April 28th, 2019
REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM - HAFNARHÚS
Anna Guðjónsdóttir: Pars Pro Toto
Here, Anna Guðjónsdóttir questions
the boundary between the original
and the copy. Two-dimensional
painted surfaces and three-dimen-
sional real spaces collide.
• Opens on February 21st, 2019
• Runs until May 19th, 2019
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ICELAND
BEIRÚT, BEYRUT, BEYROUTH, BEYROUT
Beirut has, in recent years, become
a fashionable locale within the art
world. The exhibition highlights the
socio-politically complex society,
diving deep into its cultural diver-
sity.
• Opens on February 8th, 2019
• Runs until March 31st, 2019
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 31st, 2019
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 April 30th, 2019
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 March 10th, 2019
AND ANTIMATTER
AND ANTIMATTER is a creative studio
founded by Þórey Björk Halldórsdót-
tir & Baldur Björnsson. They've set
up a live workspace in the museum
to explore the in-between of design
and art, objects and experiences.
• Runs until March 15th, 2019
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
Ásmundur Sveinsson: Under the
Same Sky - Art In Public Space
Ásmundarsafn is named after sculp-
tor Ásmundur Sveinsson. This new
permanent exhibition presents the
artist in a new light. What dialogue
does his works provoke?
• Runs until December 31st, 2019
Sigurður Guðmundsson:
Intimacy & Sculpture
Using various mediums, from photos
to performance, conceptual artist
Sigurður Guðmundsson presents an
exhibit where, as he says, there are
no ideas behind the works.
• Runs until March 31st, 2019
REYKJAVÍK MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY
...now
Páll Stefánsson has spent 37 years
as a traveller and photographer.
Here, he captures the silence of the
present. From refugees to endless
glaciers to random strangers, he
explores everything from discrimi-
nation to the inevitability of nature
in a momentary glance.
• Runs until April 12th, 2019
The Weight Of Air
In her search for quiet, Ng Hui Hsien
photographed everything from
hostile snowstorms to the magi-
cal Northern Lights. Come explore
your subconscious, as well as that
of the Icelandic wilderness, in this
expansive journey into the essence
of hidden spaces.
• Runs until February 4th, 2019
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ICELAND
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 26th, 2019
Artists' Books
Familiarise yourself with the books
of Icelandic artists'. You'll find ex-
amples of printmaking dating all the
way back to the latter part of the
19th century.
• Runs until June 2nd, 2019
REYKJAVÍK MARITIME MUSEUM
Fish & Folk
Name a better duo than fish and
Iceland. You can’t. So come learn
about the history of Icelandic fisher-
ies from rowing boats to monstrous
motor boats.
Melckmeyt 1659
Melckmeyt was a Dutch merchant
ship that crashed near Flatey Island
in 1659. Explore the wreck here.
NORDIC HOUSE
The Children's Book Flood
This exhibition provides a day of
creativity for children, including a
viking ship to craft on, and a dark
cave to dream of galaxies in.
• Runs until March 31st, 2019
Ingunn Vestby
Ingunn Vestby photographs plants,
plankton, flowers, and leaves in such
fine detail that they take on the ap-
pearance of carpets and textiles.
• Runs until February 15th, 2019
REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM - HAFNARHÚS
Erró: Black & White
Here, historical leaders, Manga char-
acters, and animated figures are put
side by side in exclusively black and
white works—a first for the artist.
• Runs until April 25th, 2019
D34 Leifur Ýmir Eyjólfsson:
Manuscript
Leifur's exhibit is a vernacular of the
in-between. Words, texts, and frag-
ments of sentences burn into clay
plates on the walls around you.
• Runs until March 7th, 2019
Ingólfur Arnarsson: Ground Level
From his delicate drawings to his
dainty works on industrial concrete,
come see exclusively new works by
Ingólfur Arnarsson.
• Runs until February 10th, 2019
Colour: Draft II
Colour is, perhaps obviously, the
focus in this exhibit. Come explore
it as both a natural as well as a
cultural phenomenon.
• Runs until February 28th, 2019
REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM -
KJARVALSSTAÐIR
Jóhannes S. Kjarval: ...author of
great aspirations
Kjarval was one of the pioneers of
Icelandic art and is uniquely cred-
ited with making modern Iceland-
ers appreciate it more. Come see a
special exhibit based on his poetry.
• Runs until April 28st, 2019

LISTASALUR MOSFELLSBÆJAR
Frost
Architect Steinunn Eikar Egilsdóttir
uses abstract art as a counter-
weight to the strictness of archi-
tecture. At once inconsistent, free,
unique and discreet, her acrylic
paintings showcase an artist having
fun.
• Runs until February 15th, 2019
I8
Figures In Landscape
Ragnar Kjartansson's newest exhibit
functions as a timepiece: seven dis-
tinct 24 hour scenes play simultane-
ously and repeat continuously. The
sets are archetypal landscapes: a
forest, a desert, a jungle and more.
• Runs until March 16th, 2019
SKAFTFELL
White Sun
In Iceland, the sun is not a reliable
source for telling time. Explore the
effects of this disruption in this
multidisciplinary exhibit.
• Runs until March 3rd, 2019
HAFNARBORG
Phonemes
Here, music journeys beyond the
limitations of sound, with visuals
playing a vital role in the perception
of the music itself. Music becomes
as much a sound as it is a fixed
object.
• Runs until March 3rd, 2019
Upheaval
Marta María‘s works are abstract,
crossing the boundaries between
drawing and painting, where the
imagery is poetic and open. They
portray a mysterious world on the
edge of recognition.
• Runs until March 17th, 2019
GALLERÍ FOLD
Jakob Veigar
Jakob's abstract works forgo grav-
ity, rules, landscapes, and layouts,
inviting you into what he calls,
"natural disasters on canvas."
• Runs until February 9th, 2019
SIGURJÓN ÓLAFSSON MUSEUM
Connections
To celebrate the 13th anniver-
sary of the museum, this exhibition
presents 13 artists in dialogue with
Sigurjón and his art.
• Runs until October 6th, 2019
WIND AND WEATHER WINDOW GALLERY
Versatile Uprising
In this interactive exhibit, a chore-
ography of light and sound creates
a diorama of mysterious imagery.
Feel free to move your hand in front
of a sensor to control the lights.
• Runs until February 26th, 2019
GAUKURINN
Alma + Júnía
Júnía Líf Maríuerla Sigurjónsdóttir
and Alma Líf Þorsteinsdóttir have
long been the de facto photogra-
phers of the Icelandic metal scene.
Now, they’ve curated their selection
down to the best of the best at this
special photo exhibition.
• Runs until March 23rd, 2019
February 1st—February 28th
Film + Visual Art + Music = ?
OH SO QUIET!
Until March 31st - Gerðarsafn
A number of
international and
Icelandic artists,
including Ange
Leccia, Dodda
Maggý, Sigurður
Guðjónsson, and
Steina and Woody
Vasulka, present a
tête-à-tête on the
parallel histories
of modern art,
contemporary art
and cinema, all
within the context
of music—or,
more specifically,
noise. Within the
spacious rooms
of Gerðarsafn,
they’ve created
complex sound
installations that’ll
lure you into
abstract tonal
worlds, which
are then abruptly
interrupted
by a whisper, a
scream, or even
a song. Along
with that is a
collection of films
from the Centre
National Des Arts
Plastiques, which
will challenge
your view on the
interconnectivity
of these mediums
even further. HJC

Primary Colors
Feb. 9th -
April 8th
Ljósmyndasafn
Every week,
idiotic tourists
get themselves in
stupid situations
only to be hero-
ically rescued
by the Icelandic
Association
for Search and
Rescue. Photog-
rapher Catherine
Canac-Marquis
captures this
bravery. HJC

To Fold A Line In Deep Blackness
Until Feb. 14th-
Listastofan
Romanian oil
painter Mirel
Vieru’s central
artistic thesis is
that of dichoto-
mies, limits, and
folding. Here, he
intersects that
with the idea of
the line, creating
sensual, and
ghostly works
that, at times,
look like cocaine.
HJC

Medium Of Matter
Until Feb. 23rd
- BERG Contem-
porary
Light struc-
tures on the
wall, reflect-
ing down onto
wood sculptures
which dominate
the floor. White
walls, contrast-
ing sharply with
lightly coloured
floors. Shad-
ows, quivering,
perpetually in
motion. HJC
Garðatorg 1· Garðabær
Open Tue - Sun 12 -17
Exhibitions:
And Antimatter / Og Andefni
creative studio of Þórey Björk Halldórsdóttir
and Baldur Björnsson
opens 15th of November
Behind the scenes
with Einar Þorsteinn
filing the life of an extraordinary man
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