Reykjavík Grapevine - 19.07.2019, Síða 37

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37The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 12— 2019
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Opening
REYKJAVÍK ROASTERS
Í Kring 02: Sigurður Ámundason
Sigurður's drawings display classic
battles between good and evil that
dive into the deepest pits of his
subconscious. Ooh, spooky stuff.
• Opens on July 19th, 2019
• Runs until August 21st, 2019
Ongoing
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ICELAND
Treasures Of A Nation
A selection of over 80 works chosen
from the national gallery’s collec-
tion displays 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.
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
Jóhann Eyfells: Palpable Forces
Early in the 1950’s, Jóhann Eyfells
started creating abstract sculp-
tures which were based on ex-
periments in physics and chemistry.
Come see them here.
• Runs until August 25th, 2019
REYKJAVÍK MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Icelandic Meat Soup
Photographer Kristjón Haraldsson
focuses on the practice, process,
and form of photography, ultimately
creating intimate portraits of
himself, his family, and the nation of
Iceland in the '70s and '80s.
• Runs until September 8th, 2019
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ICELAND
Myth Of A Woman
Agnieszka Sosnowska immigrated to
Iceland 13 years. With her photo-
graphs, she documents herself,
her students, new family members,
and friends. Her inspiration is the
strength of the female spirit.
• Runs until September 1st, 2019
Life, as it is lived, before the trans-
formation
In stark black and white, Yrsa
Roca Fannberg captured life in
Árneshreppur, the smallest parish
in Iceland. Crisp and unrelenting,
the photos capture the symbiotic
relationship between man, animal
and dirt.
• Runs until September 1st, 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.
REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM - HAFNARHÚS
Erró: Mao's World Tour
Between 1972 and 1980, Erró
painted over 130 paintings, with two
images of different origins against
each other: Chinese propaganda
posters of Mao Zedong and Western
tourist pictures from famous sites.
• Runs until January 5th, 2020
Human Condition Draft Of Contempo-
rary Art History In Iceland [III]
What does it mean to be human?
What are the psychological and
corporeal characteristics of it? Here,
selected artists take on these funda-
mental questions.
• Runs until September 15th, 2019
D38 Ragnheiður Káradóttir: mini-
mini multiverse
Ragnheiður uses everyday objects
and materials in her works, modify-
ing them and giving them a new
and unexpected role. The merger of
these forms and materials results in
the personification of dead objects.
• Runs until August 11th, 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
MUSEUM OF DESIGN AND APPLIED ART
URBAN SHAPE
Architect Paolo Gianfrancesco used
data from Open Street Map to cel-
ebrate cities. The constant interplay
of people and their environment will
be revealed before your very eyes.
• Runs until September 8th, 2019
MORRA
Fashion designer Signý Þórhallsdót-
tir takes over the lobby to work with
Icelandic flora on silk and paper for
her MORRA collection.
• Runs until September 25th, 2019
Behind The Scenes: Archiving A
Ceramic Collection
In 1979, Anna Eyjólfsdóttir began to
collect ceramic pieces by Icelan-
dic artists. In 2017, the Museum of
aquired her collection. Currently, the
museum is cataloguing the collec-
tion in front of your eyes.
• Runs until September 25th, 2019
NORDIC HOUSE
Porcelain Souls
Photographer Inuuteq Storch went
through his parents' archives and
found photos and letters from their
lives in Greenland and Denmark in
the '60s and '80s. Explore them here.
• Runs until September 26th, 2019
REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM -
KJARVALSSTAÐIR
Jóhannes S. Kjarval: Can't Draw a
Harebell
Here, explore the floral works of
Jóhannes S. Kjarval, after whom the
museum is named. Be it ornamental
plants, potted plants, or wildflowers,
you'll find it all.
• Runs until December 31st, 2019
William Morris: Let Beauty Rule!
English artist William Morris was a
true Icelandophile, and even trans-
lated the Sagas. Here, see original
drawings of Morris’s patterns,
wallpapers and work processes,
paintings, drawings, and more.
• Runs until October 6th, 2019
HAFNARBORG
In Transition
Eight photographers present their
take on the town of Hafnarfjörður.
The town is currently in a state of
transition, and this exhibition docu-
ments its progress into that of a
true urban centre.
• Runs until August 25th, 2019
GERÐARSAFN KÓPAVOGUR ART MUSEUM
Outline
The exhibition 'Outline' shows works
from the collection of Gerðarsafn
from 1950 until this day. In the
exhibition, the outline becomes the
connection between works in differ-
ent mediums, the thread that ties
them together.
• Runs until September 8th, 2019
Culture Hunt
This Culture Hunt will lead you
in-between the Kópavogur Culture
Houses, where in each location
guests will be asked to solve a
puzzle or answer a question on
nature, art or music. It is available in
English, Icelandic and Polish and is
free of charge
• Ending date TBA
HVERFISGALLERÍ
Corrections
In Sigurður Árni Sigurðsson‘s third
exhibition at Hverfisgallerí, he
presents a body of work based on
photographs and postcards that he
collected all over Europe and cor-
rected over the last three decades.
• Runs until August 17th, 2019
I8 GALLERY
Fingered Eyed
B. Ingrid Olson’s classification-defy-
ing exhibition considers the nature
of the dual through symmetry, form
and function. Particularly striking
are the indeterminate ‘Photographic
Objects’ which aim to, as she says,
‘summon multiple truths simultane-
ously.’
• Runs until August 10th, 2019
ÁRBÆR OPEN AIR MUSEUM
HEIMAt: Two Worlds
To mark the 70th anniversary of the
arrival in 1949 of a group of Germans
to who travelled to Iceland aboard
the Esja ship, this exhibition pres-
ents photographs of their journey
made by Marzena Skubatz.
• Runs until October 31st, 2019
KLING & BANG
All Is Fair
‘All Is Fair’ is inspired by, as the press
release says, "Tip toeing in flip-flops
made of pizza boxes and tape,"
among other things. It sounds very
weird and we can't guarantee you’ll
ever be the same once you leave.
• Runs until August 4th, 2019
HVERFISGALLERI
Corrections
Sigurður Árni Sigurðsson’s exhibition
presents work based on photo-
graphs and postcards that the
artist has collected all over Europe
over the last three decades. Come
soothe your wanderlust.
• Runs until August 17th, 2019
ÓFEIGUR GULLSMIÐJA
Angelo Sturiale: Sjö
Italian composer, visual artist, and
performer Angelo Sturiale presents
a collection of colour drawings
exploring inner worlds, secret mes-
sages, love, music, and poetry.
• Runs until July 23rd, 2019
GALLERÍ GRÓTTA
DULUR
Anna Þóra Karlsdóttir's exhibition
is full of translucent pieces that
resemble watercolour paintings.
In them, soft layers of colour allow
light to pass through, and the
materials capture a range of densi-
ties which invokes throughts of oil
paintings.
• Runs until July 31st, 2019
July 19th—August 1st
Cheating The Constant
Until September
15th - Hafnarhús
A ticket to
Hafnarhúsið actu-
ally gets you into
three separate
museums but it’s
worth it for this
supremely weird
exhibition alone.
In a semi-dark
dungeon, two
mighty subwoof-
ers positioned
over a vast tank
of black water fill
the air with an al-
most unbearably
low hum, generat-
ing a slight ripple
over the tank and
making you feel
like your brain is
slowly dribbling
out of your ears
in the process.
Factor in the faint
but carefully
placed lighting
throwing reflec-
tions amidst the
gloom and you
get a near perfect
space for an edgy
Instagram post.
Alternatively, you
could go horcrux
hunting because
if there’s any-
where in Reykjavík
a dark lord might
conceal a portion
of his soul, it’s
here. FR

And what then..?
Until August
14th - Living Art
Museum
Can art change
what will happen?
Can art show
us something
that might never
happen? Go to
this exhibition to
find out. ‘And what
then?’ That’s for
you to answer. FR

Óþreyju barn, kom innst í lundinn
Until August
9th - Listasalur
Mosfellsbæjar
Hulda, aka Unnur
Benediksdóttir
Bjarklind, is a
little known poet.
This exhibition
by Harpa Dís
Hákonardóttir
and Hjördís Gréta
Guðmundsdót-
tir seeks to
remedy this with
art focusing on
Hulda's influence
on Iceland. HJC

I Remember the Mountain
Until August
21st - Reykjavík
Museum Of Pho-
tography
Weather condi-
tions, seasons,
lightning, natural
forces, and hu-
man experiences
coalesce into
an exhibition of
photographs-
cum-paintings.
Analog images
reworked reveal
universal vast-
ness. HJC
Garðatorg 1· Garðabær
Open Tue - Sun 12 -17
Exhibitions:
Urban Shape
Paolo Gianfrancesco
Behind the Scenes
Archiving a ceramic collection
Morra
Signý Þórhallsdóttir
Designer in residence