Reykjavík Grapevine - 13.09.2019, Blaðsíða 37

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37The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 16— 2019
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Opening
REYKJAVÍK MUSEUM OF
PHOTOGRAPHY
Encounters - Nordic Photography
Beyond Borders
The exhibition includes photograph-
ic- and videoworks by five Nordic
contemporary photographers/
artists: Bára Kristinsdóttir (Iceland)
Johannes Samuelsson (Sweden)
Miia Autio (Finland) Nanna Debois
Buhl (Denmark) and Sandra Mujinga
(Norway)
• Opens on September 14th. 2019
• Runs until 12.01.2020
REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM -
ÁSMUNDARSAFN
Helgi Gíslason: Where The
Boundaries Lie
Helgi Gíslason presents a series of
sculptures from different periods
of his career. In his work, Helgi deals
with man and the human condi-
tion. His works, though, are up for
interpretation.
• Opens on August 31st, 2019
• Runs until November 3rd, 2019
REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUMS
Autumn Bulbs
The Reykjavík Art Museums—all of
them—present a special exhibition
outside the walls of the museum.
Public art, in the public domain,
which focuses on intangible media
and manifestation.
• Opens on September 7th, 2019
• Runs until September 29th. 2019
Ongoing
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ICELAND
Treasures Of A Nation
A selection of over 80 works chosen
from the national gallery’s collection
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.
LISTHÚS ÓFEIGS
Pétur Halldórsson
Eitthvað úr Ísskápnum,
NÚLLIÐ
NA RFI
Sept 14 to October 9
• Runs from Sept 13 to Sept 15
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
REYKJAVÍK MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Encounters - Nordic Photography
Beyond Borders
The exhibition includes photograph-
ic- and videoworks by five Nordic
contemporary photographers/
artists: Bára Kristinsdóttir (Iceland)
Johannes Samuelsson (Sweden)
Miia Autio (Finland) Nanna Debois
Buhl (Denmark) and Sandra Mujinga
(Norway)
• Runs until 12.01.2020
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ICELAND
Myth Of A Woman
Agnieszka Sosnowska immigrated
to Iceland 13 years. With her
photographs, 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
transformation
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
fisheries 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
D39 Emma Heiðarsdóttir: Margin
In her first solo exhibition, Emma
Heiðarsdóttir questions when and
where the art experience begins
and ends. Her works deal with site-
specific interventions, three-dimen-
sional objects, and visuals.
• Runs until September 22nd, 2019
SIGURJÓN ÓLAFSSON MUSEUM
Connections
To celebrate the 13th anniversary
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
MORRA
Fashion designer Signý
Þórhallsdóttir 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 Icelandic
artists. In 2017, the Museum of
aquired her collection. Currently,
the museum is cataloguing the
collection 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
translated the Sagas. Here, see
original drawings of Morris’s
patterns, wallpapers and work
processes, paintings, drawings, and
more.
• Runs until October 6th, 2019
GERÐARSAFN KÓPAVOGUR ART MUSEUM
Just drink tea performance by Dawn
Nilo.
Free event in English. Register at
gerdarsafn@gerdarsafn.is
Just Drink Tea is a radical act of
hyper moments; a ceremony that
celebrates the sensual human
experience. It seeks to elevate the
word just to imply the complexity
of something greater that can be
found in the simplicity of being.
Guests will serve each other tea in
a series of deepening rounds of
poetic and sensual soul exercises.
22. September 1 p.m.to 5 p.m.
REYKJAVÍK CITY LIBRARY | GERÐUBERG
CULTURE HOUSE
Open and informal reading circle
with Ós Pressan
September 18th Gerðuberg
Culture House
• Once a month 7:30-9:00 PM
Women‘s Story Circle | Music Work-
shop with Magga Stína & Sigrún
Reykjavík City Library | Gerduberg
Culture House
• Every Saturday from 21 September
– 19 October at 13.00 – 15.00
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
presents photographs of their
journey made by Marzena Skubatz.
• Runs until October 31st, 2019

RÝMD GALLERY
It’s so nice to see you
Atli Pálsson, Ongoing
• Runs until September 1st, 2019
LIVING ART MUSEUM
Artist Talk
Karl Ómarsson in conversation with
Anna Líndal, 14.09.2019 kl. 15:00
REYKJAVÍK ROASTERS
í kring 03
A collection of short stories. A mish-
mash of pictures. A zine. Journey to
all three Reykjavík Roasters loca-
tions and you’ll experience all of this
in Kári Björn’s three-part exhibition.
• Runs until October 9th, 2019
HAFNARBORG
Everything At The Same Time
In this exhibit, explore how young
artists take on and contront the
freedom in contemporary visual
arts. How can one extract meaning
from that which can mean any-
thing?
• Runs until October 20th, 2019
LIVING ART MUSEUM
Artist Talk
Karl Ómarsson in conversation with
Anna Líndal, 15:00 14th September
2019
I8
Late Summer Show
Margrét H. Blöndal, Ásgerður Búadót-
tir, Eyborg Guðmundsdóttir, Kristín
Jónsdóttir Frá Munkaþverá, Arna Ót-
tarsdóttir, Ragna Róbertsdóttir, Karin
Sander, Júlíana Sveinsdóttir
• 22 August - 12 October 2019
September 13th—September 26th
Symposium –
Free event in English
21st of September 2p.m. - 5 p.m. -
Gerðarsafn
Lots of tiny people
– spirituality in
arts with JBK
Ransu (IS), Silvana
Gabrielli (IT/CH),
Walter Kugler (CH)
and Johannes Nilo
(SE/CH). Intro-
ductions in the
form of lectures
and discussion
on the topic of
the exhibition,
Spirituality in Arts,
in relation to the
works of Gerður
Helgadóttir, Hilma
af Klint, and Rudolf
Steiner. The sym-
posium will take
an excursion into
theme within the
context of con-
temporary art and
art practice. Talks
will be held in
English, everyone
is welcome.

WE RUINED EVERYTHING
September 6th-
19th - Listastofan
Alas, Listastofan
is closing. They’re
capping off their
influential run with
one last hurrah
entitled ‘WE RUINED
EVERYTHING.’ The
exhibit features
eight Icelandic
artists mulling the
theme of destruc-
tion with absurd
humour. Burn the
place down. HJC

MOTHER & CHILD
Until September
29th - Kling &
Bang
This exhibit turns
the floor into a
ceiling. A figura-
tive life-sized
bronze statue
lies upside-down,
permitting the
viewer to subvert
their gaze and
see the world
from a new direc-
tion. Basically like
entering ‘Stranger
Things.’ HJC

Icelandic Cornershops
Until November
5th - Reykjavík
Museum of Pho-
tography
In the mid-80s,
small shops were
on every street
corner, serving
as social centres,
where people
gathered to chat,
catch up, and
exchange news.
This exhibit cel-
ebrates that lost
piece of history.
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