Reykjavík Grapevine - aug 2020, Qupperneq 27

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27The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 06— 2020
Art Listin#s
Events are listed by venue. For complete
listin!s and detailed information on venues,
visit !rapevine.is/happenin!.
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Opening
REYKJAVÍK MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Forest / Glaciers By Takashi Nak-
agawa
In this exhibition, award-winning
photographer Takasi Nakagawa
concentrates on the relationship
between Icelandic forests and
glaciers. Around the time of human
settlement in Iceland more than a
thousand years ago, nearly 40% of
the country was covered by forest.
That number quickly dropped to
less than 1% because of deforesta-
tion. Reforestation began around
100 years ago, but still forests only
cover around 2% of the land. What
impact does this have?
• Opens on August 6th, 2020
• Runs until January 3rd, 2021
KLING OG BANG
Porous Tomorrow
Working across sculpture, video,
sound, text and performance, Aniara
Omann‘s art explores the appar-
ent boundaries of and between
individual objects. Using shapes and
materials found in manual special
e#ects and prop productions, she
draws on the aesthetic language of
Science Fiction to reflect contempo-
rary states of humanity.
• Opens on August 22nd, 2020
• Runs until September 27th, 2020
Hverfandi
Upcoming artist María Rún
'rándardóttir’s first public solo
exhibition presents her artistic take
on contemporary concerns such as
climate change, feminism, the rela-
tionship between nature and man,
but also language in installations
and video art.
• Opens on August 22nd, 2020
• Runs until September 27th, 2020
Ongoing
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ICELAND
Solastalgia
In this immersive installation,
explore a mix of augmented reality
with contemporary art, multisenso-
rial e#ects and cutting edge sound
design. Enter a mysterious future
in a post-human Earth where only
a mysterious digital cloud has
survived. Do you still have faith in
technology? (No.)
• Runs until January 10th, 2021
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 October 4th, 2020
High Plane VI
Katrín Sigur"ardóttir has for some
years been exploring the e#ects
of perception in her installations
and works. Here, she dismantles a
classic theme of Icelandic paint-
ings: mountains, the blue of distant
vistas, and the obsession with
Icelandic nature.
• Runs until January 3rd, 2021
Mats Gustafson
Swedish artist Mats Gustafson has
always had a special feeling for
the transient nature of waterco-
lour. This exhibition contains all his
best-known works, including ones
made with fashion houses Dior, Yohji
Yamamoto, Comme des Garcons, and
more.
• Runs until August 30th, 2020
Electromagnetic Objects
The "Electromagnetic Objects" are a
collection of works by Woody Vasul-
ka and the audio artist Brian O'Reilly.
According to O'Reilly, “the works use
sources excavated directly from
the output of the Electromagnetic
Objects, as well as further manipu-
lations using Tom Demeyer's ImX
so(ware, developed with input from
Steina." Sounds complicated, but we
still stan.
• Runs until December 31st. 2020
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.
REYKJAVÍK CITY MUSEUM
Settlement Exhibition
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
Ásmundarsafn is named a(er sculp-
tor Ásmundur Sveinsson. This new
permanent exhibition presents the
artist in a new light. What dialogue
does his works provoke?
• Runs until September 30th, 2020
Ásmundur For Families
Children get free entry to learn
about Ásmundur Sveinsson, a(er
whom the museum is named.
• Runs until September 30th, 2020
REYKJAVÍK MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Witness
The photographic exhibition Witness
is opening in unusual times, when
its subject has temporarily disap-
peared. The visitor, in Iceland to see
cascading waterfalls, advancing
glaciers and surf crashing on the
shore, is absent. Iceland’s nature is
alone once more.
• Runs until September 13th, 2020
Obscure Presence
Coming from a small isolated island
with extreme weather conditions
and almost unearthly landscapes,
Icelanders have a unique con-
nection with the unknown. Here,
Gunnlö" Jóna Rúnarsdóttir explores
that unique connection.
• Runs until August 16th, 2020
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 row boats to monstrous
trawlers.
Melckmeyt 1659
Melckmeyt was a Dutch merchant
ship that crashed near Flatey Island
in 1659. Explore the wreck here.
with two images of di#erent origins
against each other.
MUSEUM OF DESIGN AND APPLIED ART
Paperflowers
The bookwork 'Paperflowers' was
made by Rúna 'orkelsdóttir over a
period of two years on a Rotaprint
machine at her studio in Amster-
dam. In 2007, she along with Tao
Kurihara made fabric inspired by the
work, along with a summer collec-
tion using that.
• Runs until September 6th, 2020
Sveinn Kjarval
This exhibition focuses on the pio-
neering work of Sveinn Kjarval, one
of the most pioneering furniture
makers and interior designers in
the country. While many pieces
have been lost in time, there will be
photographs showing never-before-
seen designs.
• Runs until August 30th, 2020
Recycle Til You Drop Workshop
This project hopes to raise aware-
ness about Icelanders' consumer
culture and the amount that people
donate to the Red Cross. In it, one
tonne of clothing needs sorting.
A(erwards, it'll need to be analysed
and creatively altered. What infor-
mation can be read from one tonne?
• Runs until August 30th, 2020
REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM ) HAFNARHÚS
Erró: Cyborg
This series of the great Erró was
inspired by technology, science
and the combination of the human
and the mechanic. In particular, it
examines how technology invades
the body and how the human body
adapts to the machine. The images
o#er questions concerning the
borderlines between human beings
and technology.
• Runs until December 31st, 2020
Gilbert & George: The Great Exhibi-
tion
For over five decades, British artist
duo Gilbert & George have shaped
contemporary art. At this special
exhibition, come challenge the pre-
vailing bourgeois ideas of taste and
decorum while empowering gays
and other minority groups. What
else could you want?
• Runs until January 3rd, 2021
HAFNARBORG
DesignMarch: material:wood
Wood is an organic matter that
bends equally to the laws of nature
and chance. It does not yield easily
and the material itself o(en af-
fects the final outcome, whether in
regards to shape or finish. It also
composes trees, which we like to
hug.
• Runs until August 23rd, 2020
WIND & WEATHER WINDOW GALLERY
Millihlustargátt / Auditory Intergate
Freyja Eilíf—a favourite of the
Grapevine—serves up a site-specific
mixed-medium installation made of
wood, paint and clay. In it, abstract
shapes in shades of green coalesce
to make an aesthetic dream. Re-
member: The window is open all day,
everyday, so stop by.
• Runs until August 27th, 2020
REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM )
KJARVALSSTA&IR
Jóhannes S. Kjarval: At Home
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval (1885-
1972) was one of the pioneers of
Icelandic art (the museum is literally
named a(er him) and is one of the
country‘s most beloved artists. His
connection to, and interpretation
of Iceland’s natural environment is
thought to have taught Icelanders
to appreciate it anew, and to have
encouraged pride in the country’s
uniqueness and the world of adven-
ture to be discovered within it.
• Runs until December 31st, 2020
What It Seems – Reality on Canvas
1970-2020
Many painters seek to achieve an
impression of realism in their works.
But is everything what it seems in
paintings made in a realistic style?
We don't know, that's why they
made an exhibit about it.
• Runs until October 4th, 2020
DJÚPAVÍK & 'INGEYRI
The Factory
A monument to a herring-era gold
rush, ‘The Factory’ is a roadmap of
how such buildings as the aban-
doned and remote Djúpavík herring
factory can be used to foster com-
munity, culture and tourism. On the
other side of the West*ords, there
will be a sister exhibition in 'ingeyri.
• Runs until September 14th, 2020
GER&ARSAFN KÓPAVOGUR ART MUSEUM
A&er All
Twelve contemporary Icelandic
artists show their take on everyday
beauty, light and humour in reflec-
tion of the present situation in the
world and what really drives and
matters to us.
• Runs until August 23rd, 2020
August 14th—September 10th
Ókei, Au pair
Until October 24th - Hverfis!allerí
In his third
solo exhibition,
Stuttgart-based
artist Daví" Örn
Halldórsson show-
cases his signa-
ture unconven-
tional methods
of painting, most
notably using
found-furniture
as a canvas for
his bold, vibrant
creations. We’re
talking old doors,
random bits of
ceilings—the
contents of your
grandma’s garage
have never looked
this good. Daví"
Örn trained as a
visual artist at The
Icelandic Acad-
emy of the Arts
before relocat-
ing to Germany,
but frequently
exhibits his work
here in Reykjavík.
The curators at
Hverfisgallerí sure
do know their
stu#, so if they
rate Daví" Örn
Halldórsson wor-
thy, you should
too! Right? PA

Flokk Til You Drop Clothin# Market
Aug. 30th - 12:00-
17:00 - Museum
of Design And
Applied Art
Selling treasures
found while sort-
ing out a ton of
material from the
Red Cross, as well
as unique gar-
ments made from
“ruined” textiles
that are looking
for a new home,
this clothing
market serves up
sustainability. CM

Hverfandi
Au!. 22nd - Sept.
27th - Klin! &
Ban!
María Rún
'rándardóttir’s
first solo exhibi-
tion presents
her artistic take
on contempo-
rary concerns
such as cli-
mate chan!e,
feminism, the
relationship
between nature
and man. CM

Forests / Glaciers
Au! 22nd - Nov.
15th - Reykjavík
Museum of Pho-
to!raphy
Highlighting
the delicate
relationship
between forests
and glaciers, this
photographic ex-
hibition depicts
the profound
impact these two
very di#erent
elements have
on the Icelandic
environment. CM
Gar!atorg 1· Gar!abær
Open Tue - Sun 12 -17
Exhibitions:

Paperflowers
by Rúna "orkelsdóttir

Behind the Scenes
Icelandic Visual Language

Sveinn Kjarval
Furniture and interior designer

Flokk till you drop
Designers in residence