Reykjavík Grapevine - okt. 2020, Blaðsíða 21

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21The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 07— 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 ART MUSEUM "
KJARVALSSTA#IR
Sigur"ur Árni Sigur"sson: Expanse
In this mid-career retrospective,
Sigur$ur Árni Sigur$sson presents
a series of paintings which dissect
just how we view the world around
us. Sigur$ur's works are known for
exploring the limits of our field of
vision and how that forms the basis
of our worldview.
• Opens on October 17th, 2020
• Runs until January 24th, 2021
Ongoing
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ICELAND
Solastalgia
In this immersive installation,
explore a mix of augmented reality
with contemporary art, multisenso-
rial e%ects and cutting edge sound
design. Enter a mysterious future
in a post-human Earth where only
a mysterious digital cloud has
survived. Do you still have faith in
technology? (No.)
• Runs until January 10th, 2021
Treasures Of A Nation
A selection of over 80 works chosen
from the national gallery’s collec-
tion displays the evolution of art
since the 19th century.
• Runs until February 14th, 2021
High Plane VI
Katrín Sigur$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
Threads Of Art
Celebrate the centenary of the birth
of textile artist Ásger$ur Búadóttir.
If you thought there wasn't a rich
contemporary textile scene, you
have no idea just how experimental
this medium can be.
• Runs until January 24th, 2021
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 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?
• Runs until November 15th, 2020
Distance and Intimacy. Contempo-
rary Icelandic Photography.
What happens when you look at a
photo for a really long time? How
much more do you see? This exhibi-
tion invites viewers to find out, with
a selection of contemporary photos
that walk the line between social
media and high art.
• Runs until January 10th, 2021
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
100% Wool
Wool is a classic, used by everyone
from Anna Wintour to the ancient
Icelandic famers. In this exhibition,
see the infinite possibilities this
fabric possesses with examples of
products made of Icelandic wool
that designers and cra&smen are
dealing with today. No word on if
the ancient farmers will be there
though.
• Runs until November 15th, 2020
Bird Artist In Residence
Well, really all the info here is in the
title. Sigurbjörn Helgason makes
birds. Big birds. Small birds. Birds
made of wood. Birds made out of
reindeer horns. Lots of birds. Now
you can watch him do it live in
the museum shop at the Design
museum.
• Runs until December 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 be-
ings and technology.
• Runs until December 31st, 2020
Gilbert & George: The Great Exhibi-
tion
Perhaps two of the most influential
contemporary artists of the last
five decades, Gilbert & Georg are
known for their pioneering perfor-
mance pieces, bold photo-based
graphics and anti-elitist “Art for
All” ethos. At this special exhibi-
tion, come challenge the prevail-
ing bourgeois ideas of taste and
decorum while empowering gays
and other minority groups. What
else could you want?
• Runs until January 3rd, 2021
BERG CONTEMPORARY
Vegetation
Katrín Elvarsdóttir, Lilja Birgisdót-
tir and Nina Zurier join forces for
this exhibition, for which the artist
text is so incredibly eccentric and
bizarre that we don’t even know
what to expect. Apparently assertive
plants, healing herbs, banana-leaf
refuges and emotions. Call us vege-
taken by surprise.
• Until October 31st, 2020
WIND & WEATHER WINDOW GALLERY
Hljó"akletta
The window gallery connects art in
Reykjavík’s urban setting with the
people on the street, exhibiting
local art, this time by Arngunnur
'r, who likens painting to geology.
Things get added, taken away and
sometimes create happy accidents.
• Runs until October 27th, 2020
LIVING ART MUSEUM
Listaháskóli Íslands MA Graduation
Festival 2020
Celebrate those doing their masters
in fine art at the Icelandic Art Acade-
my at their graduation exhibit. Then,
in the future, you can say you "knew
them before they were famous" and
not be lying.
• Runs until October 25th, 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
GER#ARSAFN KÓPAVOGUR ART MUSEUM
Ger"ur Helgadóttir | GER#UR
The exhibition focuses on Ger$ur
Helgadóttir’s iron sculptures from
the 1950s. As the first Icelandic art-
ist to use iron in her artwork, Ger$ur
was a pioneer of three-dimensional
abstract art in the country. In fact,
you might recognise Ger$ur’s name
from the name of the museum.
Using iron plates or steel wires, the
artist created delicate composi-
tions in space, o&en with a cosmic
reference.
• Runs until June 21st, 2020
HAFNARBORG
The Wildflower
Flowers? Ever heard of them?
Explore the fragility of our climate
and world through this delicate
exploration of roots and flora.
Imagine the exhibition space as a
“field” in a northern landscape and
allow yourself to feel the innocence,
colonisation, gentleness and force
of nature.
• Until November 8th, 2020
October 9th-November 5th
Ókei, Au pair
Until October 24th - Hverfis!allerí
Arranged on stark
white walls, Daví$
Örn Halldórsson’s
latest Hverfis-
gallerí exhibition
“Ókei, Au pair” is a
blur of poisonous,
neon colours that
wind themselves
into symbols,
splashes and
dizzying designs.
Daví$’s paintings
tell a story of the
labyrinthine way
each painting
is made. Each
detail of each
piece—and there
are many, many
details—viscerally
carries you to the
physical action
that forged it.
But where does
the au pair come
in? To whom are
we saying “ok”?
“I’ve never heard
someone de-
scribe an au pair
as ‘ok.’ They are
either horrible or
awesome,” Daví$
told the Grape-
vine. “I’m sort of
demanding that
you find the paint-
ings good or bad,
not just ok.” HJC

Ve!etation
Until October
31st - BERG
Contemporary
Katrín Elvarsdóttir,
Lilja Birgisdóttir
and Nina Zurier
join forces for
this exhibition, for
which the artist
text is so incred-
ibly eccentric and
bizarre that we
don’t even know
what to expect.
Apparently asser-
tive plants, healing
herbs, banana-
leaf refuges, and
emotions. Call us
vege-taken by
surprise. HJC

The Wildflower
Until November
8th - Hafnarbor!
Flowers? Ever
heard of them?
Explore the
fra!ility of our cli-
mate and world
throu!h this
delicate explora-
tion of roots and
flora. Ima!ine the
exhibition space
as a “field” in a
northern land-
scape and allow
yourself to feel
the innocence,
colonisation,
!entleness, and
force of nature.
HJC

Distance and Intimacy.
Until January
10th - Reykjavík
Museum Of Pho-
to!raphy
What happens
when you look
at a photo for a
really long time?
How much more
do you see? This
exhibition invites
viewers to find
out, with a selec-
tion of contem-
porary photos
that walk the line
between social
media and high
art. JD
Gar!atorg 1· Gar!abær
Open Tue - Sun 12 -17
Exhibitions:

100% Wool
Opening 19th of September

Bird Artist in Residence
Opening 17th of September