Reykjavík Grapevine - nóv. 2020, Blaðsíða 21

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21The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 09— 2020
Art Listin!s
Events are listed by venue. For complete
listin!s and detailed information on venues,
visit !rapevine.is/happenin!.
Send your listin!s to: listin!s@!rapevine.is
Opening
HAFNARBORG
Hafnar"ör#ur:
Works from the collection
The exhibition is a selection of works
from the Hafnarborg collection
that all showcase Hafnar"ör#ur in
a unique way. Few towns in Iceland
are as picturesque as Hafnar"ör#ur
and the nature surrounding it also
o$ers spectacular points of view.
And we're not just saying that be-
cause our editor is from there.
• Opens on November 27th, 2020
• Runs until March 7th, 2021
Ongoing
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ICELAND
Solastalgia
In this immersive installation,
explore a mix of augmented reality
with contemporary art, multisenso-
rial e$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
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$erent origins
against each other.
MUSEUM OF DESIGN AND APPLIED ART
Bird Artist In Residence
Well, really all the info here is in the
title. Sigurbjörn Helgason makes
birds. Big birds. Small birds. Birds
made of wood. Birds made out of
reindeer horns. Lots of birds. Now
you can watch him do it live in
the museum shop at the Design
museum.
• Runs until December 30th, 2020
REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM & HAFNARHÚS
Erró: Cyborg
This series of the great Erró was
inspired by technology, science
and the combination of the human
and the mechanic. In particular, it
examines how technology invades
the body and how the human body
adapts to the machine. The images
o$er questions concerning the
borderlines between human beings
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 performance
pieces, bold photo-based graphics
and anti-elitist “Art for All” ethos. At
this special exhibition, come chal-
lenge the prevailing bourgeois ideas
of taste and decorum while em-
powering gays and other minority
groups. What else could you want?
• Runs until January 3rd, 2021
KLING & BANG
CUL-DE-SAC
Unndór Egill Jónsson's newest
exhibition has potentially the most
extreme and ba'ing artist state-
ment we've ever seen. It's a list of
seven questions—basically home-
work—asking everything from
our thoughts on George Bataille to
thought exercises on dead cities.
Count us in.
• Runs until December 13th, 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
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
GALLERY PORT
Formfast
Árni Már Erlingsson presents a
series of paintings and sculptures
that play with forms over a gra)ti
background. Is it fine art? Or is it
street art? Or is it both? Are we even
in a gallery? Woah. If you like the
exhibition, check out the Grape-
vine's YouTube page for an exclusive
interview with the artist.
• Runs until December 3rd, 2020
GER(ARSAFN KÓPAVOGUR ART MUSEUM
SCULPTURE / SCULPTURE
Presenting: two solo exhibitions by
artists Ólöf Helga Helgadóttir and
Magnús Helgason. The aim of the
series is to explore contemporary
sculpture and the development
within three-dimensional art, not
only as an important part of art
history, but also as a living visual
language within contemporary art.
The series is intended to honor the
sculptor Ger#ur Helgadóttir (1928-
1975), who Ger#arsafn museum is
named a%er.
• Runs until February 28th, 2021
HAFNARBORG
What Meets The eye
A retrospective of works by lo-
cal goldsmith and artist Gunnar
Hjaltason. He painted in oil, acrylics
and watercolour, but this exhibition
will focus on his prints. The images
depict landscapes, town views of
Hafnar"ör#ur and the Icelandic
nature
• Until January 31st, 2021
November 27th-December 17th
Nocturne
Until February 1st - Reykjavík Museum
Of Photo!raphy
Hrafna Jóna
Ágústsdóttir’s
photography
exhibition
Nocturne takes
its viewers on a
creative fairytale
night wander
through Icelan-
dic cityscapes.
Explore the mixed
emotions of the
night: secretive
and uncanny,
but also at
times warm and
beautiful. Ordinary
suburban scenes
take on a surreal
magic when day-
light disappears
and is replaced
by the cool glow
that falls from
streetlights
and windows:
these photos
show the eerie
alternate universe
within the familiar.
Hrafna Jóna is
continuing to
pursue art fol-
lowing her recent
graduation. “She
seeks to express
the darker side of
her own thoughts
and percep-
tions through
photography and
other forms of art
media.” IRW

200+ Countries
Until December
1st - FLÆ(I
Half-Icelandic,
half-Guyanese
Katrín Sif has
travelled to
222 countries,
unrecognised
territories and
sovereign states.
Come satiate
your wanderlust
(because you ob-
viously can’t leave
the country right
now) and reflect
on the subjective
perspective of a
traveller/photog-
rapher. Pls let us
travel. HJC

Core Temperature
Until Christmas -
Harbin!er
Fritz Hendrik IV’s
new solo exhibi-
tion is locked. By
that we mean it’s
literally locked,
as in patrons
can’t enter
the room, only
stare from the
windows. Entitled
‘Core Tempera-
ture,’ it deals with
the expecta-
tions, fate, and
disappointment
relatin! to !lobal
warmin! and the
pandemic. Seri-
ous shit. HJC

Erró: Cybor!
Until February
21st - Hafnarhús
Erró’s Cyborg ex-
hibition explores
the connections
and borders be-
tween the human
and the cyborg.
Cogs and lumps
of metal cling to
shop dummies
and paintings
turn faces into
eerie mechan-
ical-looking
blueprints. Social
media, phones,
laptops and cred-
it card chips have
turned humans
cyborg. IRW
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