Iceland review - 2012, Síða 12

10 ICELAND REVIEW
autumn art
REykjavík aRt MUsEUM
through january 6, 2013
Erró has always been a true friend of reykjavík. in 1989, he gave
the city a major collection of his works, some 2,300 pieces of art.
the collection has since increased and reykjavík art Museum now
owns nearly 4,000 works by Erró, spanning the artist's career from
childhood.
there are four exhibitions for you this autumn at hafnarhús,
reykjavík art Museum, all running through January 6. First and
foremost is Erró and the seven teapots by the new honorary citizen
of reykjavík, the fourth person to ever carry the title.
the museum’s other current exhibitions are the Power of Passage,
the focal point of which is the large-scale ‘Cloth Collapsion’ by
Jóhann Eyfells, Ha, an installation by sara Björnsdóttir, where she
breaks up the immutable space of the exhibition room, and news
From the Island by romanian artist dan perjovschi with cartoons
and indoor graffiti. PS
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Culture Club
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croSSing cuLtureS
amazoncRossing publications
six Icelandic authors
“there are wonderful stories in iceland and around the world
that are not accessible to English speakers. We want to translate
these extraordinary international literary works and authors and
introduce them to new audiences worldwide,” stated Jon Fine of
amazonCrossing at a press conference at the Frankfurt Book Fair in
october 2011, where iceland was the guest of honor.
amazonCrossing announced its intention to publish ten icelandic
titles as English-language eBooks. the series was launched with
the publication of the Greenhouse by auður ava ólafsdóttir and
hallgrímur helgason’s the Hitman’s Guide to Housecleaning in
2011. they were followed by the Flatey Enigma by Viktor arnar
ingólfsson, season of the Witch by Árni Þórarinsson and On the
cold coasts by Vilborg davíðsdóttir. Further releases by the above
authors and steinunn sigurðardóttir are planned. ESA