Reykjavík Grapevine - jan. 2023, Blaðsíða 18

Art Exhibitions
Gallery openings, happenings, showings and pop-up
exhibitions all around the capital region.
OPENING
Museum of Design and Applied Arts
Designer in residency: Ada
Stańczak
Ceramic designer working with
materials like clay, lava, stone, and
soil.
⮕ Opens on January 20th
⮕ Runs until May 14th
Best book design from all over the
world 2022
Brought to you by The Association of
Graphic Designers in Iceland and The
Museum of Design and Applied Art.
Opens on January 20th
Runs until April 2nd
I8 Gallery
Kathy Butterly & Eggert Pétursson
A joint exhibition between American
sculpturist Kathy and Icelandic
painter Eggert.
⮕ Opens on January 19th
⮕ Runs until March 4th
NEW
Blush
Heidbjörta Bára Borgarsdóttir -
Intimacy
Figurative, surreal, and intimate
paintings drawn from her own life
stories.
⮕ Runs until January 9th
Gallery Grásteinn
Hringfari – The Circumnavigator
Emilia Telese created ten paintings
using traditional methods and ancient
pigments hereditary to Pompeii
frescoes.
⮕ Runs until January 15th
Harbinger
Ívar Glói Gunnarsson Breiðfjörð -
Easy Living
Art installations of mixed media
driven by virtual connectedness.
⮕ Runs until January 30th
Museum of Design and Applied Arts
At home in the Design Museum
A collection of Icelandic art dating
back to the 20th century.
Runs until December 30th
Gallerí Skilti
Helgi Hjaltalín Eyjólfsson - Þið öll
The artist’s misreadings of imagery
and language expressed in art.
⮕ Runs until June 15th
Sumac Restaurant
Augnablikin: Leiðarvísir Augnablika
A series of photographs of paintings
made with natural elements from
Icelandic nature.
⮕ Permanent exhibition
Gallerí Grótta
Hulda Vilhjálmsdóttir & Jón
Magnússon - Mother’s love
Interpret ‘mother’s love’ through
paintings of mothers with their
children
⮕ Runs until January 14th
Bókin
A Retrospect Show by Daníel Perez
Eðvarðsson
A Retrospect Show of works
of photography by Daníel Perez
Eðvarðsson
⮕ Runs until January 7th
ONGOING
Reykjavík Museum of Photograph
Daníel Bergman - Falcons
A selection of photographs of these
birds of prey that are so hard to
capture.
⮕ Runs until January 29th
Suðurnesjabær
Fresh Winds: The International Art
Biennale
40 artists have taken up residency to
create and inspire new connections
between themselves and the local
community through concerts,
performances, panels and other art
forms.
⮕ Runs until January 15th
Kling og Bang
Velvet Terrorism - Pussy Riot's
Russia
Giving context to Pussy Riot’s
performances, the exhibition sheds
light on the oppression and brutality
the Russian government has been
imposing on its people.
⮕ Runs until January 15th
Hafnarhús
Sigurður Guðjónsson - Leiðni
Repurposing all kinds of equipment,
the artist introduces you to
provocative and expressive
dimensions of his new creations,
encouraging you to think about the
world’s transformations.
⮕ Runs until January 15th
Reykjanesbaer Art Museum
Guðrún Gunnarsdóttir - Lines,
Tangles and all kinds
As a pioneer in thread art since the
1970s, Guðrún’s exhibition shows her
transformation into three-dimensional
images that characterise her art
today.
⮕ Runs until March 5th
Vena Naskrecka & Michael Richardt
- You Are Here / Jesteś tutaj / Du er
her / Þú ert hér
Interdisciplinary artist Vena and
performance artist Michael bring
forward their testimony of their
“now”, as non-natives in Iceland.
⮕ Runs until March 5th
Ásmundarsafn
Egill Jónsson & Ásmundur
Sveinsson - After the Blizzard
The exhibition’s title refers to the
many changes of the 20th century
Ásmundur captures in his work,
while Egill displays the struggle of
disintegrating these changes made
by previous generations through
wooden sculptures inspired by
nature.
⮕ Runs until February 19th
Kjarvalstaðir
Jóhannes S. Kjarval - First Snow
A collection of paintings inspired
by nature, depicting landscapes,
creatures and Icelandic natives, often
placed in Iceland’s nature.
⮕ Runs until February 26th
Berg Contemporary
Sigurður Guðjónsson - Perpetual
Motion
Guðjónsson aims to reveal the
energies forms and objects
hold while they interact with the
environment, accompanied by a
responding soundtrack by musician
Valgeir Sigurðsson.
⮕ Runs until January 21st, 2023
Sigurður Guðjónsson
Focussing on the function of
equipment, contemporary artist
Sigurður uses rhythm, repetition, and
boundaries to blur the mechanical
from the human.
⮕ Runs until February 19th
Guðjón Ketilsson - Jæja
Taking objects that don’t have a
lot of value on their own, Ketilsson
artistically places them into context,
giving them new value.
⮕ Runs until January 15th
REYKJAVÍK MARITIME MUSEUM
Fish & Folk - 150 years of fishery
Through visuals, objects,
photographs and film, this permanent
exhibition covers 150 years of
Iceland’s fishing industry.
⮕ Permanent exhibition
EINAR JÓNSSON MUSEUM
Einar Jónsson
Known as “Iceland’s first sculptor”,
the Einar Jónsson museum dedicates
its space to over 300 of his artworks,
including 26 bronze casts in their
beautiful open garden.
⮕ Permanent exhibition
Icelandic Artists Up For Prestigious
Awards
Icelandic musician Björk and composer
Hildur Guðnadóttir are both up for some
major awards in the coming weeks.
Björk has been nominated for a Gram-
my in the Best Alternative Music Album
category for her latest release, “Fos-
sora,” which tackles themes like moth-
erhood and loss. This marks Björk's 16th
Grammy nomination, but she's yet to
take home the prize. Meanwhile, Hil-
dur Guðnadóttir has been nominated
for a Golden Globe in the Best Original
Score category for her work on the
film “Women Talking.” Hildur won in the
same category in 2020 for her work on
the film “Joker.” The winners will be an-
nounced on January 10 for the Golden
Globe Awards, and on February 5 for
the Grammy Awards. The Grapevine’s
keeping its collective fingers crossed
for both Björk and Hildur! IZ
Artist Salaries Announced For 2023
Last month saw the publication of the
list of artists who are to receive the
coveted ‘Artist Salary’ funding from
the Icelandic state. The grants are al-
located to musicians as well as writers,
designers and other arts profession-
als for work on specific projects. The
musical artists who were lucky in their
applications this year include tenor
saxophone player Óskar Guðjóns-
son (12 months funding), opera singer
Björk Nielsdóttir (9 months), and flautist
Björg Brjánsdóttir (8 months). There are
also some Grapevine darlings on the
list; up-and-coming acoustic singer-
songwriter Árný Margrét received a 6
month salary, as did piano hero Magnus
Jóhann and beloved folk songwriter
Svavar Knútur. JG
The Kraumur Awards
The Kraumur Awards have once again
come around to bestowed accolades
on the best albums released in Iceland,
or by Icelandic artists. This year the
Kraumur Music Fund braintrust recog-
nized the talent displayed by Final Boss
Type ZERO in “1000 cuts”, gugusar in
“12:48”, KUSK in “Skvaldur”, Kvikindi
in “Ungfrú Ísland”, Oh Mama in “Ham-
raborg”, and Una Torfa in “Tangled and
Lost and Lonely.” Be sure to keep an
eye out for them because we have a
feeling they’re going far. Congratula-
tions, all! KW
January 6th to February 2nd
Erró - Freehand
Reykjavík Art Museum
Erró was one of Iceland’s foremost
representatives in the European
Avant-Garde scene of the 60s and
has been known since for his renew-
ing approaches. Though he’s usually
associated with pop art and surreal-
ism, there’s a lot more going on in his
portfolio than Tank Girl and Bugs
Bunny. This exhibition displays
his earlier free-hand work and the
creative process from sketches to his
familiar collages.
⮕ Runs until February 12th
Zanele Muholi
National Gallery of Iceland
The National Gallery displays over
a 100 photographs of activist and
internationally recognised South
African photographer Zanele
Muholi. Alongside video works,
the photographs provide insight
into marginalised communities.
Through her work, Muholi gives
a voice to those who face the daily
fight for recognition of their iden-
tity.
⮕ Runs until February 12th, 2023
Down North: North Atlantic Triennial
Hafnarhús
This travelling exhibition is made
in collaboration with the Portland
Museum of Art (USA), Bildmuseet
(Sweden) and the Reykjavík Art
Museum. Around 30 artists from all
over the world show new works that
are inspired by the changes society
has been going through; covering
topics such as climate change and
the ecosystem in the arctic.
⮕ Runs until February 5th
Velvet Terrorism - Pussy Riot's Russia
Kling og Bang
Maria Alyokhina, one member of
the Russian feminist art collective
Pussy riot, created this exhibition
to document the activist group’s
actions carried out since 2011.
By giving context to their perfor-
mances, the exhibition sheds light
on the oppression and brutality
the Russian government has been
imposing on its people.
⮕ Runs until January 15th
18 The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 1— 2023