The Icelandic Art Center puts on many exciting events and exhibits at venues throughout Iceland year round. These exhibits feature artists local and foreign to Iceland. Take a look at some exhibits currently on display and which are coming soon in January!
When: Until February 4th, 2018
Who: Anna Hallin, Claudia Hausfeld, Jeannette Castioni, Joris Rademaker, Rebecca Erin Moran, Sari Cedergren and Theresa Himmer
Where: Reykjavik Art Museum
What: The Greater Iceland exhibit includes international artists who have settled in Iceland for a duration of time. The exhibit lives on the pretense that the artists’ works have ideas to tell about themselves and the communities they inhabit.
Image Credit: http://artmuseum.is/exhibitions/greater-iceland
When: Until February 4, 2018
Who: Ange Leccia
Where: The National Gallery of Iceland
What: Ange’s La Mer exhibit encompasses the impact that his work in cinematography has left on the expansion of video as a medium in French contemporary art. La Mer is his best known work and showcases his hometown of Corsica and the sea, which he repeatedly films always using new technology.
Image Credit: http://www.listasafn.is/english/exhibitions/ange-leccia-1
When: Until February 4, 2018
Who: Claudia Hausfeld, Elísabet Brynhildardóttir, Eva Ísleifsdóttir, and Sindri Leifsson
Where: Skaftfell gallery
What: The group’s The Thing Is exhibit explores objecthood in a plethora of ways. The title of the exhibition implies the beginning of a conversation, explanation, and statement on the way of things, objects, or conditions.
Image Credit: http://skaftfell.is/claudia-hausfeld-elisabet-brynhildardottir-eva-isleifsdottir-sindri-leifsson/?lang=e
When: Until May 1, 2018
Who: Erró
Where: Reykjavik Art Museum
What: Erró’s More is Beautiful exhibit revolves around his main themes of excess and density. His collection, consisting of paintings, collages, and movies, showcases his intricate and charged structures which communicate materials related to politics, science, fiction, and art history.
Image Credit: http://artmuseum.is/exhibitions/erro-more-beautiful-0
When: Until June 15, 2018
Who: Theresa Himmer
Where: Gallery Sign
What: Theresa’s Perfect Continuum exhibit revolves around the words “It will have been here,” representing the allusion to the duration of a place. The exhibit is installed during the darkest time of year, when the letters are only visible through contrast to its surrounding darkness. The artist and architect’s work includes photography, single-channel video, and installations in public space.
Image Credit: http://gallerysign.com/nuverandi_syning
When: Until January 6th, 2018
Who: Steingrímur Eyfjörð
Where: Hverfisgallerí
What: Steingrímur Eyfjörð’s Pareidolia exhibit
Image Credit: https://hverfisgalleri.is/
When: Until January 14, 2018
Who: Mina Tomic and Kobi Suissa
Where: Kling & Bang
What: Mina’s work focuses on physical experience extracting action into dialogue, which she passes on to her environments and language. Kobi’s art focuses on body researches in the mediums of paint, sculpture and video.
Image Credit: http://this.is/klingogbang/
When: Until January 14, 2018
Who: Kristbergur Pétursson
Where: Gerðuberg Culture House
What: Kristbergur Pétursson’s oil paintings exhibit consists of written work, drawings, graphics, and oil paintings. Kristbergur’s work summarizes very opposite approaches, along with the fastest method of writing and many rounds of paint.
Image Credit: http://borgarbokasafn.is/en/content/kristbergur-p%C3%A9tursson-oil-paint…
When: Until January 21, 2018
Who: Asger Jorn
Where: The National Gallery of Iceland
What: In the late Asger Jorn’s Comparative Vandalism exhibit, Jorn’s time spent in the summer of 1964 in Gotland, Sweden was the muse for this archived collection. The exhibition features Jorn’s approach, by studying the photographic contact sheets from his Gotland journey in 1964. With the concept of comparative vandalism as his point of departure, Jorn attempted to renegotiate art history and artistic practices.
Image Credit: https://www.facebook.com/listasafn.islands/photos/gm.459957981052889/101…
Who: Anna Rún Tryggvadóttir
Where: Reykjavik Art Museum
What: Anna’s Garden exhibit explores her altered view of the pretenses of the communal garden of human thought. Her view takes on unexpected forms as she brings in different materials to find their own course within the borders of the exhibition.
Image Credit: http://artmuseum.is/exhibitions/d31-anna-run-tryggvadottir-garden
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