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SUMMARY:Katrín Elvarsdóttir: Fimmtíu plöntur fyrir frið
DESCRIPTION:A photograph of a pink flower. The frame is narrow and the background is generic :\nBlue sky\, a few clouds – we are not familiar with the place. This could be anywhere.\nAnytime. \nIn the final days of May 2011\, the Iceland-Japan Society gifted the city of Reykjavík fifty cherry blossom trees that were planted in Hljómskálagarður Park.\nThe gift represented an everlasting friendship and peace between Japan and Iceland. \nGifting a cherry blossom tree as a token of peace is a longstanding tradition in Japan\, often planted where war has raged\, where men had lost their lives. The trees represent both birth and death\, beauty and violence. In Japan\, they also serve as an emblem for the short\, yet colorful life of a Samurai warrior. Furthermore\, the pink flowers adorned kamikaze airplanes in the Second World War. \nBut what about the cherry blossom trees at Hljómskálagarður Park? Must battles be raised to\nplant peace?
URL:https://old.icelandicartcenter.is/exhibition/katrin-elvarsdottir-fimmtiu-plontur-fyrir-frid/
LOCATION:BERG Contemporary\, Klapparstígur 16\, Reykjavík\, 101\, Iceland
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SUMMARY:Katrín Elvarsdóttir: Fifty Plants for Peace
DESCRIPTION:A photograph of a pink flower. The frame is narrow and the background is generic :\nBlue sky\, a few clouds – we are not familiar with the place. This could be anywhere.\nAnytime. \nIn the final days of May 2011\, the Iceland-Japan Society gifted the city of Reykjavík fifty cherry blossom trees that were planted in Hljómskálagarður Park.\nThe gift represented an everlasting friendship and peace between Japan and Iceland. \nGifting a cherry blossom tree as a token of peace is a longstanding tradition in Japan\, often planted where war has raged\, where men had lost their lives. The trees represent both birth and death\, beauty and violence. In Japan\, they also serve as an emblem for the short\, yet colorful life of a Samurai warrior. Furthermore\, the pink flowers adorned kamikaze airplanes in the Second World War. \nBut what about the cherry blossom trees at Hljómskálagarður Park? Must battles be raised to\nplant peace?
URL:https://old.icelandicartcenter.is/exhibition/katrin-elvarsdottir-fifty-plants-for-peace/
LOCATION:BERG Contemporary\, Klapparstígur 16\, Reykjavík\, 101\, Iceland
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SUMMARY:Black and White
DESCRIPTION:Opposites and different things\, attitudes and perspectives. What separates us can also connect us. This exhibition consists of work by five artists who work with black and white photography. The artists approach their subjects in different ways and the art pieces are multiple: landscape\, people\, stories\, places and atmosphere. Opposites and fears\, quiet and affection and several manifestations of daily life\, adventures\, culture\, the unknown and the familiar. \nParticipating artists: Sosnowska\, Christopher Taylor\, Katrín Elvarsdóttir\, Páll Stefánsson and Spessi. \nTheir background is diverse\, which is clearly visible in their works.  At the same time\, when looking more closely\, there are also several things that unites them. \nThe exhibition is a part of Reykjavík Arts Festival. \nCurator: Hlynur Hallsson.
URL:https://old.icelandicartcenter.is/exhibition/black-and-white/
LOCATION:Akureyri Art Museum\, Kaupvangsstræti 8-12\, Akureyri\, 600\, Iceland
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211107
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220117
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SUMMARY:Katrín Elvarsdóttir: Songbirds
DESCRIPTION:In Cuba\, one will most likely be quick to encounter a lonely caged songbird – a tradition of owning songbirds is longstanding in Cuba and a part of their cultural heritage. As Katrín Elvarsdóttir experienced in her travels to Cuba some years ago\, most homes she encountered had one\, if not many\, adorned in intricate cages within sparse and barren homes. Perhaps the Cubans feel a certain affinity with the songbird\, their own movements restricted and controlled. An isolated human seeking an isolated companion in their own cage.buy kamagra generic https://onlinebuynoprescriptionrx.com/kamagra.html over the counter\n In a place where economic poverty is the rule rather than the exception\, perhaps ownership of a songbird presents a certain facade of luxury\, implying an indulgence of lifestyle so as to mask the appearance of lacking and wanting. \nKatrín Elvarsdóttir completed a BFA degree from the Art Institute in Boston in 1993. She has had many solo exhibitions\, both in Iceland and abroad\, including The Search for Truth at BERG Contemporary in 2018\, Double Happiness at Gerðarsafn in 2016\, Vanished Summer at Deborah Berke\, New York\, in 2014 and Neverland at the Reykjavík Art Museum in 2010. Katrín’s works have also been featured in many group exhibitions\, including Silent Spring at Hafnarborg in 2020. Four books have previously been published featuring Katrín’s photographs and Songbirds\, which will be published alongside this exhibition\, will be her fifth. Katrín has been nominated for various awards\, like the EIKON Award in 2017\, Deutsche Börse Photographic Prize in 2009 and the Honorary Award of the Icelandic Visual Art Copyright Association. \nThe curator of the exhibition is Daría Sól Andrews.
URL:https://old.icelandicartcenter.is/exhibition/katrin-elvarsdottir-songbirds/
LOCATION:Hafnarborg Center of Culture and Fine Art\, Strandgata 34\, Hafnarfjörður\, 220\, Iceland
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210605
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211101
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SUMMARY:Turbulence
DESCRIPTION:The Icelandic Love Corporation\, Katrín Elvarsdóttir\, Kristín Gunnlaugsdóttir\, Sara Björnsdóttir & Elísabet Jökulsdóttir \nAqua Maria 2018 – The Icelandic Love Corporation.  \nAqua Maria features a soprano singing inside a space that resembles a steam bath but as the scene progresses\, the space becomes more ambiguous. During her singing drops of water condense in her hair and face\, becoming heavier until they stream down her face. \nThe video is based on the symbolic figure of Aqua Maria who rises from the ocean to serve as an inspiration for the current transformation women are experiencing in our time\, influenced by the worldwide spirit of revolt and struggle against injustice and violence\, as it is manifested in #metoo\, Women’s March\, Black Lives Matter\, Slut Walks and Free the Nipple campaigns that are organised through the world wide web.  \nThe water in Aqua Maria responds to burning ecological issues and global warming. We only have one earth and one body\, both consisting of 70% water. Aqua Maria is in all of us\, the water in all of us and the revolution in all of us\, her name Maria indicating rebellion in Hebrew and mar\, sea\, in Icelandic. \nAqua Maria relates to the strong undercurrents of our times: from nature to feminism\, from art to ecology. It represents the human trust in intuition in light of new technologies and the stream of the digital ocean.  \nJóní Jónsdóttir and Eirún Sigurðardóttir are the current members of the art collective The Icelandic Love Corporation (ILC) an art group established in 1996 by Jóní\, Eirún and Sigrún Hrólfsdóttir. Sigrún was a member from 1996-2016 and Dóra Ísleifsdóttir was a member from 1996-2001. \nJóní and Eirún graduated from The Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts in 1996. Jóní studied at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts 1997-1999 and graduated with MA.Ed. in Art Education from Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2011. Eirún studied at Berlin University of the Arts 1996-1998 and graduated in 2014 from the University of Iceland with a postgraduate Diploma in Applied Gender Studies. \nThe Icelandic Love Corporation has actively and successfully worked in the field of visual art\, both at home and abroad\, using nearly all possible media—including performance\, video\, photography\, and installation—the ILC confronts the seriousness of the world with works that blend playfulness\, humor and spectacle with refreshing genuineness and subtle social critique that often incorporates ideas of traditional femininity\, with feministic approach. \nILC´s interdisciplinary art led them to collaborate with Björk for her Volta album in 2007 and a wide range of other collaborations e.g. GusGus\, Ensamble Adapter and Ragnar Kjartansson. \nTheir works have been exhibited internationally\, e.g. at ARoS Kunstmuseum Denmark\, Moma Museum of Modern Art New York\, The Schirn Kunsthalle\, Frankfurt Germany\, Kunsthalle Wien Vienna\, Amos Anderson Art Museum Helsinki and Lilith Performance Studio Sweden. \nILC was shortlisted for Icelandic Pavilion for the Venice Biennale 2017 and nominated the Art group of Reykjavík by Reykjavík City’s Department of Culture and Tourism in 2018. \nwww.ilc.is  \n— \nSewn drawings – Kristín Gunnlaugsdóttir \nSewn drawings is what I call the sewn works\, which I base on sketches or quick drawings. \nGenerally they depict women and spontaneous lines\, and sometimes scribbles created in the movement of drawing. \nI draw them fast and without deliberation\, and I wanted to enlarge them while retaining the power and lightness that resides in them. Sewing was the solution\, and then the colour of the yarn is added – it becomes like painting with the wool. \nThe text works are reiterated sentences in personal handwriting. The sentences lie in everyday life\, and relate to the imagery of the drawings; with constant repetition the meaning of the words is changed\, growing weightier and more expansive. \nKristín Gunnlaugsdóttir was born in Akureyri in 1963. She studied 1984-87 at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts (forerunner of the Iceland University of the Arts)\, learned icon-painting in a convent in Rome\, Italy\, 1987-88\, and studied at the Accademia di belle Arti\, Florence\, 1988-94. Kristín has worked exclusively on her art\, held many solo exhibitions and taken part in group shows in Iceland and abroad. Works by Kristín are in Iceland’s leading public art collections\, as well as in corporate and private collections. Kristín has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts and the Reykjavík School of Visual Arts since 2016. Kristín has received various awards for her art\, and in 2018 she was awarded the Icelandic Order of the Falcon for her contribution to visual art. \nKristín’s works are made in range of media\, while building on the classical painting tradition. She works with drawing\, painting on paper and canvas\, egg tempera on wood with gold leaf\, and sewn works on canvas. \nKristín’s conceptual approach is concerned with the existential questions faced by human beings\, not least from the perspective of women and their status in the present time. In the early years of her career\, Kristín’s art had an aura of religious\, iconic art\, depicting for instance the relationship between humanity and nature\, or mother and child. Around 2011 her art changed with the advent of large sewn tapestries\, whose imagery was fierce and forthright vis-à-vis gender roles\, the female body and repression. \nWhile she has addressed taboos and the woman as a sexual being\, a lyrical simplicity and humour are also to be found in Kristín’s work\, not least in recent years. \nIn her works she does not hesitate to explore new territory and to make changes within her imagery\, often in order to juxtapose opposites. \nIn the sewn works displayed here\, Kristín makes use of drawings and sketches\, in which her ideas are permitted to evolve freely. The drawing is then developed in sewing\, and enlarged in order to give its power and lightness free rein. By repeating everyday sentences\, the meaning of the words is changed\, growing weightier and more expansive. \nhttp://kristing.is \n— \nBetween the Lines / Milli línanna. Collage and text works 2011-20 – Sara Björnsdóttir \n“In recent years I have been working on text-collage works. The works have the title Between the Lines\, which is a line or phrase from one of the works and also alludes to the fact that\, while this is my work\, the words have been cut from someone else’s context\, that lies between the lines.” \n“The text is often like a little story\, poem\, or a reflection. It can be acerbic\, lyrical\, satirical\, humorous or surreal. It often addresses art\, and being an artist and a person. Sometimes I’m referring to people I have met along the way – friends and relatives..” \nSara Björnsdóttir was born in Reykjavík in 1962. She studied 1991-95 at the Icelandic College of Art and Crafts and 1996-97 at the Chelsea College of Art & Design in London for her MA in Fine Art. \nSince her graduation Sara has had a high profile on the Icelandic art scene\, and works diligently at her art. She has shown her work in numerous solo and group exhibitions\, including Iceland’s leading art venues. Works by her are in the collections of the National Gallery of Iceland and the Reykjavík Art Museum. In 2001 Sara received an award from the Dungal Memorial Fund\, and in 2002 from the Guðmunda Andrésdóttir Support Fund. In 2010 she won an Alternative Routes prize for a video work presented at the 700IS Reindeerland Festival. From 2000 to 2015 she was a visiting teacher at the Reykjavík School of Visual Arts and the Iceland University of the Arts. Sara was a board member and treasurer of the Association of Reykjavík Sculptors 2010-11. She has also served on allocation committees for the Visual Arts Fund\, the Icelandic Art Centre and the Muggur fund. She was one of the founders of Kling & Bang Gallery\, one of Iceland’s most dynamic galleries today. \nWhen living in London 2015-19\, Sara founded the Art Society – a project consisting of two international exhibitions of the work of 20 artists\, both held in London. In addition to launching the project\, Sara was the organiser and curator of both exhibitions\, and one of the participating artists. \n— \nEquivocal – Katrín Elvarsdóttir \nWe are inside looking out. We are outside looking in. A woman in a red coat\, a mobile home after midnight\, yellow curtains – these are all clues in a fragmented narrative that raises questions rather than provides answers. In the photography series Equivocal we witness enigmatic events that we inadvertently have taken part in. Like uninvited guests in a scenario that refuses to reveal whether it is fact or fiction. The fragments combine in multiple ways and force upon us incomplete story lines of an ambiguous nature. Whether we like it or not. \nKatrín Elvarsdóttir (b. 1964) studied fine arts and photography in the US. Her photographic works tell fragmented narratives of an ambiguous nature\, often playing on the idea of socially collective memory-making. They often serve as a placeholder for enigmatic events that the viewer inadvertently becomes a part of\, a story half-realized\, half-imagined. Her work might best be described as suggestive\, choosing to reside in the realm of an unscripted\, imagined timelessness\, often utilizing cinematic methods\, as well as soft focus and chiaroscuro. \nShe continues to forego the photographic medium’s conventional documentation usage\, rather focusing on the research of the medium itself and its innate possibilities towards contemporary image-making and aesthetical expression. \nHer work has been exhibited worldwide\, in institutions such as The Reykjavík Art Museum and the National Gallery of Iceland\, Forum Box in Helsinki\, The Museum of Photography in Seoul\, Martin Asbæk Gallery\, Copenhagen and Frankfurter Kunstverein in Frankfurt. She has been awarded and nominated for numerous prestigious awards\, such as the EIKON Award\, The Deutsche Börse Photographic Prize and the Ridgefield Guild of Artists Award\, as well as serving as a co-director of the Icelandic Photography Festival. \nkatrinelvarsdottir.com \n— \nElísabet Jökulsdóttir is an author born in Reykjavík on 16 April 1958. Her first book of poems came out in 1989. She has written many short stories\, novels\, and plays. In 2016 Elísabet ran for President of Iceland. Earlier this year she won the Icelandic Literary Prize. \nelisabetjokulsdottir.is \nBeloved Earth \nNow I know \nwhat was so  \nsad. \nTo be. \nSo I went \nbut I’m back. \nTo stay. \nAnd then I hear a sound \nand hear that it must be \nmy voice \nwhich has been sleeping in my body.  \nIt comes from my bones\, \nmuscles\, nerves and viscera\, \na voice from primeval darkness\, \na voice from potential light.  \nThink. A voice. \nIt comes from the cells\, \nfrom every single cell\, \nwhispering\,  \npotent\, \nsaying \nI am.  \nWill you keep silence. \nSilence. \nAnd break it. \nPoetry by Elísabet Jökuldsdóttir / translated by Anna Yates
URL:https://old.icelandicartcenter.is/exhibition/turbulence/
LOCATION:LÁ Art Museum\, Austurmörk 21\, Hveragerði\, 810\, Iceland
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SUMMARY:Eternal Recurrence
DESCRIPTION:In this extensive exhibition\, the works of Jóhannes S. Kjarval (1885-1972) create a thread which connects different periods in time. His art is displayed along with the works of artists who have been prominent on the Icelandic art scene in recent years. \nShortly after Kjarval’s death\, art historian Björn Th. Björnsson (1922-2007) wrote an article where he discusses Kjarval’s contribution to Icelandic art history and says that his work is “never bound to one particular time\, but always contains renascent memories.” This shows the great respect which Icelanders have had for Kjarval’s art\, but also the fact that at any given time\, the viewers bring their own experience and attitude to the viewing. Kjarval’s influence is unquestionable\, and in the exhibition\, the spotlight is on his influence on Icelandic artists. This can manifest in many different ways; be obvious and decisive or appear in a more ambiguous way and without intent. \nKjarval’s most common and beloved subject was Icelandic nature and landscape\, but he also painted many portraits and fantasy images where creatures and figures emerge\, and various nature phenomena are personified. The artworks on display here are created in diverse media\, expressing different approaches to these subjects. \nKjarval plays a large role in the history of Icelandic art and culture\, and he has been a role model and inspiration for generations of artists. His persona and life’s work surrounds us\, for good reason. Kjarval’s work is preserved and examined at Reykjavík Art Museum – Kjarvalsstaðir. Selected pieces are always on display and diverse exhibitions show his career in a wide context\, often with works from the museum collection or with special exhibitions that focus on particular aspects of his creative process. This exhibition places Kjarval’s work in a dialogue with the works of younger\, contemporary artists. Thus\, the exhibition invites us to become better acquainted with one of the greatest Icelandic artists\, but also the works of prominent contemporary artists who have made their mark on the Icelandic and international art scene. \nWe experience a break in the visual field in Ólafur Elíasson’s work. For the first time in Iceland\, a series of paintings which Ragnar Kjartansson painted in Eldhraun – inspired by a Kjarval painting in the artists possession – is on display. The video installation Lava&Moss by Steina is one of the more comprehensive works in the exhibition\, and there are new paintings by Eggert Pétursson. Among other artists who take part in this exhibition are Guðrún Einarsdóttir\, Hrafnkell Sigurðsson\, Kristján Guðmundsson\, Ragna Róbertsdóttir and Sigurður Guðjónsson. \n\nArtists:\n\n\n\n\n\nJóhannes S. Kjarval\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEggert Pétursson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEgill Sæbjörnsson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEinar Garibaldi Eiríksson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGjörningaklúbburinn\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuðrún Einarsdóttir\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGuðrún Kristjánsdóttir\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHrafnkell Sigurðsson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKatrín Elvarsdóttir\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKatrín Sigurðardóttir\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKristján Guðmundsson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nÓlafur Elíasson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPáll á Húsafelli\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRagna Róbertsdóttir\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRagnar Kjartansson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSigurður Guðjónsson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSteina Vasulka\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCurators:\n\nEdda Halldórsdóttir\nMarkús Þór Andrésson\nÓlöf Kristín Sigurðardóttir
URL:https://old.icelandicartcenter.is/exhibition/eternal-recurrence/
LOCATION:Reykjavík Art Museum – Kjarvalsstaðir\, Flókagata 24\,\, Reykjavík\, Iceland
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