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TEIKN On Saturday January 28th opens at the Living Art Museum the exhibition Teikn with works by Myriam Bat-Yosef and Jóhanna Kristbjörg Sigurðardóttir. Myriam’s and Johanna’s works are brought together in this exhibition because of the similar thread that can be detected in their practice despite the age difference between the two artists. Both use paintings, videos and performances to mediate the interrelations of what cannot be expressed with words. They have both developed an artistic language that in form and colour outline a strong symbolism with a religious, even supernatural appearance. A central element in both their works is emphasis on unrestrained flow of ideas that can be traced back to symbolism and surrealism. Teikn is sponsored by Hlaðvarpinn and the City of Reykjavík, as well as with help from The Icelandic Centre of Art.
More information here CLOSED DURING THE HOLIDAYS The Living Art Museum is closed during the holidays. The program for January will be announced later. Merry Christmas!
HELGI ÞÓRSSON
LITTLE FRIDAY Opening on Saturday 26th of november at 5pm
In his project, Little Friday at the Living Art Museum, Helgi Þórsson will present a site-specific installation juxtaposing new paintings and sculptures with older works. The exhibition is held on the occasion of Helgi’s donation of a work to the museum’s collection, which at present holds around two thousand works spanning the 1950’s through the 90’s.
Music plays an important role in Helgi’s life and work; he is a member of the bands Stilluppsteypa and Evil Madness. His compositions of found objects, sculptures and paintings create distinctive surroundings in his installations, turning the exhibition spaces into psychedelic club-like environments, overridden with decorations and automatic musical instruments. His approach of invading art institutions and crossing borders between art forms often result in his exhibitions becoming singular events, where the distinction between specific works is removed.
Guests can expect happenings during the opening with the right atmosphere for dance and joy. In the last week of the exhibition, the museum will additionally host a week long Christmas Bazaar of various artists’ work organized by Helgi.
More information here CLOSED FROM 8.-26. NOVEMBER The Living Art Museum is closed from 8.-26. November.
The museum will open again on the 26th of November with a new exhibition of works from the Icelandic artist Helgi Þórsson.
INTERNATIONAL POETRY FESTIVAL
The Living Art Museum / Nordic House
06.19-08.10.2011
The seventh Internationl Poetry Festival will be held on October 6.-8. Featuring poetry, music, visual art, theatre, performance art, and all variations of hybrid forms that exist between and on the fringes, Alþjóðleg ljóðahátíð has partnered with S.L.Á.T.U.R. to showcase two evenings of experimental and experiential multi-disciplinary performance.
Program:
-Heart Murmurs. Nordic House, October 6. from 8-10pm. Opening program.
-From Reykjavík With Love. The Living Art Museum, October 7. from 7-11pm. Performing: Elías Knörr vs. Elías Portela, Arngrímur Vídalín, Þórdís Gísladóttir, Monica Aasprong (NO/SE), Ingólfur Gíslason, Klara Arnalds, Guðbrandur Siglaugsson, Ragnhildur Jóhannsdóttir, Gary Barwin (CA) og S.L.Á.T.U.R.
-I Want Your Text (Ow!). Nordic House, October 8. from 2-3.30pm. Panel discussions.
-Heart Full of Stuff. The Living Art Museum, October 7. from 7-11pm. Performing: Páll Ivan, Hekla Helgadóttir, Jón Bjarki Magnússon, Þórdís Björnsdóttir, Anne Kawala (FR), Kristín Svava Tómasdóttir, Bergþóra Snæbjörnsdóttir, Bragi Páll Sigurðarson, Marko Niemi (FI), Jón Örn Loðmfjörð og S.L.Á.T.U.R.
Books and other sundry paraphernalia will be available for sale. Beverages will be available by donation. Entrance is free. GRASSROOTS IX
17.09.2011
Opening on Saturday the 17th of September at 7:30 pm
Curator: Kristjana Rós Guðjohnsen
Bryndís Björnsdóttir // Helga Björg Gylfadóttir // Irene Ósk Bermudez // Klængur Gunnarsson // Kolbrún Ýr Einarsdóttir // Kristín Rúnarsdóttir // Sigríður Tulinius // Sigurður Atli Sigurðsson
Exhibitions under the title Grassroots have been held annually in the Living Art Museum for more than a decade, with a few exceptions. These exhibitions are aimed specifically at giving emerging artists an opportunity to exhibit in an actively involved, professional setting. The grassroots exhibitions have generally given an overview of the direction of current Icelandic art and at the same time an image of what is to come in the local art scene.
More info here
MOMENTUM EPISODES
14.09.2011
The Living Art Museum will host a performance program on wednesday September 14 at 8pm by the artists Roi Vaara and Magnús Logi Kristinsson, curated by Markús Þór Andrésson. On the same day at 5 pm a collaborative performance walk will start at Hlemmur bus station. These performances are an extension of 6th Momentum Biennial: Imagine Being Here Now.
More info here
CLOSED FROM SEPT 12.-17.
The Living Art Museum is closed from
september 12-17 due to installing
of the upcoming exhibition, GRASROOTS IX,
which will open on september 17 at 7.30pm. PROGRAM ON CULTURE NIGHT
Saturday August 20
Open from 12am-10pm
4pm Curators talk in English
Jón B.K. Ransu, curator of the current exhibition Literacy, will do a talk in English
4.30pm Curators talk in Icelandic
Jón B.K. Ransu, curator of the current exhibition Literacy, will do a talk in Icelandic
5pm Religion of those who believe in the arts
Katrín Inga Jónsdóttir Hjördísardóttir Hirt reads a manifesto of a new religion for those who believe in the arts. She will be present in the museum from 5pm-10pm explaining her endeavor to those interested.
8pm Readings and performances
Katrín Inga will repeat her manifesto of a new religion for those who believe in the arts
Ragnhildur Jóhannsdóttir will do a performance based reading
Ekkért már, Ekkért mál fyrir Eggjert Má. Performance by the group Jep, which consists of the artists Jesper Pedersen, Elín Anna Þórisdóttir and Páll Ivan Pálsson.
a.rawlings og Ciara Adams perform sound poetry
Evil Madness plays a set under the readings of Bjarni Þóranisson
Free entrance and all are welcome
Light beverages by the end of the evening
LITERACY Opening on Saturday 16th of July at 5pm The exhibition Literacy investigates the interplay of
objects and text as a form within the visual arts.
The bulk of the works on show are taken from the
collection of the Living Art Museum, which stores the
biggest number of book-art in Iceland. For more information press here CLOSED ON NATIONAL DAY The Living Art Museum will be closed on the
National Day of Iceland, Friday June 17. During the weekend will be normal opening hours
Saturday-Sunday from 12-17.
The current exhibition is by the Swedish artist
Carl Boutard. See more information on the exhibition here
CLOSED ON ASCENSION DAY The Living Art Museum will be closed on Ascension day, Thursday the 2nd of June.
CARL BOUTARD Opening of an exhibition with the Swedish artist
Carl Boutard on Saturday May 28th, at 18.00.
Boutard will show a series of sculptures placed in an installation created specifically for the exhibition space.
The sculptures can appear to be abstract but are strongly elated to nature, science and language.
They are made of small objects and parts of plants
gathered from his day-to-day environment, which then
are cast in bronze. For more information press here
KODDU Last day of the exhibition Koddu is on Sunday 15th of May. Opening hours:
-the Living Art Museum 12.00-17.00
-Allianz Warehouse 12.00-18.00 more JOHAN LUNDH -LECTURE
Johan Lundh, an independent curator and writer,
will give a lecture about his curatorial practice at
the Living Art Museum on Wednesday, May 4.
at kl.20.00
Free entrance and light refreshments.
More information here CLOSED TODAY APRIL 26. The Living Art Museum will be closed today
Tuesday 26th of April. CLOSED DURING EASTER The Living Art Museum will be closed during Easter.
April 21. Closed
April 22. Closed
April 23. Closed
April 24. Closed
April 25. Closed
The museum will open again on Tuesday, April 26.
KODDU
Opening on Saturday 16th of April:
-the Living Art Museum at 16.00
-Allianz Warehouse at 17.00 more
SEQUENCES
The Living Art Museum will be hosting exhibitions/events
with the following artists or artist groups: Gernot Faber (DE) Peter Fengler (NL)
SIGNA (DK, AT) Further information can be found the website
www.sequences.is
CLOSED UNTIL 5TH OF APRIL
The Living Art Museum will be closed until Tuesday
5th of April. The next events taking place in the
museum are part of Sequences Real-Time Art Festival.
KJARVAL DIVISION
Opening on saturday 26ht of February at 20.00 KJARVAL DIVISION
Annakim Violette
Franz Graf
Guðný Guðmundsdóttir
Helgi Þórsson
Hulda Vilhjálmsdóttir
Jonathan Meese
Laufey Elíasdóttir
Morgan Betz
Nonni Ragnars
Ólafur Lárusson
Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson
Snorri Ásmundsson
Steingrímur Eyfjörð
Valgarður Bragason More MARCELLVS L.
Opening of an exhibition with the Brazilian video and sound artist Marcellvs L. Saturday 8th of January at 5pm MARCELLVS L.
0667 0778 3195 1716
(a screening from the on-going series VIDEORHIZOME)
VideoRhizome is an ongoing series initiated in January 2002 experimenting with the philosophical universe of Félix Guattari & Gilles Deleuze and trying to move further the concept of Rhizome. The idea behind the project is that concepts are never perfect, complete or exhausted. It is necessary to produce them and to continually connect them to the events of this World, to the here and now. More. |