Four Exhibitions
dal 17/5/2008 al 30/8/2008
Segnalato da
17/5/2008
Four Exhibitions
Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik
Dreams of the Sublime and Nowhere in Contemporary Icelandic Art: this exhibition includes many new works of photography and video art by Iceland's most outstanding artists. Where Am I?: An exhibition in which children and adults can contemplate their planet, their country, and the landmarks. I Hate nature / 'Aluminati': Martha Schwartz is one of the world's best-known living landscape architects, here with an installation. Johannes S. Kjarval: Definitive Works: a selection from the Reykjavik Art Museum collection.
Dreams of the Sublime and Nowhere in Contemporary Icelandic Art
18 May – 31 August 2008
This exhibition includes many new works of photography and video art by Iceland’s most outstanding artists, building on their disparate ideas about nature as a phenomenon. The exhibition ranges from early twentieth-century photographs to recent installations by young and noted Icelandic artists. Curated by Æsa Sigurjónsdóttir. This exhibition was first mounted at the Bozar Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels as part of the 2008 Iceland on the Edge festival. The exhibition is part of the program of the Reykjavik Arts Festival. The National Bank of Iceland is the main sponsor of this exhibition.
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Where Am I?
18 May – 31 August 2008
An exhibition in which children and adults can contemplate their planet, their country, and the landmarks of their environment. What points of orientation do we use to place ourselves in nature? The fun learning materials and puzzles may also be used to get to know the rest of the museum’s exhibits.
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I Hate nature / 'Aluminati'
18 May – 20 July 2008
Martha Schwartz is one of the world’s best-known living landscape architects. Her installation in the courtyard at Kjarvalsstaðir alludes both to the artist’s experience of nature as explored in the exhibition Dreams of the Sublime and Nowhere and to the debate over environmental protection versus exploitation. Martha Schwartz has created myriad works in urban settings, continually blazing new trails to discover and harness new possibilities offered by landscape. Schwartz is a visual artist as well as a landscape architect and in her work she seeks to honor both art forms equally.
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Johannes S. Kjarval: Definitive Works
18 May 2008 – 2009
An exhibition charting Kjarval’s career through definitive works from the Reykjavik Art Museum collection.
Reykjavik Art Museum
Tryggvagata 17 - Reykjavik