Tribute to the jazz muse
dal 15/8/2009 al 30/8/2009
Segnalato da
15/8/2009
Tribute to the jazz muse
Art Museum Kjarvalsstadir, Reykjavik
Tributes from Icelandic painters to their muses
This exhibition is presented in conjunction with the 20th anniversary of the Reykjavik Jazz Festival. For the two-week duration of the festival, one of the exhibition halls at Kjarvalsstaðir will be entirely dedicated to jazz, with paintings by five Icelandic painters, as well as a series of small jazz concerts and improvising sessions.
The exhibition presents tributes from Icelandic painters to their muses. Among the work are portraits of jazz legends by Tryggvi Ólafsson, Sigurður Örlygsson, and the Pop artist Erró; large, semi abstract paintings of jazz combos by Sigurbjörn Jónsson, and an Expressionistic study of a jazz pianist by Grétar Reynisson.
Many visual artists listen to jazz music while working. Jazz has been an important model for visual improvisation for the last 100 years, affecting, among other things, how painters use harmony, rhythm, tone and space in their work. Jazz related paintings by the modernist greats Matisse, Mondrian and Leger, the Surrealist Man Ray, the Pop artist Larry Rivers, and the Neo-expressionist Jean-Michel Basquiat are well know.
Monday 17 August
Kjarvalsstaðir - Jazz Workshop
2 – 4 p.m. Jazz Workshop
4 - 5 p.m. Jazz Master Class
Tuesday 18 August
Kjarvalsstaðir - Jazz Workshop
2 – 4 p.m. Jazz Workshop
4 - 5 p.m. Jazz Master class
Wedensday 19 August
Kjarvalsstaðir - Jazz Workshop
2 – 4 p.m. Jazz Workshop
4 - 5 p.m. Jazz Master class
Thursday 20 August 6 p.m.
Hafnarhús – Lecture
History of Jazz in Iceland. (In English)
Saturday 22 August – Cultur night
Hafnarhús - 3 p.m. Jazz- Walk.
Hafnarhús - 4.30 p.m. Jazz-Walk.
Sunday 23 August 04 p.m.
Kjarvalsstaðir - Concert
Singers: Kristjana Stefánsdóttir, Tena Palmer, Ragnheiður Gröndal.
Ticket sale at the entrance.
Thursday 27 August 6 p.m.
Hafnarhús - Lecture
History of Jazz in Iceland. (In English)
Opening on 16 August 2009
Art Museum Kjarvalsstadir
Flokagata, 105, Reykjavik
open every day from 10:00 - 17:00