JUNE 12TH TO JULY 4TH 2010
On with the margarine! is the heading of three exhibitions loaded by Icelandic contemporary artists Hlynur Hallsson and Jóna Hlíf Halldórsdóttir. During the summer of 2010 Hallsson and Halldórsdóttir will be installing their collaborations and independently crafted work in Reykjavík, Iceland Djúpavík, Iceland; and Berlin, Germany. The exhibition in the ASÍ art museum in Reykjavík bears the subtitle Innantóm slagorð or Empty slogans and deals with such issues as semantical annihilation, surreal cosmic and/or economic scenarios and simple twist of fun. The opening will be held on June 12th.
MAY 15TH TO JUNE 6TH 2010
Artist Ólöf Nordal is exhibiting a new series of photographs in Ásmundarsalur.
The exhibition is inspired by an old tale of a man travelling up to the mountains who encounters the dead body of a young man left behind by the glacier after a long interment in the ice. As the traveller ponders the perfectly preserved body, he slowly realises that he is looking at his own father, who disappeared in the mountains when he himself was still unborn. It is here that the father and son first meet: the son approaching seventy, the father just over twenty years of age.
APRIL 10TH TO MAY 2ND 2010
Identity Check is based on a certain transitional period in the developing process of man. Young people are transcending adolescence and are taking their first steps towards independence.
It is a point where the future awaits and everything seems possible. Their self-image is being developed in a society which today is facing a big change in its structure and values.
Ólafur got students from the Arts and Crafts department of the Icelandic Vocational School to take on the task of making three big flags out of their own clothes.
March 6th to March 28th 2010
Sigrid was born in 1935. She grew up in Germany but moved to Iceland in 1961. Sigrid Valtingojer is well known for her graphic art in Iceland and her works have been exhibited widely. Sigrid exhibits graphic works and photographs at the ASI Art Museum.
FEBRUARY 6th TO 28th 2010
The artist Guðrún Gunnarsdóttir lives and works in Reykjavík. Her background is in textile wich she studied in Denmark and USA. She has worked and exhibited in Europe and Iceland during the last 30 years. Further information on: http://www.internet.is/gudgunn/
OCTOBER 24TH TO NOVEMBER 15TH 2009
An exhibition of the works of Gunnfríður Jónsdóttir, sculptor. She, along with her husband, Ásmundur Sveinsson, sculptor, built the house in which the ASÍ Art Museum in now located. Gunnfríður was one of the first female sculptors in Iceland. Her work can be found in the City Hall in Stockholm, in Hljómskálagarður in downtown Reykjavík and at Strandakirkja. Her work there reminds us of an angel - or Virgin Mary- who guided sailors back home into safety.
November 21st to December 13th 2009
Halldór Ragnarsson has an installation in Gryfjan. For more information: www.hragnarsson.com
November 21st to December 13th 2009
My ideas for an exhibition in the ASÍ Art Museum revolve around a concept called luminous flux, which is also related to behavioral psychology. I have been examining how the behaviour of life is controlled by light and darkness. There is a field within the psychology sector which studies the behaviour of people in certain spaces and theories there created are often used in shops or waiting rooms. My interests revolve mostly around light. I find it fascinating to sit in the hot tub in Vesturbæjarlaugin and watch people sitting with their eyes closed in front of the happy lights, like flowers using photosynthesis. It is both natural and human. Some sort of mix of reality and virtual reality.
To directly affect the brain, melantonine levels and the nervous system the light needs to simulate sunlight as much as possible. I have created a sort of photosynthesis pool in Ásmundarsalur during the darkest winter hours and invite people to enjoy.
FebruarY 6th to 28th 2010
Gudmundur Ingólfsson studied photography with Otto Steinert at Folkwangschule fuer Gestaltung in Essen, 1968-1971 and worked as his assistant for a while.
Gudmundur has run his photographic studio ÍMYND since 1972, and worked mostly for theater and advertisments. His photos have appeared in various books and magazines.
JANUARY 9th TO 31st 2010
Jóhannes Dagsson exhibits in Gryfjan and Arinstofa. His project deals with landscape as fiction. The exhibition consists of photography and video. The music in the video is made by Kookzik (Gabriel Malenfant and Marc-Antoine Chenail).
January 9th to 31st 2010
Þorri Hringsson is educated at the Icelandic School of Arts and Crafts and the Jan van Eyck Akademie in Maastricht. His paintings are well known in Iceland but he has also made his mark in journalism, teaching and he was one of the editors of GISP. His works are owned by The Icelandic Art Museum and The Reykjavík Art Museum.
September 26th to October 18th 2009
Guðjón exhibits new sculptures and drawings in Ásmundarsalur.
In the works he studies proportions and the space and its relation to man.
September 26th to October 18th 2009
LOTHAR PÖPPERL exhibits paintings, photographs and three dimensional works in Arinstofa and Gryfja.
August 29th to september 20th 2009
Valgerður Hauksdóttir exhibits new graphic works and photographs.
Further information on: www.hauksdottir.is.
27. júní til 23. ágúst 2009
Works by three of the most prominent painters of the last century in Iceland: Jón Stefánsson, Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval and Svavar Guðnason.
May 30th to June 21st 2009
Karl Ómarsson exhibits two dimensional works and works of clay at Gryfjan.
May 30th to June 21st 2009
Aðalheiður Valgeirsdóttir exhibits oil paintings in Ásmundarsalur. The works were painted in southern Iceland last winter and show the natural light from autumn to spring.
October 24th to November 15th 2009
An exhibition of the works of Gunnfríður Jónsdóttir, sculptor, who together with her husband Ásmundur Sveinsson built the house at Freyjugata 41, where the ASI Art Museum is situated. Gunnfríður was one of the first women sculptors in Iceland. Her works can be found in the City Hall of Stockholm, in Hljómskálagarðurinn in the center of Reykjavík and by Strandakirkja where her statue reminds us of the angel –or some say the Virgin Mary – who guided the fishermen safely home. The exhibition is curated by Kristín Guðnadóttir and Steinunn Helgadóttir.
May 2nd - 24th 2009
Drawings, graphics, video, text and sound.
April 4th to April 26th 2009
Bjargey Ólafsdóttir exhibits drawings of South-American rockstars on soap opera divas.
Further information on: www.this.is/bjargey.
Apríl 4th to 26th 2009
Kurita has a photo exhibition titled "tree/sleep" at the ASI Art Museum subsidized by the Nomura Cultural Foundation. The exhibition consists of 10 pairs of c-type photographs on the subjects of “tree” and “sleep” taken over a period of 4 years.
For Kurita, a common sensibility can be felt between two psychological
states: “the mind felt when in a loophole between sleep and awakening”
and “the mind felt when trees branch overhead like monsters.” Through her photographs, Kurita hopes viewers will be able to perceive some of the ambiguous and exquisite relationship between the two apparently unrelated subjects of “tree” and “sleep.”
Further information on: www.swimciel.net
March 7th to 29th 2009
Ívar Valgarðsson exhibits new installations, unrelated in regard of material and composure but bound by the distinct thread of the artists imagery.
February 7th to March 1st 2009
Þuríður Sigurðardóttir exhibits paintings, drawings and video. Her work is about man and his connection with nature. The Icelandic horse is a central figure, the animal itself and its co existance with humans.
Curator is Markús Andrésson.
January 10th. to February 1. st 2009
The artist Kristján Steingrímur exhibits paintings, painted directly on the walls of the museum, and drawings and photographs.
This exhibition is about gardens in an objective as well as subjective sense of the word.
November 29th to December 21st 2008
14 red Christmas dresses, designed especially for the exhibition by 14 of Icelands most prominent designers.
The dresses are surrounded by portraits from the museum collection of womens portraits, painted by Icelandic painters of the last century such as Júlíana Sveinsdóttir, Nína Tryggvadóttir and Jón Engilberts.
Curator is Steinunn Helgadóttir
October 4th to October 26th 2008
On October 4th the exhibition Darklight will open at The ASI Art Museum with the works of Haraldur Jónsson.
The exhibition departs from the notion that a house is a state of mind as well as a continuation of the human body. Darklight builds on multiple media, such as sound, ceramics, photographs as well as various hidden or overt domestic materials. They connect and create intersensorial and psychosomatic spaces between different rooms and floors in the museum.
Haraldur Jónsson is educated at the Icelandic College of Art and Crafts, Reykjavik,
Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf, Germany and Institut des Hautes Etudes en Arts Plastiques, Paris, France. He has done solo exhibitions and taken part in numerous group exhibitions in various parts of the world.
Further information: http://this.is/comet/
4. til 26. október 2008
Þann 4.október var opnuð í Listasafni ASÍ sýning á verkum listamannsins Haraldar Jónssonar en sýninguna nefnir hann Myrkurlampi. Á sýningunni eru ný verk úr ýmsum efnum og óefnum, m.a. hljóðverk, keramikhlutir, leiðsluverk og ljósmyndir. Öll eru verkin unnin sérstaklega út og inn frá byggingunni sjálfri og vísa til mismunandi og margbrotinna skynsviða áhorfandans. Listamaðuirnn tengist húsinu og Skólavörðuhæðinni órofa böndum en hann sleit einmitt barnsskónum þegar hann sótti sína fyrstu myndlistartíma á þessum stað. Í tilefni af sýningunni kemur út sýningarskrá með textanum Skynheimar eftir Sigríði Þorgeirsdóttur heimspeking.
August 30th - September 28th 2008
On August 30th an exhibition was opened in The ASI Asi Museum with the works of Sólveig Aðalsteinsdóttir.
Sólveig is educated in Iceland, USA and Holland and has held many solo exhibitions and taken part in various group exhibitions.
The works exhibited in The ASI Museum of Art deal with time, space and the story of the material.
June 21st to August 24th 2008
ASÍ Art Museum owns a fine collection of Icelandic art from the 20th Century by some of the most outstanding artist of the last century and has in recent years extended the collection with works of contemporary artists.
Artists represented in the exhibition are: Anna Jóelsdóttir, Ásgrímur Jónsson, Birgir Andrésson, Eggert Pétursson, Eirún Sigurðardóttir, Gunnlaugur Scheving, Hreinn Friðfinnsson, Jóhannes S. Kjarval, Jón Stefánsson, Karl Kvaran, Kees Visser, Kristinn Hrafnsson, Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir, Svava Björnsdóttir and Þórarinn B. Þorláksson.
May 16th to June 15th 2008
The artists Paul Armand Gette and Halldór Ásgeirsson are joined by a joint interest in volcanic activity, but their approaches to the theme are different.
April 5th to May 4th 2008
In the 1950´s The Art Lovers Gallery was founded in the former studio of the sculptor Ásmundur Sveinsson at Freyjugata 41, Reykjavik, in the building that now houses the ASÍ ART MUSEUM.
The Art Lovers Gallery was the first of its kind in Reykjavik and came to play an important role in the artscene of the fifties. The gallery exhibited contemporary art with emphasis on geometric, abstract or concrete works. Not everyone embraced this “new” kind of art at that time and discussions were often hot and prolonged. Most of the artists exhibited at the gallery were young and Icelandic, but works by artists such as Picasso and Braque were also on display there, an extraordinary manifestation of the ambitions of the young directors of the gallery. The Art Lovers Gallery was active in the cultural field in many ways and also housed and promoted popular meetings where visual art, new literature and contemporary music were on the agenda.
The exhibition includes paintings by some of the best-known artists of the period who were exhibited in the gallery, such as Svavar Guðnason and Þorvaldur Skúlason.
Curators are Kristín Guðnadóttir, Gunnar Gunnarsson and Steinunn Helgadóttir.
March 8th to 30th 2008
About a Woman revolves around incidents that occur in the lives of women. The exhibition is in three phases and is in all three gallery spaces of the house.
Sigurður was educated at the Icelandic School of Arts and Crafts, The Academy of Arts in Copenhagen and Art Students League in New York.
He is one of Iceland’s most prominent contemporary painters and has held between 40 and 50 solo exhibitions and taken part in various group exhibitions.
Further on: www.so.is