Monthly Archives: December 2011
TOP TEN ART EVENTS OF 2011
Highlights of the year The first year of Konsthopp has been challenging, exciting and certainly eventful. Over the last couple of months we have visit over two hundred art exhibitions in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland and U.K. These exhibitions … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Art festival, Artist Talk, Copenhagen, Design, Drawings, Fashion, Fine Art, Illustrations, Installation, Konsthopp, Live art, Oslo, Performance, Reykjavík, Solo exhibit, Stockholm, Street Art, Textile Art, Video Art, Visual Art, Young Art
“EVER CHANGING TRAGICOMEDY”
Artist talk: Monika Fryčová (Czech Republic) It´s my belief that foreigners add colour to the life of Nordic communities. Not only literally — by the meaning of the word of colour — but rather culturally. The globalization has brought to us … Continue reading
DECEMBER DELIGHT
This month´s favourite: Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir (Iceland) Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir is an Icelandic video artist, mostly known for her music videos and album covers for Seabear, Múm and Sin Fang Bous. She graduated from the Icelandic Academy of the Arts in 2006 and … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Collage/Clip Art, Design, Drawings, Illustrations, Konsthopp, Print, Reykjavík, Uncategorized, Video Art, Visual Art
IT’S CHRISTMAS TIME…
We wish you all happy holidays, with peace and love in your hearts. Merry christmas! God jul! Gleðileg jól! Glædelig jul! Hyvää joulua! Feliz navidad! Veselé vánoce! 圣诞节快乐! /Írena & Ingunn Photograph by Konsthopp
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ARTÍMA #3
Guided tour: 9th of December 2011 at 15.00, Artíma Gallerí (Reykjavik) I was lucky enough to enjoy the guidance of Marín Björt Valtýsdóttir, the curator of “Great Chain of Being” by Hekla Björt Helgadóttir. Hekla is one of three artists exhibiting in … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Collage/Clip Art, Conversation, Digital Art, Installation, Konsthopp, Multimedia, Photography, Reykjavík, Sculptures, Solo exhibit, Uncategorized, Video Art, Visual Art
“NEVER STOP TO DARE”
Artist talk: Kristine Tillge Lund (Denmark) “Until now it has been my masters degree in London. It started an important intellectual path that I am still exploring,” says the Danish ceramist; Kristine Tillge Lund about her most memorable moment as … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Artist Talk, Ceramic Art, Copenhagen, Konsthopp, Sculptures, Workshop visit
PERPEETUM MOBILE
Date: 19th of November – 18th of December 2011, Kling & Bang (Reykjavik) I was born to be a traveler. And like most other travelers — I love to meet people who follow their traveler hearts. Monika Frycova uses travels as … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Installation, Konsthopp, Multimedia, Photography, Political Art, Reykjavík, Sculptures, Solo exhibit, Sound Art, Uncategorized, Video Art, Visual Art
“RETROSPEKTIV”
Date: 23rd of November – 7th of December 2011, The Scarlett Gallery (Stockholm) Today was the closing of Erik Kihlbaums show, Retrospektiv, at The Scarlett Gallery. This was the last exhibition (and my favourite!) in the gallery’s so-called “November threesome”; … Continue reading
PICTURES FROM SAVAGE BEAUTY
Vernissage: 18th of November 2011, GunGallery (Stockholm) The Norwegian photographer, Sølve Sundsbø, is definitely one of the pioneers of heavily manipulated fashion photography. Today — he is even regarded as a fashion institution by some people. Sundsbø´s career started when he moved … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Fashion, Konsthopp, Photography, Solo exhibit, Stockholm, Visual Art
“THE ENERGY, THE EDGE, THE EXPRESSION…”
Artist talk: Johnny Boy Eriksson (Sweden) It was a typical afternoon in August. The sun was shining, the weather was good. And I was about to enter one of the most remarkable exhibition in my life — so far. Let´s take … Continue reading
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