Friday — the 20th of January 2012
There is an exciting weekend ahead for art lovers and aesthetes in Reykjavik. Santiago Sierra initiate the program with a performance, The Black cone in Austurvöllur today at 13.00.
For those who hunger for more Sierra, there is an exhibition opening with his work and polemical documentaries in Reykjavik Art Museum, Hafnarhúsið tonight at 20.00
No pope © Santiago Sierra, photograph courtesy of Estudio de Santiago Sierra
Saturday — the 21st of January 2012
The unusual exhibition; Cyborg(s):Strange Creators and Creations will be launched in Kópavogur Art Museum, Gerðarsafn tomorrow at 15.00.
The curators of the show are Úlfhildur Dagsdóttir and Helgi Hjaltalín Eyjólfsson but the exhibition is based on the synonymous book by Úlfhildur which explores man´s fearful fascination with machines and technology. The exhibition will be opened by the Icelandic writer, Sjón.
The cover of the book; Sæborgin: Stefnumót líkama og tækni í ævintýri og veruleika. Photo taken from Spássían.is
At 17.00 same day, Gallery Kling og Bang will open their first exhibition of the year; Powerful picture (obsession-original) by Erling T. V. Klingenberg.
Sunday — the 22nd of January 2012
The exhibition, Under Deconstruction by Libía Castro and Ólafur Ólafsson is now running in the National Gallery of Iceland. In relation to the show, a lecture by the literary scholar; Hjálmar Sveinsson will be held on Sunday at 14.00.
Under Deconstruction was commissioned by the Icelandic Art Center for the Pavilion of Iceland at the 54th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia in 2011 and was curated by Ellen Blumenstein.
Your Country Doesn´t Exist – 2011. Photograph courtesy of Libía and Ólafur
Happy art weekend everyone!