June 17 – August 28, 2022, Skaftfell Bistro Opening on June 17 at 16:00. Everyone is welcome. Opening times: like the bistro. This exhibition is the final episode of the YPSILON GOGG trilogy. Preparations for this series of exhibitions began in the autumn of 2019 with philosophical speculations and a modest hint of emotional tendencies towards the friendship that the three museum veterans from the three towns of Ísafjörður, Siglufjörður and Seyðisfjörður had cultivated over the years. The first exhibition, GOGG, was staged in Ísafjörður during the summer of 2020. Second up was GÚL in Siglufjörður 2021 and in June 2022 opens […]
2022
Afield – Diane Borsato, Geoffrey Hendricks, Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir
June 04 – September 04, 2022, Skaftfell gallery Opening on June 04 from 16-18:00. Light refreshments will be available. A guided tour with artist Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir and curator Becky Forsythe will be held on Sunday June 5th at 11 am. Opening times: Tue- Sat 12-18:00, Sun 12-17:00, Mon closed. Afield assembles contemporary artworks and objects from natural history and archaeological collections that center themes and references to the sky, geology, land exploration and extraction. The exhibition digs into the human relationship with the environment, and through fieldwork, performance and research, traces our current position in the anthropocene. From gems, […]