Sculpture/Sculpture
SCULPTURE / SCULPTURE Áslaug Íris Katrín Friðjónsdóttir Jóhanna Kristbjörg Sigurðardóttir Steinunn Önnudóttir Styrmir Örn Guðmundsson & Gerður Helgadóttir Artists Áslaug Íris Katrín Friðjónsdóttir, Jóhanna Kristbjörg Sigurðardóttir, Steinunn Önnudóttir and Styrmir Örn Guðmundsson participate in this year’s edition of SCULPTURE / SCULPTURE. SCULPTURE / SCULPTURE is an exhibition series seeks to honor sculptor Gerður Helgadóttir (1928-1975), […]
Lots of tiny people
19.09.2019-05.01.2020 The exhibition project Lots of tiny people explores the spiritual in arts. The title is derived from a blackboard drawing by Austrian anthroposophist Rudolf Steiner, who used to draw images to support his spoken words, while lecturing on man´s nature and spirit. The initiative for the exhibition is credited to artists Guðrún Vera Hjartardóttir and Sigrún […]
Object of Desire
Object of Desire brings together collage, installation, sculpture and film by eightartists from Singapore and Iceland. The exhibition will travel between two institutions, Institute of Contemporary Art in Singapore and Gerðarsafn Museum. The works explore the affective agency of images and objects as ‘things’ which are desired, distributed and reproduced. The title of the exhibition […]
The Sea is full of kind creatures. The Sea is full of trash!
Exhibition curated by the Young Curators.
Oh, so quiet
* French below Welcome to the opening of the exhibition opening at Gerðarsafn – Kópavogur Art Museum, Saturday January 12th at 4 p.m. Graham Paul, French Ambassador in Iceland will open the exhibition formally. Various events will take place throughout the exhibition dates, starting with curator’s talk with Pascale Cassagnau, CNAP, Sunday January 13th at 3 […]
IMPRINT
The exhibition Imprint comprises works by seven contemporary artists who deconstruct our ideas about the photograph as a window on reality. The exhibition is an exploration of the ambiguous nature of the photograph, while also playing with the potential of the medium and pushing the boundaries. Works in the exhibition remind us that a photograph […]
GERÐUR
The exhibition GERÐUR will focus on Gerður Helgadóttir‘s iron sculptures from the 50‘s. Gerður was the first Icelandic aritst to use iron in her artwork and was pioneer of three-dimensional abstract art in Iceland. The exhibition is an extention of the exhibiton GERÐUR: retrospective, held in 2018. Gerður‘s creativity and experimental nature is an inspiration for […]
Sculpture/Sculpture
The exhibition series SCULPTURE / SCULPTURE opens in Gerðarsafn for the fourth time with two solo exhibitions by artists Ólöf Helga Helgadóttir and Magnús Helgason. The aim of the series is to explore contemporary sculpture and the development within three-dimensional art, not only as an important part of art history, but also as a living visual […]
GERÐUR
The exhibition GERÐUR will focus on Gerður Helgadóttir‘s iron sculptures from the 50’s. Gerður was the first Icelandic aritst to use iron in her artwork and was pioneer of three-dimensional abstract art in Iceland. The exhibition is an extention of the exhibiton GERÐUR: retrospective, held in 2018. Gerður’s creativity and experimental nature is a motif […]
Castles in the sky
06.03.2021 – 15.05.2021 EXHIBITION CATALOGUE Everything has begun but isn’t over* Castles in the Sky is an exhibition of the works of four contemporary artists which springs from the same source: Kópavogur. The town’s history is marked by ambitious plans and epitomises the speed at which the urban spaces were created. The urban development was so […]
GERÐUResque
Biting an apple, experiencing isolation, developent of superorganisms and seismosensory systems in fish from Lake Baikal… These are just some of the elements that intersect with Gerður Helgadóttir’s practice to produce the variety of works seen in this show. Gerðarsafn invited MA students from the Iceland University of the Arts and the University of Iceland […]
SHELLter
SHELLter (a play on the words shell and shelter) is a designed as a sanctuary for children and grown-ups alike to find peace and quiet in the hustle and bustle of everyday life. The three spaces are inspired by tortoises, snails, shellfish and other animals who can retreat into their shell when they need to. […]
