Exhibition: Landscape in a Box
Katrín Ólína, an Icelandic product designer, just opened her first solo-exhibition in Denmark on 26th. of August 2011. The exhibition is named Landscape in a box and is specially made for LYNfabrikken in Aarhus.
Endless Longing, Eternal Return
On the occasion of Iceland’s invitation as guest country at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2011, the Frankfurter Kunstverein presents the first major solo exhibition in Germany of Ragnar Kjartansson (born 1976). The exhibition comprises more than fifteen video works, image series and installations of the past ten years by the well known Icelandic artist whose six-month-long continuous performance at the Icelandic Pavilion caused quite a sensation at the Venice Biennale of 2009. Especially for the exhibition at the Frankfurter Kunstverein, Kjartansson produces a new sculptural work. Open August 19–October 16, 2011. Read more
Icelandic Contemporary Design in Tallinn
The travelling exhibition, ICELANDIC COMTEMPORARY DESIGN, was first opened in Reykjavik 2009 is now placed in Tallinn in Estonia from 17. August - 4. September 2011. Read more about the exhibition on Iceland Design center.
You can read an interview with the curator of the exhibition her.
Nature in Design | Hrafnkell Birgisson
Hrafnkell Birgisson is an Icelandic designer that studied both in Saarbrucken and Berlin. His focus is mainly on grass root projects that stem from a wide spectrum of proctuct design. Hrafnkell lives and works in Copenhagen, Berlin and Reykjavik.
Products designed by Hrafnkell Birgisson: Tools you bake, Hoch die Tassen and Hoch die Teller
Ólafur Elíasson is one of the best known artists of his generation.
Erró was popular in Paris
In the April issue of The Art Newspaper a list over most visited exhibitions in art museums all over the world in 2010 appears. Erro exhibition in Pompidou musuem in Paris, 17. February - 24. May, is on the list and was the third most visited exhibition in the Pompidou museum with 3.302 guests each day, or 271.707 guests overall.
KALDA and Iceland’s emerging fashion scene
Melissa Emerson recently spoke with designer Katrin Alda Rafnsdottir who with sister Rebekka co-owns fashion label KALDA. The label was founded in Reykjavik in 2010. Reykjavik, a name not often cited in fashion vocabulary, is in fact the capital of Iceland: a beautiful natural wonderland which is in part enclosed by the Arctic circle. See more
New: Healing hands by Vík Prjónsdóttir
The Healing Hands comes from the hands of the Alaskan shaman on the Hidden World blanket, also designed by Vík Prjónsdóttir. Vík Prjónsdóttir was fascinated by the shaman costume and his hands that heal and drive out evil spirits. See More
© Vík Prjónsdóttir. Photos: Marinó Thorlacius
HOFSOS, Iceland — Even in Reykjavik, the cosmopolitan capital of Iceland, there’s no escape from the elements. Beyond sleek towers overlooking the harbor is the hint of mountains, their outlines hazy in the glow of the midnight sun. On the clearest July day, glaciers float on the horizon.
