Friday, March 5, 2010

Ljósmyndasýning - Katrín Elvarsdóttir

Á sunnudaginn þann 7. mars er planið fara í Hafnarhúsið. Listakonan Katrín Elvarsdóttir opnaði nýverið ljósmyndasýningu þar sem ber nafnið Hvergiland. Á sunnudaginn ætlum við hittast kl 15:30 í kjallara Hins Hússins og rölta upp í safn kl. 16:00. Þar verður listamannaspjall við Katrínu frá 15:00-16:00 fyrir þá sem hafa áhuga og þeir geta hitt okkur eftir á. Við ætlum skoða sýninguna og kíkja síðan á kaffihús í rigningunni. Það eru allir velkomnir, aðgangur er ókeypis. Hér fyrir neðan er linkur á sýninguna.

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On Sunday the 7th of March the plan is to visit the art gallery, Hafnarhúsið. The artist Katrín Elvarsdóttir just recently opened an exhibition called Neverland. On Sunday we are going to meet up at 3:30 p.m. in the basement of Hitt Húsið and then visit the gallery. If anyone is interested Katrín herself will talk about her career and the exhibition from 3:00-4:00 p.m. For those interested you are welcome to meet us there. After the show we are going to have coffee in a cosy cafe in the rain. Everyone is welcome, the admission is free. Here below is a link for the exhibition.

NEVERLAND
In a text written for the exhibition Sigrún Sigurðardóttir states: „In recent years Katrín Elvarsdóttir has drawn her viewers into a world where fiction and reality are confluent. She uses the photograph as a means to create an imaginary world that springs from reality itself, thus bringing out an alien quality in surroundings normally seen as commonplace.”

Link - http://www.artmuseum.is/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-2185/3362_read-20060/

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