Sunday September 22nd at 2 p.m., we invite you to an artist talk with Elsa Jónsdóttir, Patty Spyrakos, Ra Tack and Tinna Guðmundsdóttir, all of whom participate in the museum’s Autumn Exhibition, Unknown Benevolence. At the talk, they will discuss their artistic practice and their exhibited artworks, commissioned by the curator for the exhibition. Please note that the talk will be partly in Icelandic and partly in English.
The exhibition Unknown Benevolence is shaped by the need to get a sense of magic in a world that largely seems to be devoid of the magical, in somewhat hopeless times. The kind of magic that may be found in allowing space for things to be what they are, without an obsessive need to define or label everything. Similarly, artworks can be seen both as sentimental and incisive, just as they can hold apparent contradictions that perhaps ought to cancel each other out, but are, in the end, undeniably intertwined, like pain and personal growth, trauma and healing, joy and sorrow.
The title of the exhibition itself is born from a similar thought of magic, giving way to collective healing and hope of a better world – an unknown benevolence that shapes our reality in a way that escapes words. This benevolence is indeed all-encompassing, even if it may not be felt strongly during times of hardship, and the contributing artists all confront this idea in their own unique way.
The featured artists are Björg Þorsteinsdóttir, Sigríður Björnsdóttir, Suzanne Treister, Tabita Rezaire, Kate McMillan, Hildur Hákonardóttir, Ra Tack, Kristín Morthens, Tinna Guðmundsdóttir, Elsa Jónsdóttir, Juliana Irene Smith, Kata Jóhanness, Patty Spyrakos og Edda Karólína. The exhibition is curated by Þórhildur Tinna Sigurðardóttir. The exhibition is accompanied by the publication of a catalogue featuring texts by the curator and Hildur Hákonardóttir, as well as illustrations by Edda Karólína.
Free entry – everyone welcome.