Thom Puckey

An exhibition of photographic work, Between the two worlds, the bright and the dark.

Exhibition

Good Thursday 

Event

Opening: Between the two worlds at 17:00

Free Entry

 is an artist-run exhibition space founded by artist Helgi Þorgils Friðjónsson in 1979, and it is probably Iceland’s longest-running privately-operated gallery. 

 has always been housed in Helgi Þorgils‘  home; the gallery‘s first exhibition,  

 by Hreinn Friðfinnsson early in 1980, was held at Laufásvegur 79. 

 moved on to Mávahlíð 24, then Freyjugata 32 and Rekagrandi 8. It is now located at Brautarholt 8; in 2017–18 

 had a branch at Kárastígur 9 in Hofsós, north Iceland, when Helgi spent a year there with his family.

Helgi‘s principal objective in founding an exhibition space in his home was to present the work of contemporary artists from other countries in Iceland; at that time there was little opportunity to see international contemporary art in Iceland. Helgi had previously been involved in the foundation and operation of a number of exhibition spaces, such as 

, founded in 1975 with Þór Vigfússon, 

newspaper, all founded in 1976, and the 