Kristján Steingrímur: From Near and Afar

BERG Contemporary Klapparstígur 16, Reykjavík

The Impact of the Anthropocene on the Colours of the Earth Stone grey, ochre yellow, rust red – the geological materials in Kristján Steingrímur’s paintings remind us that artists have experimented with clay and minerals since the dawn of time. The earliest cave painters used ochre, umber, sienna, manganese and kaolin. They crushed stones and …

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Einar Falur Ingólfsson: About Time – Diary of Twenty Months

BERG Contemporary Klapparstígur 16, Reykjavík

In fall 2018 Einar Falur started working on a visual diary he planned to wrap up in 18 months. But when it came towards the planned end the Covid-19 pandemic hit and changed the world. And the diary stretched to 20 months as it affected the life of the photographer‘s family, like everybody else, and …

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Stance I Linear Narratives

BERG Contemporary Klapparstígur 16, Reykjavík

BERG Contemporary welcomes you to a new exhibition, stance I linear narratives, which aims to shed light on the various methodologies of line-drawing. Works by: Áslaug Íris Katrín Friðjónsdóttir, Hanna Dís Whitehead, Haraldur Jónsson, Finnbogi Pétursson, Páll Haukur and Sirra Sigrún Sigurðardóttir. Scribble, witch-hunt When a child receives a color or pencil in hand for …

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