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Sýningafréttir – vorverkin 2024 | ARKIR exhibition news – spring 2024

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🇮🇸 Vegna margvíslegra anna vefstjóra hefur lítið birst af fréttum á vefsíðu ARKA. En auðvitað standa allar ARKIR í ströngu við listsköpun og taka m.a. þátt í sýningum víðsvegar. Hér neðar er yfirlit helstu tíðinda, en myndir af verkum og nánari kynningar birtum við vonandi síðar.

🇬🇧 Our website has been quiet for too long! But ARKIR are of course busy working on their art and taking part in exhibitions around the world. Below is an overview of the main news, but we will hopefully publish pictures of works and more detailed presentations later.

ÞRÍÆRINGURINN Í VILNÍUS | 10th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2024

🇮🇸 Anna Snædís Sigmarsdóttir tekur þátt í tíunda alþjóðlega bókverkaþríæringnum í Vilníus, „10th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2024“, en þema að þessu sinni er „að vera“. Nánar má lesa um þríæringinn hér: Artist‘s Book Museum. Dómnefnd velur innsend verk, en fyrir verkefninu fer Kestutis Vasiliunas og stofnun hans, Circle Bokartas. Sýningin fer víða um Litháen og Evrópu og Bandaríkin.

🇬🇧 Anna Snædís Sigmarsdóttir takes part in the “10th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2024” but this time the theme is: “to be”. Organiser of the triennial is Circle “Bokartas”, Lithuania and the founder Kestutis Vasiliunas. An International jury selects the works and the exhibition will travel around the world as listed below.

Time & Location of the Triennial:
2024 March 21-24. Leipzig Book Fair, IAKH, Germany.
2024 March 27 – April 26. Gallery SG, Venice, Italy.
2024 May 24 – July 1. Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2024 May 25. “International Artist’s Book Conference Vilnius” in the Museum of Applied Arts and Design, Vilnius.
2024 September 6 – October 7. The Plunge Municipal Clock Tower Library, Lithuania.
2024 October 25 – December 1. Art and Museum Library of the City of Cologne, Köln, Germany.
2025 January 5 – February 17. Evanston Art Center, US.
2025 March. Reed Library of the State University of New York at Fredonia, US.
2025 May. The Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, US.
2025 October 1 – 2026 January 7. Granada, Spain.

Organiser of the Triennial: Circle “Bokartas”, Lithuania, see: Artist‘s Book Museum.

BÓKUÐ Í HELSINKI | BOOKED 2024

🇮🇸 Sigurborg Stefánsdóttir sýnir verk í MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre sem heldur bókverkaviðburðinn BOOKED í þriðja sinn. Í ár verða sýnd verk 59 listamanna og listamannahópa frá Belgíu, Finnlandi, Þýskalandi, Íslandi, Litháen, Hollandi, Noregi, Svíþjóð og Bretlandi – alls 9 mismunandi löndum, en dómnefnd velur verkin á sýninguna úr miklum fjölda innsendra verka. Sýningin stendur frá 11. til 26. maí 2024. Sjá nánar: BOOKED.

🇬🇧 Sigurborg Stefánsdóttir exhibits her work in MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre from 11 – 26 May 2024. This year’s event features works produced by 59 artists, artist groups and organisations from Belgium, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom — a total of 9 different countries. The invited participants — selected from the over 230 submissions made to our open call — were selected by a jury comprising artist and writer John Gayer, artist, publisher, editor, and curator Tommi Musturi, and curator, writer, and gallerist Hannele Nyman (Galleria Duetto). See also: BOOKED.

SKART Á HÖNNUNARSAFNI | JEWLERY 

🇮🇸 Ingiríður Óðinsdóttir sýnir skart í Hönnunarsafni Íslands frá 1. mars til 26. maí 2024, ásamt þeim Jónu Sigríði Jónsdóttur og Helgu Mogensen. Sýningin er haldin í samstarfi við Textílfélagið sem fagnar 50 ára afmæli 2024. „Verk Ingiríðar hafa tenginu við gönguferð um íslenska náttúru með óvæntum snúningi.“ Sjá nánar: SKART.

🇬🇧 Ingiríður Óðinsdóttir exhibits handmade jewlery along with Jóna Sigríður Jónsdóttir and Helga Mogensen in the Museum of Design and Applied Art. The exhibition is a collaboration with the Textile Association, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2024. For further information see: JEWLERY.

“Humans have had the need to adorn themselves since ancient times. Jewellery fulfils this desire and at the same time reflects peoples’ tastes and, often, their social status. Jewellery can be laden with emotional value but can also serve as a platform for expressing views and values of the wearer. Ingiríður Óðinsdóttir and Jóna Sigríður Jónsdóttir share a background in textile design, while Helga Mogensen is primarily a jewellery designer. There is a sense of journey that connects their work. Helga works with cartography, Ingiríður’s work relates to walking through Icelandic nature with an unexpected twist and Jóna’s work evokes connections to tribal jewellery traditions.”

VAFNINGAR Í PARÍS | ENTRELACS IN PARIS

🇮🇸 Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir opnar sýningu á v í APPART 323 í París þann 1. og 2 júní n.k. Appart 323 er gallerý í heimahúsi, sem sýnir listaverk eftir íslenska listamenn eða listamenn sem tengjast íslensku listalífi. Fylgjast má með Appart 323 á Facebook og Instagram. Áhugasamir tilkynni komu sína á netfangið laufey.helgadottir [at] gmail.com

🇬🇧 Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir opens her exhibition Enterlacs (Interlacings) in APPART 323 in Paris 1 and 2 June. Appart 323 is a private apartment that shows works of art by Icelandic artists or artists linked to the Icelandic art scene. For more info see Appart 323 at Facebook and Instagram. Visitors please contact laufey.helgadottir [at] gmail.com

ARKIR Á RABF | ARKIR AT REYKJAVÍK ART BOOK FAIR

🇮🇸 ARKIR verða að sjálfsögðu á Bókverkamarkaðnum í Reykjavík sem opnar þriðja sinn, í Listasafni Reykjavíkur, Hafnarhúsi. Markaðurinn opnar fimmtudaginn, 23. maí milli 17-22 og verður opinn föstudag til sunnudag frá 12-17. Fylgist með viðburðinum á Facebook og Instagram og á heimasíðu RABF um tengdar sýningar.

Við hlökkum til að sjá ykkur á markaðnum!

🇬🇧 As previous years, ARKIR will be at Reykjavík Art Book Fair, held for the third time. The fair opens at the Reykjavik Art Museum, Hafnarhús Thursday May 23-26 and will be open from 17-22 on the opening night and Friday – Sunday 12-17. See more about the events on Facebook og Instagram and RABF website: exhibitions.

We look forward to see you at the fair!

Bókverkasýningin í Kristiansand Kunsthall | Nordic Artist Books – exhibition in Norway

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🇮🇸 Norræna bókverkasýningin KUNSTNERBOKEN – ​unik og mangfoldig, sem opnaði 2. september í Kristiansand Kunsthall í Noregi, hefur vakið verðskuldaða athygli. Níu ARKIR taka þátt, en einn annar íslenskur listamaður á verk á sýningunni því bókverk Magnúsar Pálssonar, The Offs, var fengið að láni frá Nýlistasafninu.

Öll umfjöllun hefur verið jákvæð og fagleg. Frida Forsgren, dósent í listasögu, skrifaði m.a. eftirfarandi í greininni „Begjær for bøker“ í dagblaðinu Fædrelandsvennen:

„Bókasýning hljómar kannski heldur þurrlega? En látið ekki blekkjast. Ný sýning listasafnsins er skynræn og grípandi og nær sannarlega að sprengja mörk þess hvað lestrarupplifun bókar getur verið. […] Því sýningin er umfangs- og efnismikil. Þetta er einfaldlega bókasafn innan bókasafns og myndi þarfnast fleiri heimsókna svo hægt væri að fanga öll blæbrigði á öllum þessum bókasíðum. En það er kannski ekki svo mikilvægt að upplifa öll smáatriðin? Það sem skiptir mestu máli hér er gleðin yfir bókinni, pappírnum, ríkulegu myndlýsingunum, handverkinu og öllum þeim möguleikum sem opnast á hverri síðu. Sjálf gleðin yfir áþreifanlegu efni og formi bókarinnar. Og þessi sýning nær svo sannarlega að höfða til hennar.“

ARKIR gerðu sér ferð á opnun sýningarinnar í byrjun september og tóku þátt í fróðlegri og skemmtilegri málstofu um bókverkalistina. Það var samdóma álit að sýningarstjórarnir, þær stöllur í Codex Polaris: Randi Annie Strand, Imi Maufe og Rita Marhaug, hefðu ásamt starfsfólki Kunsthallen skapað einstaklega fallega og magnaða sýningu.

🇬🇧 The exhibition ‘KUNSTNERBOKEN – ​unik og mangfoldig’ – Nordic Artist Books – was opened on Sept 2nd in Kristiansand Kunsthall, Norway, and it has attracted well-deserved attention. Nine members of ARKIR participated and made a trip to the opening of the exhibition, as well as taking part in an interesting seminar on the art of books. The exhibition was a true delight to visit, thanks to the awesome curators, the trio of Codex Polaris: Randi Annie Strand, Imi Maufe and Rita Marhaug, and the staff of Kristiansand Kunsthall. They had created a beautiful and amazing exhibition.

All coverage in the media has been highly positive. Frida Forsgren, associate professor in art history, wrote thus in an article in the newspaper Fædrelandsvennen: Begjær for bøker (Lust for books):

You might think that a book exhibition sounds a bit dry? But don’t be fooled. The art gallery’s new exhibition is sensual and engaging, and really masters to push the boundaries of what a book reading experience can be. […] Because the exhibition is massive. It is simply a library within a library that requires several visits if one is to be able to capture all the nuances on all these book pages. But perhaps it is not so important to get everything in every detail? The most important thing here is the joy of the book, the paper, the rich illustrations, the craftsmanship, and all the possibilities that open up on every page. The delight of feeling the physical form and material of the book. And this exhibition really manages to appeal to that.

🇮🇸 Hér fyrir neðan má sjá myndir af verkum ARKA sýningunni. Ljósmyndari: Tor Simen Ulstein.
Fleiri myndir má sjá hér á myndasíðu tileinkaðri sýningunni.
🇬🇧 Below are photos of works of ARKIR in the exhibition. Photographer: Tor Simen Ulstein.
For more photos from the exhibition see this page!

Smellið á myndirnar til að stækka | Click on the images for larger view

🇮🇸 Sýningin KUNSTNERBOKEN – ​unik og mangfoldig er yfirlitssýning á norrænum bókverkum með þátttöku listamanna frá öllum Norðurlöndunum. Sýningin er einkum tileinkuð einstökum bókverkum sem falla utan hefðbundinna fjölfaldaðra bókverka. Sýningarstjórn var í höndum listahópsins Codex Polaris í samvinnu við Kristiansand Kunsthall og Kristiansand folkebibliotek. Sýningin opnaði 2. september og stendur til 29. október 2023.

🇬🇧 The exhibition ‘KUNSTNERBOKEN – ​unik og mangfoldig’ in Kristiansand Kunsthall, Norway, is a retrospective exhibition of Nordic artist book with the participation of artists from all the Nordic countries. The exhibition is mainly dedicated to unique book art that fall outside the traditional multiple works. The exhibition is curated by Codex Polaris in collaboration with Kristiansand Kunsthall and Kristiansand folkebibliotek. The exhibition opened September 2, and runs until October 29, 2023.

Þátttakendur | Participating Artists and Artists groups:
ARKIR Book Arts Group (IS): Anna Snædís Sigmarsdóttir, Arnþrúður Ösp Karlsdóttir, Áslaug Jónsdóttir, Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir, Ingiríður Óðinsdóttir, Jóhanna M. Tryggvadóttir, Kristín Þóra Guðbjartsdóttir, Sigurborg Stefánsdóttir and Svanborg Matthíasdóttir;
Susanna Autio (FI), Crow Press (NO), Michal Czinege (SK/FI), Olle Essvik (SE), Carina Fihn (SE),
Karin Hald (DK), Halden Bookworks (NO), Eeva-Liisa Isomaa (FI), Thomas Iversen (NO), Kurt Johannessen (NO), Sarah Jost (SE/NO), Kamilla Jørgensen (DK), Ane Thon Knutsen (NO), Margrethe Kühle (DK/NO), Hans Ragnar Mathisen (NO), Terje Nicolaisen (NO), Lina Nordenström (SE), Magnus Pálsson (IS), Karen Pettersen (NO), Pist Protta (DK), Sandborg+Higgins (NO/UK), Kimmo Schroderus (FI), Marja-Leena Sillanpää (SE), Emilia Tanner (FI), Richard Årlin (SE).

Tenglar | Links:
Kristiansand Kunsthall, Rådhusgata 11, Kristiansand, Norway
Sýningarstjórn | Curator: Codex Polaris.

Bókverkasýning í Noregi | KUNSTNERBOKEN i Kristiansand Kunsthall

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🇮🇸 Nú líður senn að því að sýningin KUNSTNERBOKEN – ​unik og mangfoldig opni í Kristiansand Kunsthall í Noregi. Sýningin er yfirlitssýning á norrænum bókverkum með þátttöku listamanna frá öllum Norðurlöndunum. Sýningin er einkum tileinkuð einstökum bókverkum sem falla utan hefðbundinna fjölfaldaðra bókverka. Sýningarstjórn er í höndum listahópsins Codex Polaris í samvinnu við Kristiansand Kunsthall and Kristiansand folkebibliotek. Sýningin opnar 2. september og stendur til 29. október 2023.

Þátttakendur úr hópi ARKA eru Anna Snædís Sigmarsdóttir, Arnþrúður Ösp Karlsdóttir, Áslaug Jónsdóttir, Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir, Ingiríður Óðinsdóttir, Jóhanna M. Tryggvadóttir, Kristín Þóra Guðbjartsdóttir, Sigurborg Stefánsdóttir and Svanborg Matthíasdóttir.

Í tengslum við sýninguna er boðað til málstofu um bókverk þann 1. september.

Tenglar:
Kristiansand Kunsthall, Rådhusgata 11, Kristiansand.
Sýningarstjórn: Codex Polaris.
Málstofa 1. september. Dagskrá.

Verk: | artwork by Jóhanna M Tryggvadóttir – Heartbeat

🇬🇧 The exhibition KUNSTNERBOKEN – ​unik og mangfoldig – Nordic Artist Books – will open soon in Kristiansand Kunsthall, Norway. This is an exhibition of works by artists and artists groups from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. It will take place in Kristiansand Kunsthall, from September 2 until October 29, 2023.

Participating from the ARKIR group are: Anna Snædís Sigmarsdóttir, Arnþrúður Ösp Karlsdóttir, Áslaug Jónsdóttir, Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir, Ingiríður Óðinsdóttir, Jóhanna M. Tryggvadóttir, Kristín Þóra Guðbjartsdóttir, Sigurborg Stefánsdóttir and Svanborg Matthíasdóttir.

‘KUNSTNERBOKEN – ​unik og mangfoldig’ i Kristiansand Kunsthall, Norway, is a retrospective exhibition of Nordic artist book with the participation of artists from all the Nordic countries. The exhibition is mainly dedicated to unique book art that fall outside the traditional multiple works. The exhibition is curated by Codex Polaris in collaboration with Kristiansand Kunsthall and Kristiansand folkebibliotek. The exhibition opens September 2, and runs until October 29, 2023.

Participating Artists and Artists groups: ARKIR Book Arts Group (IS), Susanna Autio (FI), Crow Press (NO), Michal Czinege (SK/FI), Olle Essvik (SE), Carina Fihn (SE),
Karin Hald (DK), Halden Bookworks (NO), Eeva-Liisa Isomaa (FI), Thomas Iversen (NO), Kurt Johannessen (NO), Sarah Jost (SE/NO), Kamilla Jørgensen (DK), Ane Thon Knutsen (NO), Margrethe Kühle (DK/NO), Hans Ragnar Mathisen (NO), Terje Nicolaisen (NO), Lina Nordenström (SE), Magnus Pálsson (IS), Karen Pettersen (NO), Pist Protta (DK), Sandborg+Higgins (NO/UK), Kimmo Schroderus (FI), Marja-Leena Sillanpää (SE), Emilia Tanner (FI), Richard Årlin (SE).

Links:
Kristiansand Kunsthall, Rådhusgata 11, Kristiansand, Norway
Curator: Codex Polaris.
Seminar, Sept 1st. Program.

Verk: | artwork by Anna Snædís Sigmarsdóttir – Death or Memory

ÞRÆÐIR í Portland | THREADS in Nordia House, Portland, Oregon

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🇮🇸 Sýningin THREADS | ÞRÆÐIR SPOR – Intertwined in Iceland: Textiles and Book Arts opnaði í Nordia House í Portland, Oregon í Bandaríkjunum, þann 8. júlí. Sýningin er á vegum menningarmiðstöðvarinnar Nordic Northwest og stendur til 5. nóvember 2023. Átta ARKIR sýna þar ásamt fjórum erlendum listakonum sem allar hafa starfað að list sinni í vinnustofum á Íslandi í lengri eða skemmri tíma.

Þátttakendur eru Anne Greenwood, Cornelia Theimer Gardella, Lyla Rown, Loo Bain og ARKIR: Anna Snædís Sigmarsdóttir, Arnþrúður Ösp Karlsdóttir, Áslaug Jónsdóttir, Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir, Ingiríður Óðinsdóttir, Kristín Guðbrandsdóttir, Sigurborg Stefánsdóttir og Svanborg Matthíasdóttir.

Móttaka og listamannaspjall verður 6. október, 2023, frá kl 18-20 í Nordia House (ókeypis og öllum opið – skráning hér). Fulltrúar okkar ARKA þar verða þær Svanborg Matthíasdóttir og Arnþrúður Ösp Karlsdóttir, en þær kynna sýninguna ásamt Anne Greenwood, Cornelia Theimer Gardella, Loo Bain og Lyla Rowen. 

Tenglar: sjá sýningarsíðu Nordic Northwest og stafræna sýningu. Tenglar á heimasíður listamannanna neðst í póstinum.

Verk: | artwork by Ingiríður Óðinsdóttir – Sigling (Sailing)

🇬🇧 THREADS | ÞRÆÐIR SPOR – Intertwined in Iceland: Textiles and Book Arts opened in Nordic Northwest Nordia House í Portland, Oregon, USA on July 8. The exhibition is open until November 5, 2023. Eight ARKIR members exhibit works together with four artists from USA and Germany, who have all worked on their art in artist residencies in Iceland for a longer or shorter time.

Participants are Anne Greenwood, Cornelia Theimer Gardella, Lyla Rown, Loo Bain and ARKIR: Anna Snædís Sigmarsdóttir, Arnþrúður Ösp Karlsdóttir, Áslaug Jónsdóttir, Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir, Ingiríður Óðinsdóttir, Kristín Guðbrandsdóttir, Sigurborg Stefánsdóttir and Svanborg Matthíasdóttir.

Threads Exhibit Reception will be on October 6, 2023, from 6 PM to 8 PM at Nordia House (free to all – registration here). Two ARKIR members will take part in the event: Svanborg Matthíasdóttir and Arnþrúður Ösp Karlsdóttir, along with artists Anne Greenwood, Cornelia Theimer Gardella, Loo Bain, and Lyla Rowen.

Links: see further exhibition information at NNW website and online exhibit. and follow the links to the artist’s homepages below.

Verk: | artwork by Svanborg Matthíasdóttir – Vefur (Web)

About the Artists:

Lyla Rowen works in textiles and clay ranging from functional craft to conceptual art. She is a 2013 PSU graduate, worked as fabricator at The Portland Garment Factory, and is recipient of a 2021 Oregon Arts Commission grant.

Loo Bain is a multimedia artist investigating ideas of history, material, earth science, and self. She has shown nationally in galleries, acquired private commissions, participated in artist residencies, and received artist grants including from Oregon Arts Commission, Regional Arts and Culture Council, and the Hallie Ford Foundation.

Anne Greenwood-Rioseco is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores themes of time, spirituality and the transcendent genius of the natural world. The Oregon Arts Commission, the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Regional Arts and Culture Council, and the Hallie Ford Foundation have all financially supported her projects.

Ingiríður Óðinsdóttir works with visual art, book art and textile design. She studied at The Icelandic School of Arts and Crafts. Ingiríður has been active as a Visual Artist and designer since she graduated. Ingiríður has participated in numerous joint exhibitions in Iceland, Finland, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Belgium and USA. She seeks inspiration from nature and her surroundings.

Áslaug Jónsdóttir is an author of children’s books and a book artist. She studied visual arts in Reykjavik and Copenhagen and graduated as illustrator and graphic designer. Her children’s books have been published in many languages and she has received numerous awards for her works. In her artist books she works with poetry, photographic images and sculptural paper cuts.

Sigurborg Stefánsdóttir is a visual artist working mainly with artist-books and paintings. She graduated from Copenhagen, Danmarks design school, now DAKA 1987. Since then she has focused on teaching and doing her own art. Sigurborg has held private exhibitions approximately every other year and taken part in multiple co exhibitions worldwide, both paintings and artists books.

Svanborg Matthíasdóttir works mainly with painting, book art and textiles. Her works are often based on color, form or experiments with non-traditional materials. She is educated in painting in the Icelandic College of Art and Crafts Reykjavík and Jan van Eyck Akademie in Maastricht in the Netherlands. Her works have been exhibited in Iceland, Europe and the United States.

Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir works with various kinds of textile and book art and has been a part of numerous exhibitions in Iceland and abroad. She graduated in 1988 from the textile department of The University of Art and Design, Helsinki Finland. Prior to that she had graduated with a B. Ed degree from the Iceland University of Education.

Arnþrúður Ösp Karlsdóttir is a visual artist. In her textiles and artist books she works with traditional textile and fiber techniques, expressing natures visual qualities, in form and image, texture and atmosphere. She has an education in textile art and design from The Icelandic School of Arts and Crafts and as a teacher in adult education from Håndarbejdet Fremmes Seminarium in Copenhagen. She has participated in exhibitions in Iceland and abroad and lives and works in Reykjavík.

Anna Snædís Sigmarsdóttir works with visual arts, design teaching, graphic and book arts. Studied at the The Icelandic School of Arts and Crafts and have M.Ed degree in art history and vocational education from University of Iceland. Has held private and joint exhibitions in Iceland and various corners of the world, such as Lithuania, Denmark, Germany, USA and Sweden.

Kristín Guðbrandsdóttir creates through exploring patterns, textures and color combinations in her everyday surroundings, addressing feelings, memory and experience. Her works can be found in numerous private and university collections in the US and Canada and at the Library of Congress. Kristín earned a MA degree in Art and the Book from Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington DC. She also has a B.Ed. from the Iceland University of Education.

Cornelia Theimer Gardella is a visual artist living and working in Erfurt, Germany. Her work revolves around experiencing sparse landscapes and remote places. She is interested in patterns and structures, and the line of the horizon is a recurring theme. Besides spending time in the deserts of the American Southwest, she has worked in Iceland, Sweden and Finland.

Bókaðar í MUU! | BOOKED in MUU

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🇮🇸 Um helgina opnaði bókverkasýningin BOOKED 2022 í MUU, samtímalistamiðstöðinni í Helsinki. Þar eru til sýnis yfir 300 valin listverk eftir 286 listamenn. Á meðal valinna verka eru bókverk eftir Sigurborgu Stefánsdóttur.

Norræna bókverkasafnið Bibliotek Nordica var einnig valið á sýninguna. Bibliotek Nordica er eitt af verkefnum Codex Polaris og samanstendur af bókverkum meira en 80 valdra listamanna, hönnuða, rithöfunda og prentlistamanna (sjá sýningarskrá hér). Sex ARKIR eiga þar verk: Anna Snædís Sigmarsdóttir, Áslaug Jónsdóttir, Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir, Ingiríður Óðinsdóttir, Sigurborg Stefánsdóttir og Svanborg Matthíasdóttir.

Sýningin BOOKED stendur frá 26. nóvember til 18. desember 2022 í MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre, Cable Factory, Tallberginkatu 1 C, Helsinki.

🇬🇧 This weekend the exhibition BOOKED opened 2022 in MUU, Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre, exhibiting over 300 artist’s books, limited edition publications and artworks by 286 artists. Among selected artists from open call is ARKIR member Sigurborg Stefánsdóttir.

The exhibition is devoted to books made by artists, conceptual literature and text-based artworks that is organized by MUU, Finland’s interdisciplinary art association. Included in the exhibition is Bibliotek Nordica, a book art project run by Codex Polaris, representing more than 80 selected artists, designers, writers, and printmakers from the Nordic Countries. Six members of ARKIR: Anna Snædís Sigmarsdóttir, Áslaug Jónsdóttir, Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir, Ingiríður Óðinsdóttir, Sigurborg Stefánsdóttir and Svanborg Matthíasdóttir, are represented in the art book library. For more information see website: Bibliotek Nordica and catalog here.

The exhibition BOOKED will run from 26 November to 18 December 2022 in MUU Helsinki Contemporary Art Centre, Cable Factory, Tallberginkatu 1 C, Helsinki.

OPIN BÓK í New Jersey | ARKIR at New York Textile Month 2022

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🇮🇸 Þrjár ARKIR sýna bókverk í Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ. á vegum Monira Foundation í tenglsum við New York Textile Month 2022. Helga Pálína, Svanborg og Ingiríður eiga þar verk ásamt Ernesto Carozzo, en viðburðurinn tengist sýningunni Tectonic threads þar sem 20 textíllistamenn frá Íslandi og New York sýna verk. Sýningin OPEN BOOK stendur frá 11.-18. september 2022.

🇬🇧 ARKIR members Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir, Ingiríður Óðinsdóttir and Svanborg Matthíasdóttir exhibit textile art books at Mana Contemporary, in Jersey City, NJ, this week, along with artist Ernesto Carozzo. The event is presented by Monira Foundation in collaboration with New York Textile Month. The book art exhibition is in connection with a larger exhibition of textile art by 20 women artists from Iceland and New York, Tectonic threads, – all part of New York Textile Month 2022. The exhibition OPEN BOOK opens Sunday 11 September and closes Sunday 18 September, 2022.

Helga Pálína sýnir í Pálshúsi | ARKIR in 2021 – art exhibitions

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🇮🇸 ARKIR sinna fjölbreyttri listsköpun og sýna verk sín víða. Nú stendur yfir sýning Helgu Pálínu Brynjólfsdóttur í safna- og menningarfræðisetrinu Pálshúsi í Ólafsfirði. Sýningin nefnist Tengingar og stendur frá 31. júlí – 10. september 2021. Hér má lesa um sýninguna en í sýningarskrá segir m.a.:
„Textíllistakonan Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir hefur nú um árabil gert tilraunir með að sauma í kletta, litglæða grábrún blæbrigði móbergsins en líka spýtur, nýjar og gamlar. Hún rillar og vefur, holar aftan og stingur framan til að laða fram skúlptúr, línur og horn.
Á sýningunni í Pálshúsi kallar Helga Pálína með þráðum sínum fram nýjar tengingar í spýtum og steinum, hyllir náttúruna og söguna, umbreytir henni og víkkar sýn með indíánskri litadýrð og fíngerðu bróderíi. Fortíðin og framtíðin, hið harða og hið mjúka, hið kvenlæga og hið karllæga, djúp jarðar og húrrandi nútímatækni stíga hér leikandi dans.“ – Texti: Jórunn Sigurðardóttir.

Frá árinu 1989 hefur Helga Pálína kennt textílþrykk í Hönnunar- og arkitektúrdeild Listaháskóla Íslands, við Textíldeild Myndlistaskólans í Reykjavík og í Textíldeild Myndlista-og handíðaskóla Íslands.

🇬🇧 All members of ARKIR work in various branches of the arts and exhibit their works widely. ARKIR member Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir is currently showing her art at Pálshús Museum and Cultural Center in Ólafsfjörður. The exhibition is called Tengingar (Connections) and runs from 31 July – 10 September 2021.

From the exhibition catalog:
“Textile artist Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir has for years been experimenting with sewing into rocks, the colorful gray-brown nuances of the tuff, but also pieces of wood, new and old. She carves and weaves, makes holes in back and front to call forth sculpture, lines and angles.
At the exhibition in Pálshús, Helga Pálína, evokes new connections in wood and stones with her threads, pays homage to nature and history, transforms it and broadens our vision with color splendor and delicate embroidery. The past and the future, the hard and the soft, the feminine and the masculine, the depth of the earth and the hurling of modern technology, all unite in a playful dance.” – Text by Jórunn Sigurðardóttir.

Since 1989, Helga Pálína has taught textile art and textile printing at the Design and Architecture Department of the Iceland University of the Arts, at the Textile Department of The Reykjavík School of Visual Arts and at the Textile Department of the Icelandic School of Arts and Crafts.

Click on the images to enlarge | Smellið á myndirnar til að stækka.

 

Síðasti sýningardagur í Landsbókasafni | BIBLIOTEK NORDICA – closing of the exhibition in Reykjavík

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🇮🇸 Mánudaginn 23. maí 2021 lýkur í Þjóðarbókhlöðu sýningu á bókverkum úr norræna bókverkasafninu Bibliotek Nordica, sem er eitt af verkefnum Codex Polaris, og samanstendur af bókverkum meira en 80 valdra listamanna, hönnuða, rithöfunda og prentlistamanna (sjá sýningarskrá hér). Bibliotek Nordica var framleitt í 10 eintökum og hefur verið sýnt víða um lönd. 

Næsti sýningarstaður Bibliotek Nordica er bókamessan CHART Art Fair í Kunsthal Charlottenborg við Kóngsins nýja torg í Kaupmannahöfn, dagana 26. – 29. ágúst 2021. Bibliotek Nordica verður þar hluti af sýningu Codex Polaris-hópsins.

Sex ARKIR eiga verk í Bibliotek Nordica: Anna Snædís Sigmarsdóttir, Áslaug Jónsdóttir, Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir, Ingiríður Óðinsdóttir, Sigurborg Stefánsdóttir og Svanborg Matthíasdóttir. Myndirnar eru frá sýningunni í Landsbókasafni Íslands, Þjóðarbókhlöðu.

🇬🇧 The exhibition of works from Bibliotek Nordica in the National Library of Iceland will close on Monday, 22 August. The book art project run by Codex Polaris, representing more than 80 selected artists, designers, writers, and printmakers from the Nordic Countries includes works by six members of ARKIR: Anna Snædís Sigmarsdóttir, Áslaug Jónsdóttir, Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir, Ingiríður Óðinsdóttir, Sigurborg Stefánsdóttir and Svanborg Matthíasdóttir. For more information see website: Bibliotek Nordica and catalog here.The exhibition is open on Mon from 9 am to 5 pm. For opening hours and covid-19 restrictions see here and here.

Next destination for Bibliotek Nordica is the book fair CHART Art Fair at Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark, from the 26th to 29th August.  Codex Polaris have been invited to show at the fair and Bibliotek Nordica will be exhibited as part of the Codex Polaris collection.

 

Veggspjald – hönnun | poster design: Áslaug Jónsdóttir.
Ljósmyndir | photos: Áslaug Jónsdóttir.
Smellið á myndirnar til að stækka. | Click on the images to enlarge.

Norræna bókverkasafnið | BIBLIOTEK NORDICA

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🇮🇸 Mánudaginn 17. maí 2021 opnar í Þjóðarbókhlöðu sýning á bókverkum úr norræna bókverkasafninu Bibliotek Nordica. Sex ARKIR eiga þar verk: Anna Snædís Sigmarsdóttir, Áslaug Jónsdóttir, Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir, Ingiríður Óðinsdóttir, Sigurborg Stefánsdóttir og Svanborg Matthíasdóttir, en enn fleiri íslenskir listamenn taka þátt í verkefninu. Bibliotek Nordica er eitt af verkefnum Codex Polaris og samanstendur af bókverkum meira en 80 valdra listamanna, hönnuða, rithöfunda og prentlistamanna (sjá sýningarskrá hér). Bibliotek Nordica var framleitt í 10 eintökum, en sýningareintakið hefur farið víða um lönd. Markmiðið með Bibliotek Nordica er að búa til safn norrænna bókverka sem auðvelt er að nálgast og nota til viðmiðunar í bókmenntasögu samtímans. Um leið var það markmið að skapa tengslanet milli listamanna á Norðurlöndum.

Sýningin stendur fram til sunnudagsins 22. ágúst. Opið er virka daga 9-17 og 10-14 á laugardögum. Lokað sunnudaga. Athugið opnunartíma á heimasíðu Landsbókasafns og reglur vegna covid-19. Nánar verður tilkynnt viðburði tengda sýningunni síðar.

🇬🇧 Exhibition of works from Bibliotek Nordica will open on Monday, 17 May, in the National Library of Iceland. Six members of ARKIR: Anna Snædís Sigmarsdóttir, Áslaug Jónsdóttir, Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir, Ingiríður Óðinsdóttir, Sigurborg Stefánsdóttir and Svanborg Matthíasdóttir, are represented in the book art project run by Codex Polaris, representing more than 80 selected artists, designers, writers, and printmakers from the Nordic Countries. ​The aim for Bibliotek Nordica is to create a collection of easy-to-access Nordic artist books that can be used as a reference for contemporary book practices and also create a network between the Nordic countries. 

For more information see website: Bibliotek Nordica and catalog here.

The last day of the exhibition is August 22nd. The exhibition is open Mon-Fri from 9 am to 5 pm and 10 am to 2 pm on Saturdays. Sundays closed. For opening hours and covid-19 restrictions see here and here.

 

Veggspjald – hönnun | poster design: Áslaug Jónsdóttir.
Ljósmyndir | photos: Áslaug Jónsdóttir.
Smellið á myndirnar til að stækka. | Click on the images to enlarge.

Á ferð og flugi | CODEX VII

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🇮🇸 ARKIR gerðu góða ferð til Kaliforníu á CODEX-bókamessuna í Richmond við San Fransisco flóa. Átta ARKIR stóðu vaktina við íslenska sýningarborðið dagana 3.-6. febrúar og tóku þátt í sýningarverkefninu Codex Nordica ásamt því að eiga hlutdeild í bókverkasafninu Bibliotek Nordica. Fjöldi gesta kynnti sér verk norrænu listamannanna í gömlu Ford-verksmiðjunni í Craneway-skálanum. Þar var margt um manninn og ráðslagað um sölu og sýningar bókverka af öllum toga. Listamenn og umboðsmenn þeirra komu hvaðanæva að úr heiminum og fjölbreytni verkanna var gríðarleg. Við hittum góða vini og kynntumst nýjum og munum án efa njóta ávaxta af ferðinni un langa hríð.
Næstu vikur birtum við fleiri myndir af því sem fyrir augu bar. Fylgist með!

🇬🇧 Eight members of ARKIR made an awesome trip to California and took part in the CODEX VII book fair in the beautiful old Craneway Pavilion in Richmond by the San Fransisco Bay, joining in the exhibition concept Codex Nordica and Bibliotek Nordica, along with fellow artists from the Nordic countries: Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. We met good friends and made new friends and connections. It was a busy fair where sales and shows were planned by artists and agents from all over the world. 
The next weeks to come we will post more pictures from the fair, showing the wide range of the diverse book art that was exhibited. Stay tuned!

Myndir frá sýningarsvæði ARKA og norrænu listamanna í Codex Nordica.
Photos showing books by ARKIR and other artists in the Codex Nordica group.

Ljósmyndir: Áslaug J. Smellið á myndirnar til að stækka! | Photos by Áslaug. Click on the images to enlarge!

The Craneway Pavilion
Danish artists and editors of Pist Protta: Jesper Rasmussen, Åse Eg Jørgensen, Jesper Fabricius
Anna Snædís
Artists from Finland: Tatjana Bergelt, Kristoffer Albrecht, Susanna Autio.
Sigurborg and Anna Snædís at the ARKIR’s table
Norwegian artist Randi A. Strand (on the right)
Pist Protta editors Jesper and Åse
Kristín Guðbrandsdóttir and Anna Snædís at work
Áslaug
Helga Pálína and Inga
Svanborg and Ösp
Kristín, Svanborg, Helga Pálína, Anna Snædís and Ösp
Áslaug and Åse Eg Jørgensen
Book art by Randi A. Strand
Book art by Rita Marhaug
San Fransisco Bay

 

Tóftir | Ruins – Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir

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Við höldum áfram að kynna verk á sýningunni JAÐARLAND / BORDERLAND sem nú stendur yfir í KCC Center for Book Arts í University of Southern Maine í Portland, Maine, í Bandaríkjunum. Eitt verkanna á sýningunni er „Tóftir“ eftir Helgu Pálínu Brynjólfsdóttur og hún kynnir hér verkið sitt í nokkrum orðum. 

Tóftir eftir Helgu Pálínu Brynjólfsdóttur

„Tóftir, bæjarrústir torfhúsa, finnast út um allt Ísland og hafa víða verið teiknaðar upp. Þær birtast okkur í náttúrunni, veðursorfnar og eyddar, sem nokkurs konar tákn eða stafróf. Í þessu bókverki birtast þær eins og hvítir skuggar úr fortíðinni.“

We continue to post photos and information on a selection of works that are displayed at the current book art exhibition BORDERLAND in KCC Center for Book Arts at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, Maine. Here Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir presents her artwork “Ruins”.

Ruins by Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir 

“Ruins of old turf farmhouses are found throughout Iceland and many of them have been documented in drawings. These forms appear in the landscape, weather-worn and half destroyed as symbols of past habitation or as alphabetical forms. In this artist´s book they appear as white shadowy forms from the past.“

Gleðilegt ár! ∼ Happy New Book Art Year 2016!

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ARKIR óska listunnendum og bókverkafólki um heim allan gleðilegs árs og þakka góðar viðtökur, samvinnu og samskipti á liðnum árum. Megi nýja árið verða öllu listafólki gjöfult.

Á árinu sem leið sýndu ARKIR bókverk sín víða, bæði hérlendis og erlendis. Sýningin ENDURBÓKUN, sem opnaði fyrst í Gerðubergi Menningarhúsi, var sett upp í Bókasafni Reykjanesbæjar í apríl og síðar í Spönginni Menningarhúsi. Sýningin eða hluti hennar mun ferðast víðar um landið á nýja árinu. Verkin á sýningunni ENDURBÓKUN voru öll unnin úr gömlum eða afskrifuðum bókum af Borgarbókasafni. Myndir frá sýningunni í Gerðubergi prýða nú almanak SORPU árið 2016. Almanakið má nálgast á endurvinnslustöðum SORPU en einnig má skoða almanakið hér og hlaða því niður rafrænt. Myndin á forsíðu almanaksins sýnir hluta af verkinu Orðaflaumur eftir Ingiríði Óðinsdóttur. Ljósmyndir: Binni.

Síðla ársins 2015 tóku ARKIR þátt í sýningunni DRIFTING CLOUDS í Nicosia á Kýpur ásamt fjölmörgum evrópskum listamönnum. Fyrr á árinu höfðu nokkrar úr hópnum sýnt verk á norrænni bókverkasýningu í Helsinki í tilefni af 20 ára afmæli Gallery Jangva í Helsinki. Verk þeirra Önnu Snædísar, Sigurborgar og Svanborgar voru einnig valin á ERROR – sjöunda alþjóðlega bókverkaþríæringinn í Vilnius 2015, en þema þríæringsins var “Error” {Mistake}: villa eða mistök. Verkin voru til sýnis í Gallery Titanikas, sem er í Listaháskólanum í Vilnius, en hluti verkanna var einnig til sýnis í Leipzig í Þýskalandi; í Vercelli á Ítalíu; og víðar. Nánar má lesa um þríæringinn hér: ERROR og fyrir neðan má sjá myndband frá sýningunni í Vercelli: Museo Leone, Vercelli & “Studio 10″ City Gallery.

 

ARKIR fengu líka góðar heimsóknir á árinu – þar má nefna ljóðskáldið og bókverkakonuna Nancy Campbell  eins og við sögðum frá hér; sem og listakonuna Sandhya sem einnig notar ljóð og texta í sínum verkum.

Með nokkrum myndum frá liðnu ári sendum við kveðjur til vina og velunnara ARKANNA og vonum að sem flest ný og áhugaverð bókverk líti dagsins ljós á árinu 2016.

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Ösp, Kristín Þóra, Inga, Sandhya, Bogga, Svanborg og Anna Snædís.

Dear friends of ARKIR, co-workers and fellow artists! We wish you all a very happy and prosperous New Year! May your lives be filled with joy and good art!

Looking back at the past year we state that ARKIR Book Arts Group had a fine year. Our exhibition ENDURBÓKUN / RE-BOOK, that originally opened in Gerðuberg Culturehouse, was later opened in Reykjanesbær Library in April and in Spöngin Culturehouse in July. We can confirm that the exhibition will travel further in the new year. All the works were created by using old books, mostly discared books from Gerðuberg Library. Photos exhibiting book art from ENDURBÓKUN / RE-BOOK are illustrating a 2016-calendar published by SORPA, a non-profit waste management firm owned and run by seven municipalities in Iceland’s Capital Area. SORPA’s almanac is available at all the recycling centers but can also be viewed and downloaded here. Artwork on cover shows Orðaflaumur (Stream of Words) by Inga, Ingiríður Óðinsdóttur. Photos by Binni. 

In October ARKIR took part in the exhibition DRIFTING CLOUDS in Nicosia in Cyprus. Earlier in the year, ARKIR members partisipated in a Nordic Artists’ Books exhibition in Studio Gallery Jangva Studio in Helsinki, as a part of Gallery Jangva’s 20th anniversary. Works by Anna Snædís, Sigurborg and Svanborg were also selected for ERROR – 7th International Artist’s Book Triennial Vilnius 2015” with the theme “Error” {Mistake}. The 7th triennial was opened in Gallery Titanikas, an exhibition hall belonging to the Vilnius Academy of Arts. Selections were also exhibited in Leipzig, Germany; Vercelli, Italy; in Austria; and more. For further information see the triennial’s webpage: ERROR. The video above shows moments from the show in Vercelli: Museo Leone, Vercelli & “Studio 10″ City Gallery.

ARKIR also had good visitors from abroad, – for instance the poet and book artist Nancy Campbell as reported here; and artist Sandhya who also uses poems and texts in her works. 

With a series of photos from the year 2015, we send our best wishes and hope for a splendid year 2016!

Svanborg, Inga, Sigurborg, Áslaug, Anna Snædís, Ösp
Sigurborg, Anna Snædís
Anna Snædís, Helga Pálína
Inga
Svanborg, Bryndís
Inga, Svanborg, Helga Pálína, Nancy Campell, Sigurborg
Sigurborg
Svanborg, Ösp
Áslaug, Helga Pálína
Kristín Þóra, Svanborg
Ösp
Áslaug, Kristín Þóra
Svanborg

 

 

HEIMA – Thoughts on HOME

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Níu meðlimir ARKAR-hópsins eiga verk á sýningunni HEIMA, sem stendur nú yfir í Norræna húsinu. Þegar farandsýningin var sett upp í Silkeborg á síðasta ári birtum við hér á vefnum hugleiðingar um nokkur verkanna. Nú rifjum við upp þessar kynningar. Smellið á verkin til að lesa meira um hugmyndirnar á bak við verkin og listamennina sjálfa.
Sýningin í Norræna húsinu er opin þriðjudaga til sunnudaga frá kl. 12 – 17. Sýningunni lýkur 23. febrúar.
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When the exhibition HOME opened in Silkeborg in Denmark last year, each one of us in ARKIR wrote a short text about the idea behind one artist’s book we had made for the exhibition. That way we made a series of blogposts on the theme: HOME. The exhibition has travelled from Denmark to Nuuk in Greenland and is now to be seen in the Nordic house in Reykjavík. Click on the images to read more about some of ARKIR works.
The exhibition in the Nordic house is open Tuesdays to Sundays from 12 to 5 pm. Open until 23. February.

SigurborgSt Zoo1    Inga HEIM1    AnnaS Scand1
Sigurborg Stefánsdóttir: Zoo  |  Ingiríður Óðinsdóttir: Home – at home  |  Anna Snædís Sigmarsdóttir: Skandinavian furniture 1960

Heima – Litur    @heima by Osp 2    BryndisBraga 20steps1
Svanborg Matthíasdóttir: Home – Color  |  Arnþrúður Ösp Karlsdóttir: @Heima  |  Bryndís Bragadóttir: 20 steps backwards from home

Friðsæl heimili - Peaceful homes by Helga Pálína      JMT RightsTo 1      AslaugJons Babel 1
Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir: Peaceful homes  |  Jóhanna M. Tryggvadóttir: The Right of Return  |  Áslaug Jónsdóttir: Tower of Babel

Friðsæl heimili – Peaceful homes by Helga Pálína

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Kynning á íslenskum verkum á sýningunni: hem : HJEM : koti : heim : heima : angerlarsimaffik í Silkeborg Bad. Lesið einnig fyrri færslur:
[1] Sigurborg: Zoo   [2] Áslaug: Babel   [3] Inga: Heim-heima   [4] Anna Snædís: Skandinavísk húsgögn
[5] Svanborg: Heima – Litur   [6] Bryndís: 20 skref afturábak frá heimilinu   [7] Jóhanna Margrét: Réttur til að snúa aftur    
Introduction of some of ARKIR’s works in the exhibition: hem : HJEM : koti : heim : heima : angerlarsimaffik in Silkeborg Bad. Read also:
[1] Sigurborg: Zoo    [2] Áslaug: Babel    [3] Inga: Heim-heima   [4] Anna Snædís: Scandinavian Furniture
[5] Svanborg: Heima – Litur  [6] Bryndís: 20 Steps Backwards From Home   [7] Jóhanna Margrét: The Right of Return
© ljósmyndir / photos: Lilja Matthíasdóttir, Áslaug Jónsdóttir

HPB Peaceful homes 1

listamaður: Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir
titill: Friðsæl heimili
stærðir: 19 x 2,5 x 20 cm
efni og aðferð: Ljósmyndir, stafræn prentun, pappír og pappírsklipp.
ár: 2013

Eitt verka Helgu Pálínu Brynjólfsdóttur á sýningunni Heim : Heima nefnist Friðsæl heimili. Þegar bókin er opnuð rísa upp mosagrónir legsteinar. Við spyrjum Helgu út í titilinn: Er síðasta heimili okkar friðsælt heimili?
„Það eiga ekki allir friðsæl heimili í lifanda lífi, en ég trúi því að í dauðanum hlotnist þeim þau. Ég lít á grafreiti sem okkar síðasta „heimili“ hér á jörð og þeir virka á mig sem friðsæl heimili hinna látnu auk þess sem margir sækja í frið og ró kirkjugarðanna þegar þeir vitja grafa ástvina sinna.”
Um tilurð verksins segir Helga: „Bókverkið mitt „Friðsæl heimili“ er unnið eftir göngutúr og myndatökur í Hólavallakirkjugarði í vesturbæ Reykjavíkur. Hann er stærsti íslenski kirkjugarðurinn frá 19. öld og er eins og vin í borginni, með stórum trjám og blómlegum gróðri, girtur steinvegg. Legsteinar og krossar eru afar fjölbreyttir, þeir elstu frá 1838. Margir hverjir minna á hús, eru mosavaxnir og skakkir, en garðurinn hefur verið kallaður stærsta og elsta minjasafn Reykjavíkur.“ 

artist: Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir
title: Peaceful homes
sizes: 19 x 2,5 x 20 cm
materials and method: photographs, digital print, paper and papercut
year: 2013

One of Helga Pálína Brynjólfsdóttir’s artwork at the exhibition Home is called Peaceful homes. When the book is opened rows of mossy gravestones pop up. We ask Helga Pálína about her work: is our last residence a peaceful one?
“Not everyone will experience a peaceful home in their lifetime, but I believe that in the end, death will bring peace to all. I see the graveyard as our last residence on earth and it’s my impression that they truly are the peaceful dwellings of the dead. Many graveyards also offer serene peace and restfulness for the living who visit the graves of their loved ones.“ And Helga explains how her idea came about:
„My book art object “Peaceful homes” was inspired by walks in Reykjavik’s old cemetery, Hólavallakirkjugarður, where I shot the photos I use in the book. It is the largest graveyard from the 19th century and like an oasis in the city, with assorted trees and thriving flora behind its concrete walls. The gravestones and crosses are varied in sizes and shapes, the oldest dating from 1838. Some may even look like houses, some are broken and askew, many covered with moss. The old cemetery has been called the biggest and the oldest museum of Reykjavík. It is surely a peaceful museum.”

Helga Pálína lauk listnámi UIAH, Listiðnaðarháskólanum í Helsinki, Finnlandi, og námi í kennsluréttindum frá Kennaraháskóla Íslands. Hún vinnur að margvíslegum textílverkum og bókverkum sem hún hefur sýnt á sýningum hérlendis og erlendis. Hún býr og starfar í Reykjavík.

Helga Pálína studied textile arts and design at UIAH, The University of Art and Design in Helsinki, Finland, and finished teaching ecucation at the School of Education / University of Iceland. She works on her textile and book art which she has exhibited in Iceland and abroad. She lives and works in Reykjavík.Helga Pálína

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