2019

Ingirafn Steinarsson – Hólmi / Elevation

Ingirafn Steinarsson – Hólmi / Elevation

New exhibition in the West Wall gallery in Skaftfell’s Bistro. Open daily from 15:00. “The drawings bear a reference to the attempts of humans to understand and explain their experiences, and to the resulting knowledge systems. Frozen moments of “Eureka”, divine experience, epistemic explosion, the effects of hallucinating drugs or orgasm, drawn in details.” Ingirafn Steinarsson graduated with a Masters degree from Malmö Art Academy in Sweden (2005), as well as from the Art Academy in Vienna, Austria (2003) and the Icelandic Arts and Crafts College (1996-1999). He has been showing his work in Iceland since 1998, and has taken part in exhibitions in many European cities and in […]

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Amanda Riffo: ELASTIC STRESS

Amanda Riffo: ELASTIC STRESS

09.11.2019 — 05.01.2020 Opening: Saturday, 09.11.2019, 16h-18h Gallery talk with the artist: Sunday, 10.11.2019, 14h-15h The exhibition, Amanda Riffo: ELASTIC STRESS is part of Skaftfell’s exhibition strategy to work with younger artists based in Iceland who are at a critical point in their careers. Amanda Riffo is a French artist who moved to Iceland in 2012, yet prior to that she was an artist in residence at Skaftfell in 2008. Amanda Riffo, admits to having really bad eyesight and it is this physiological shortcoming which has inspired much of her artistic practice. The act of looking is fundamental to visual […]

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