Past program

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Bernd Koberling, Autumn – Loðmundarfjörður

September 23 – December 31, 2022, Skaftfell Bistro BERND KOBERLING Haust | Autumn – Loðmundarfjördur The Painterly Self Now on view in the bistro is an installation of watercolors by the renowned German artist Bernd Koberling (Berlin, 1930), who has summered in neighboring Loðmundarfjörður since 1977, when he was first introduced to the East Fjords by Dieter Roth.  The ten watercolors were all executed in the autumn of 1998, the year of Skaftfell’s founding nearly 25 years ago. In them, one can find reference to the topography and vegetation of Loðmundarfjörður in the colors that expressively evoke the autumn season.  […]

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Rikke Luther – On Moving Ground

Rikke Luther – On Moving Ground

September 17 – November 20, 2022, Skaftfell gallery Opening on September 17, 16:00-18:00 in Skaftfell and 18:00-19:30 in Herðubío (film screening) Gallery talk with the artist on September 18, 14:00 All events are free of charge. Opening times: Tue–Sun 17:00–22:00, Mon closed   Rikke Luther’s solo exhibition at Skaftfell presents the artist’s ongoing research into political, societal and environmental connections between mineral extraction, modernity, soil erosion and planetary change. Her work explores the impacts of sand mining, the carbon-intense production of concrete, and the effects of rising temperatures on the stability of the ground we live on. On Moving Ground offers an […]

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