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A Witness Of Life: Haraldur Jónsson Reveals His Expansive Artistic Spectrum
I am standing in Kjarvalsstaðir museum, where Haraldur Jónsson, one of Iceland’s most renowned visual artists, celebrated the opening of his mid-career retrospective, “Spectrum,” just a few weeks ago. It’s after the museum’s opening hours and, of course, it’s already dark outside.…
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Get On Your Bike: A New Project Scatters Art Around Reykjavík’s Cycling Paths
It would be easy to envision Reykjavik as one of those Nordic capitals where everyone bicycles to work, and occasional cars have to wait while hundreds of cyclists pass. Or we could imagine the city in a predominantly natural landscape, only interrupted…
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Naked Shadows: Haraldur Jónsson at BERG Contemporary
While many Icelandic artists are quick to cite nature as their inspiration, Haraldur is fascinated by the built environment. “Building is a state of mind,” he says. “Architecture affects the way we think.” When BERG Contemporary called Haraldur Jónsson to commission an…
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Happening Today: Special Performance At Wind And Weather Window Gallery
A special performance will take place at the Wind and Weather Window Gallery around the Feast of St John, which marks the time of summer that may bring new journeys, vision, and inspiration. The artist Haraldur Jónsson’s exhibition ‘Special Offer’ is on…
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Haraldur Jónsson On His 25th Anniversary As An Artist And The First Icelandic Online Art Show
At Týsgallerí, you can currently view an exhibition of new works by Icelandic artist Haraldur Jónsson, a renowned figure in the contemporary art scene. As is often the case with Haraldur’s exhibitions, the artworks form a unified whole and are better understood…
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Haraldur Jónsson
“I have been exploring the space between the senses,” artist Haraldur Jónsson says when asked what his current work is focused on. He is without doubt one of Grapevine’s favourite local artists; elusive, divisive, thoughtful and interrogative, Haraldur’s body of work of…