until Sunday September 07 2014

Reykjavik Art Museum
T : + 354 590-1200
Tryggvagata 17
121 Reykjavik
Iceland

The summer exhibition at Hafnarhús presents a selection of contemporary art from the collections of the Reykjavík Art Museum. Many of Iceland‘s best-known artists working today are featured in the show, including e.g. Ólafur Elíasson, Ragnar Kjartansson, The Icelandic Love Corporation, Gabríela Friðriksdóttir and Hreinn Friðfinnsson.

The exhibition comprises a total of about fifty pieces from the period 1970–2010, representing three generations of artists. The origins of Icelandic contemporary art can be traced back to the rebellion of the “SÚM generation” (SÚM – Association of Young Artists) against the dominant position of abstract painters in Icelandic art in the early 1960s. That generation introduced innovative ideas into art training and established new connections abroad.