Culture Night | Curator Talk
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Culture Night | Curator Talk
Kjarvalsstaðir
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Curator Markús Þór Andrésson will give a guided tour of the exhibition Paintings from Home at Kjarvalsstaðir at 19h00 and 21h00 on Reykjavík Culture Night.
We travel around Iceland through a history that spans over a century. We stop and look at fjords, valleys, villages and farms through the eyes of people who know them better than anyone else. These are Paintings from Home, painted with love and warmth, filled with a sense of place and memories of the past. It so happens that on this trip we are unusually lucky with the weather!
Free entry to all venues of Reykjavík Art Museum on Culture Night.
This exhibition of Paintings from Home is a research project into the periphery of Icelandic art history. Educated or self-taught artists have grabbed the paintbrush and created works in a personal conversation with places and memories. The motivation behind the works is based on a sincere desire to show and tell, to deepen connections, to remember and preserve, rather than taking on trends and styles in artistic context.