{"id":14349,"date":"2025-10-27T17:39:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T17:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/?post_type=event&#038;p=14349"},"modified":"2025-10-31T17:23:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T17:23:59","slug":"lightning-artist-talk","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/en\/event\/lightning-artist-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning \u2013 Artist Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Saturday November 1st at 2 p.m.<\/strong>, artist\u00a0<strong>\u00de\u00f3rir Gunnarsson<\/strong> will welcome guests at his exhibition <em>Lightning<\/em>, currently on view at Hafnarborg in connection with Art Without Borders 2025. At the talk, \u00de\u00f3rir and curator <strong>Unnur Mj\u00f6ll S. Leifsd\u00f3ttir<\/strong> will explore the core topics and themes of \u00de\u00f3rir\u2019s artistic output.<\/p>\n<p>In this exhibition, \u00de\u00f3rir Gunnarsson, also known as Listap\u00fakinn, invites the viewer into a world that is both deeply personal and full of playful energy. \u00de\u00f3rir draws inspiration from his surroundings \u2013 from bus rides, nature, or his runs \u2013 and his interest in the rhythms of human life and sports is expressed in the vitality of his work. He works primarily with drawing and watercolour, where observation and experience merge, with layers of material and ideas combining to create a new reality.<\/p>\n<p>\u00de\u00f3rir works at Listvinnzlan as an artist, consultant and assistant instructor, emphasising accessibility to culture and art education for people with disabilities. In recognition of this pioneering work, he received the M\u00farbrj\u00f3tur award from \u00deroskahj\u00e1lp in 2021. He has also been named Artist of the Year by the town of Mosfellsb\u00e6r and he has exhibited widely, including at the Nordic House, Ger\u00f0arsafn and the Reykjav\u00edk Art Museum.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free entry \u2013 everyone welcome.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday November 1st at 2 p.m., artist\u00a0\u00de\u00f3rir Gunnarsson will welcome guests at his exhibition Lightning, currently on view at Hafnarborg in connection with Art Without Borders 2025. At the talk, \u00de\u00f3rir and curator Unnur Mj\u00f6ll S. Leifsd\u00f3ttir will explore the core topics and themes of \u00de\u00f3rir\u2019s artistic output. In this exhibition, \u00de\u00f3rir Gunnarsson, also known [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14347,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-14349","event","type-event","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/14349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/14349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14392,"href":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/14349\/revisions\/14392"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}