{"id":14434,"date":"2025-11-06T16:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T16:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/?post_type=event&p=14434"},"modified":"2025-11-24T15:24:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:24:51","slug":"opening-una-bjorg-magnusdottir-and-eggert-petursson","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/en\/event\/opening-una-bjorg-magnusdottir-and-eggert-petursson\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening \u2013 Una Bj\u00f6rg Magn\u00fasd\u00f3ttir and Eggert P\u00e9tursson."},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday November 20th at 6 p.m.<\/strong>, we invite you to the opening of new solo exhibitions by Una Bj\u00f6rg Magn\u00fasd\u00f3ttir<\/strong> and Eggert P\u00e9tursson<\/strong> at Hafnarborg. The exhibitions will be opened by Valdimar V\u00ed\u00f0isson, Mayor of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Una Bj\u00f6rg Magn\u00fasd\u00f3ttir
\nFill & spill<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The exhibition spaces of Hafnarborg are built around a stately house from 1921, originally a home and pharmacy. The museum\u2019s main gallery still bears traces of this history, as the curved outer wall of the old building remains a distinctive feature of the space. One of the exhibition\u2019s central works plays on this architectural dialogue \u2013 a low partition stretches across the room, tracing its contours while defining a new interior within it \u2013 a void, a stage, a potential arena. Other works, including sculptures, images and works on paper created especially for the exhibition, form a subtle narrative that draws on the space\u2019s inherent qualities, its materiality and light, its possibilities and limitations. The works weave together the building\u2019s historical and imagined timelines, exploring relationships between originals and copies, doubles and reflections.
\nCurated by \u00de\u00f3rd\u00eds J\u00f3hannesd\u00f3ttir.<\/p>\n

Una Bj\u00f6rg Magn\u00fasd\u00f3ttir (b. 1990) employs diverse methods in her work to pose questions about beauty, value, existence and behaviour. She uses texture and value-laden materials with subtlety and restraint, where precise arrangements of simple objects create a surface of illusion that challenges conventional notions of meaning and perception. Una Bj\u00f6rg studied fine art at the Iceland University of the Arts and completed postgraduate studies at \u00c9CAL in Switzerland, graduating in 2018. She lives and works in Reykjav\u00edk, and her works have been shown at the Reykjav\u00edk Art Museum, AS\u00cd Art Museum, Ger\u00f0arsafn, Y Gallery, \u00c1smundarsalur, KEIV in Athens and K\u00fcnstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin. She was nominated as Artist of the Year at the Icelandic Art Prize 2025 and received the Gu\u00f0munda Award in 2024.<\/p>\n

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Eggert P\u00e9tursson
\n<\/strong>Redden<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Eggert P\u00e9tursson has long been recognised for his singular and passionate engagement with Icelandic nature, particularly the country\u2019s flora. In the lower gallery of Hafnarborg, he presents new works, including paintings made especially for this exhibition, continuing his exploration of Icelandic nature \u2013 this time turning his gaze slightly upward, toward the mountain slopes and open sky. The smallest plants become part of a vast landscape, where vegetation and the surface of the earth are transformed into finely tuned compositions that reflect time, light and the shifting character of the land. The exhibition also includes a series of new prints made in connection with a forthcoming Icelandic translation of Paradise<\/em> from Dante\u2019s Divine Comedy<\/em>, where the spiritual and symbolic world resonates with the artist\u2019s grounded vision.
\nCurated by Ald\u00eds Arnard\u00f3ttir.<\/p>\n

Eggert P\u00e9tursson (b. 1956) lives and works in Reykjav\u00edk. He studied at the Icelandic College of Art and Crafts and the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht. His works have been exhibited at The Living Art Museum, Reykjav\u00edk Art Museum, Hafnarborg, Nordatlantens Brygge in Copenhagen and Pori Art Museum in Finland. In 2006, he received second prize in the Carnegie Art Award (Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Reykjav\u00edk, Copenhagen and Nice). He also illustrated the popular edition of Icelandic Flora<\/em> by \u00c1g\u00fast H. Bjarnason, first published in 1983. Eggert is represented by i8 Gallery in Reykjav\u00edk, where he has exhibited frequently, and several books have been dedicated to his work.<\/p>\n

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Free entry \u2013 see you at Hafnarborg.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thursday November 20th at 6 p.m., we invite you to the opening of new solo exhibitions by Una Bj\u00f6rg Magn\u00fasd\u00f3ttir and Eggert P\u00e9tursson at Hafnarborg. The exhibitions will be opened by Valdimar V\u00ed\u00f0isson, Mayor of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. Una Bj\u00f6rg Magn\u00fasd\u00f3ttir Fill & spill The exhibition spaces of Hafnarborg are built around a stately house from 1921, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14151,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-14434","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\/14434","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":3,"href":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/14434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14496,"href":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/14434\/revisions\/14496"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}