Sunday, 14th June at 1 pm will Helgi Þorgils Friðjónsson, an artist, will be welcoming guests and discussing his newly opened solo exhibition, Big world, together with Aldísi Arnardóttur, curator and director of Hafnarborg.

At the exhibition of Helgi Þorgils Friðjónsson, Big world, where a dreamlike reality meets a contemplation on human existence and its relationship with nature, in which man and nature appear as an inseparable whole. The artist's imagery is figurative and narrative, composed of countless symbols. The figures appear in ambiguous yet familiar situations where Icelandic nature, birds, sea creatures, and religious and symbolic elements are interwoven in a lyrical manner. The visual world is both subtle and powerful, and the aesthetics reach beyond the earthly reality. A vast world, where narrative and emotion work together and beauty hovers on the borders of the tangible and the imaginary.

For decades, Helgi Þorgils Friðjónsson has been one of the country's most prolific visual artists. From the beginning of his career in the mid-1970s, he attracted attention for an innovative and personal narrative style, which has earned him a unique position in the Icelandic art scene and recognition on the international stage. Over a long career, his imagery has been in constant development, with the human presence at its centre. Helgi Þorgils has exhibited widely around the world since 1974, including representing Iceland at the Venice Biennale in 1990 and in prestigious museums and galleries in Europe and the United States.

Free admission – all are welcome.