Saturday, 28th February at 2 p.m. will Eggert Pétursson, an artist, will be welcoming visitors and talking about their work at the exhibition. Red, which concludes the same weekend. The exhibition features both new paintings and graphic works by the artist, who has for many years attracted attention for his unique and passionate interest in Icelandic nature, and particularly the country's flora.

In Sverris Hall at Hafnarborg, Eggert is exhibiting paintings created especially for the exhibition, in which he continues his exploration of the Icelandic landscape, now turning his gaze upwards – to the mountain vegetation and the open sky. The smallest plants become a grand landscape where vegetation and the earth's surface transform into a refined composition that reflects time, light and change. Also on display is a series of new graphic works, created in connection with a forthcoming translation of Paradise from Joyfully, divinely by Dante, where a spiritual and symbolic world interacts with the artist's earthly vision.

Eggert Pétursson (b. 1956) lives and works in Reykjavík. He studied at the Iceland Academy of the Arts and the Jan van Eyck Academie in Maastricht. His works have been exhibited, among other places, at Nýlistasafnið, the Reykjavík Art Museum, Hafnarborg, Nordatlantensbrygge in Copenhagen, and the Pori Art Museum in Finland. Eggert also received the second prize at the 2006 Carnegie Art Award (Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Reykjavík, Copenhagen and Nice). Eggert also illustrated a popular edition of *Flóra Íslands* by Ágúst H. Bjarnason, which was first published in 1983. Eggert is represented by the i8 gallery in Reykjavík, where he has exhibited on numerous occasions. Several books dedicated to his work have also been published.

Free admission – all are welcome.