Saturday, 18 February at 2 pm will Aðalsteinn Ingólfsson, guide visitors through the exhibition Untitled, where one can see abstract works, particularly gouaches, by Erling Smith (1925-2016) which the artist created in the first half of the 1950s when abstract art was establishing itself, both here and elsewhere. However, the artist's works from this period are rare, as Eiríkur burned a number of his works in a gravel pit in Hafnarfjörður in 1957. The works that have survived to this day, however, bear witness to the fact that Eiríkur had a good command of the figuration of strict abstraction, even though he chose to take a different path in his artistic creation thereafter. It will also come as no surprise that the majority of the works have not been publicly exhibited before.

Eirik Smith studied at the School of Painting and Drawing of Finn Jónsson and Jóhann Briem in the winter of 1939-1940 and at the School of Handicrafts and Fine Arts from 1946-1948. That same year, he went to Copenhagen to study until 1950, and in 1951 he travelled to Paris where he studied fine art at the Académie de la Grande Chaumiére. He held numerous solo exhibitions, as well as taking part in group exhibitions around the world during his long career. Works by Eiríkur can be found in various collections, such as the National Gallery of Iceland, the Gerðarsafn and the Reykjavík Art Museum, and in addition, Hafnarborg preserves around 400 works by the artist.

Free admission – all are welcome.