Sunday, 18 January at 2 pm will Thröstur Helgason, A literary scholar discusses the art of Eggert Pétursson in relation to the exhibition. Red, which is currently on display at Hafnarborg. Þröstur places the works in the exhibition in the context of Eggert's career and examines his use of the colour red in particular. Also featured is a series of works by Eggert in which the colour blue is prominent. The talk will discuss the meaning of colours and their use in art throughout history. It will also shed light on Eggert's graphic works on display at the exhibition.

The exhibition features a painting that Eggert has created especially for this occasion, in which the artist continues his exploration of the Icelandic landscape, now turning his gaze upwards – to the alpine 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. Additionally, Eggert received the second prize of the Carnegie Art Award in 2006 (Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Reykjavík, Copenhagen and Nice). He also illustrated a popular edition of Icelandic flora by Ágúst H. Bjarnason, first published in 1983. Eggert works with i8 gallery in Reykjavík, where he has exhibited on numerous occasions. Various books dedicated to his work have also been published.

Þröstur Helgason holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Iceland and has a long career as a cultural journalist, critic, editor and academic. He is currently working on a book about the cultural history of the colour blue.

Free admission – all are welcome.