Hafnarborg's Autumn Exhibition – Proposals invited

As in previous years, curators have the opportunity to
to submit proposals for an exhibition at Hafnarborg in autumn 2021. The exhibition The wild flower
which is currently on display in the museum was selected from remarkable proposals that
were submitted last year. The deadline for submitting proposals is midnight on Sunday. 25 October 2020.

The aim of requesting submissions
The proposals are to have the opportunity to select a curator who puts forward
to put forward an interesting proposal for a show, but also to bring new people into the mix.
Thus, special consideration is given to providing opportunities for curators with
a short career behind it. It has proven that there is every reason to continue.
such a project, but from it, diverse and interesting have emerged
shows that have attracted attention and been well attended.

Ideas for exhibitions are requested.

Ideas are sought for exhibitions where
subject matter, working method or other ideas connect the works of artists but also
Consider exhibitions that involve an analysis or insight into the work of a particular artist.
artist. Exhibitions of works by contemporary artists are equally considered and
presentations that involve historical analysis. 

The autumn series began in 2011.

In 2011, the autumn exhibition series began with the exhibition
For now which was processed
was by the anthropologist Ólöf Gerður Sigfúsdóttir, in 2012 the exhibition was set up Ski Area in curation
Guðni Tómasson, art historian. Anna María Bogadóttir
A cultural anthropologist and architect curated the exhibition. Points – the houses in the house
in 2013 and 2014 the idea of Helga Þórsdóttir, a cultural studies scholar, and
of an artist, to the exhibition Channel
chosen from interesting proposals. In the autumn of 2015, it was the art historians
Aðalheiður Valgeirsdóttir and Aldís Arnardóttir with the exhibition The world without us. In the year 2016,
was the proposal from the design duo TOS, which is composed of Hildur
Steinþórsdóttir and Rúnu Thors, with the exhibition Attempt
– clay and more, in 2017 the exhibition was Painting – not a medium set up under
Curated by Jóhannes Dagsson, 2018 exhibition All weathers as Marta Sigríður
Pétursdóttir curated and in 2019 the exhibition concept was Andrea's.
Arnarsdottir and Starkadur Sigurdarson for the selection which bore the title Everything at the same time. This year is
that exhibition The wild flower
which was chosen from a selection of submitted ideas, the exhibition features artists from
Iceland and Canada to space for mergers of environmental activism, diverse
ecosystems, feminism and craft within contemporary art. The exhibition is on display.
until 25 October.

Hafnarborg wants to create a fertile ground for interesting ideas.

With the autumn exhibition series, Hafnarborg aims to create a platform.
for interesting ideas so that the collection will become a platform where art
can be enjoyed, shaped by diverse perspectives and themes. The exhibitions and
The symposia organised alongside them have created a significant forum.
Discussion and development in Hafnarborg.

Send proposals to the email address hafnarborg@hafnarfjordur.is

Mark the post Autumn 2021.

Further information is available from Hafnarborg on 585 5790 and at
The museum's homepage www.hafnarborg.is