{"id":13329,"date":"2017-04-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/baejarlistamadur-hafnarfjardar-2017\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:00:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:00:15","slug":"hafnarfjordurs-artist-of-the-year-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/baejarlistamadur-hafnarfjardar-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's Artist in Residence 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Visual artist Steingr\u00edmur Eyfj\u00f6r\u00f0 has been appointed Artist in Residence of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur for 2017. The Culture and Tourism Committee of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur called for nominations for the title of City Artist in early 2017, and numerous nominations were received. The committee's decision was that for 2017, the visual artist Steingr\u00edmur Eyfj\u00f6r\u00f0 would be the City Artist of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Steingr\u00edmur Eyfj\u00f6r\u00f0 was born in 1954; he studied fine art in Iceland and the Netherlands. In his work, Steingr\u00edmur has delved into the realms of philosophy, science, sociology and anthropology, where the subjects can be as diverse as religion, politics, popular culture, Icelandic culture and history. His work often deals with what might be called modern-day folklore, drawing its material from esotericism, conspiracy theories and various pseudosciences. These stories reflect the multifaceted nature of humanity's quest for knowledge and attempts to define and examine reality from a broader perspective than that offered by conventional science.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A narrative work<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Drawing is a voluminous means of expression in Steingr\u00edms's work, and in them a close visual kinship between drawing and literature is evident, as his works are often narrative in style. In Steingr\u00edms's works, one finds a passionate and non-judgemental discourse, where the beauty and the lyrical nature of all creation are points of contact. They are a kind of inward-looking journey or exploration, where each individual must come to terms with a particular situation. Often, it is a kind of play with the concept of art, where the work's progression, the creative process itself, is a visible part of it. Steingr\u00edmur's works raise thought-provoking questions about science, religion, politics, and Icelandic national and popular culture. Throughout this process, there is a belief in the innate intelligence of the individual within a society that seeks to mould people into a uniform form.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A career spanning four decades<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Steingr\u00edm's diverse career spans four decades; he has exhibited his work both at home and abroad, both solo and with others. He has taught and been active in the professional association of visual artists. He was Iceland's representative at the Venice Biennale in 2007. Steingr\u00edmur has lived in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur for the past five years; in January, a solo exhibition of his work was held at Hafnarborg, entitled 'Kvenhetjan'. The City Artist of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur receives a payment of 1,000,000 kr\u00f3na as an incentive for continued creativity and activity. On Friday, 21 April at 8 p.m., there will be a short presentation on Steingr\u00edmur's career here at Hafnarborg.<\/p>\n<p><sup><em><strong>Photographer:<\/strong> Einar Falur Ing\u00f3lfsson<\/em><\/sup><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steingr\u00edmur Eyfj\u00f6r\u00f0 myndlistarma\u00f0ur hefur veri\u00f0 \u00fatnefndur b\u00e6jarlistama\u00f0ur Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar \u00e1ri\u00f0 2017. Menningar- og fer\u00f0am\u00e1lanefnd Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar kalla\u00f0i eftir tilnefningum til b\u00e6jarlistamanns snemma \u00e1rs og b\u00e1rust fj\u00f6lmargar tilnefningar. Mat nefndarinnar var a\u00f0 \u00e1ri\u00f0 2017 yr\u00f0i myndlistarma\u00f0urinn Steingr\u00edmur Eyfj\u00f6r\u00f0 b\u00e6jarlistama\u00f0ur Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar. Steingr\u00edmur Eyfj\u00f6r\u00f0 er f\u00e6ddur \u00e1ri\u00f0 1954, hann nam myndlist \u00e1 \u00cdslandi og \u00ed Hollandi. Steingr\u00edmur hefur \u00ed verkum [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13329\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13329"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}