Fake Football Fanclub #2.01 – Hafnarborg and Gló

2014-09-14UncategorizedFFF, Gló, Hafnarborg Standard

[Written 14 September 2014. Same-day craziness! Don’t get used to it…]

The football season is well and truly under way in the UK, so it was high time to go do something FFF-fabulous!

A friend had mentioned an art gallery, Hafnarborg, in the neighboring town of Hafnarfjörður (Harbor-fjord), so I called up Adda (my resident Hafnarfjörður local expert) and badgered her into coming with me. I didn’t want to get lost! (I’m joking!!)

So, to Hafnarborg we went, where the works of a few contemporary Icelandic artists were on display. (23 images total)

The art gallery lives in this big building, and so does the restaurant Gló (Glow). The building incorporates another older building which was gifted to the museum.

The art gallery lives in this big building, and so does a branch of the restaurant chain Gló (Glow). The building incorporates another older building (a pharmacy) which was gifted to the museum.

There was not entrance fee, so we went straight into exhibition hall number one.

There was no entrance fee, so we went straight into exhibition hall number one.

Adda walking past a work I think is called The River. In it were lots of dark images of a river, and the whole thing was sort of river-like on the wall. Kinda neat as a whole, but the individual images weren't terribly interesting.

Adda walking past a work I think is called The River. On the wall were lots of dark images of a river, and the whole thing was sort of river-like on the wall. Kinda neat as a whole, but the individual images weren’t terribly interesting.

Adda is a big fan of the building itself, which she’s visited many times. She showed me into this meeting-room where you can see the old pharmacy windows from the original building.

Not terribly exciting art in unusual places.

Photos are funny things. That earth photo looks great on this ‘about the show’ card, but much less thrilling hanging up on a wall in a frame.

Time to go upstairs.

Looking down over the foyer and gift shop.

Walking among what were probably our favorites pieces. No, not the hose on the floor, I mean the photos!

It’s hard to take video art seriously, especially when it’s a long recording of someone slowly videoing things in their home. Like corners.

The circle of life? With a power source? I dunno. It was a long hose, looped around itself, with water powered through it by a pump, which seemed to add oxygen so the water was whiter on that side…

Hoses with water of different shades of white.

Adda is a great art-skeptic. I think I’m going to be dragging her to more art shows, she’s a hoot to have around! Also, note the small windows on the arched wall. That’s the back-end of the old pharmacy house.

Literally “The Most Expensive Color”. This whole canvas is covered by the most expensive oil color you can buy in Iceland, at roughly $130 per tube. Make of that what you will. There’s no info on how many tubes you need to cover the canvas though.

A joyful Hrefna at the reawakening of the FFF!! Also, standing by a series of photos from somebody’s home. Yay.

Sketches galore. They look better one photos than in real life when you can see the pencil-work.

Sketches galore. They look better in this photo than in real life when you can see the pencil-work.

Adda, getting permission to sneak into a back-room for quick peek at the old building.

The other part of downstairs houses the restaurant Gló (Glow).

Sadly, I wasn’t very hungry.

Adda deciding what to have.

Simple, but nice!

Oooooommmmmmm….

Excellent hot chocolate, 4.2 out of 5. Carrot-ish cake not so shabby either, although Adda preferred her cake to mine.