As was stated in the Icelandic media recently, Skaftfell Center for Visual Art has been in financial difficulties this year, and this has led to great uncertainty about the continuation of its operations. Following a good conversation between Skaftfell and the Minister of Education and Culture this autumn, the ministry agreed to grant emergency funding to Skaftfell. This means that we can keep the art center’s activities uninterrupted until the end of the year. We are, of course, deeply grateful for this support. For an institution like Skaftfell it is crucial to be able to work continuously on projects that […]
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Piotr Kołakowski – Last Drawings
West Wall gallery, Skaftfell Bistro, September 26 – November 29, 2020. My heart’s in the Highlands My heart is not here The eight lithographs in this exhibition were created in summer 2020 at the graphic workshop of the Technical Museum of East Iceland in Seyðisfjörður. The inspiration for Piotr’s Last Drawings was the highlands. Not the rocks, clouds, and water themselves, but the abstract matter of relationship between them and the man. Lithography is a printing method invented in 1796, originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. An image is drawn with oil, lithographic crayon, and ink onto […]