{"id":56444,"date":"2023-08-07T14:25:36","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T14:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/?post_type=event&#038;p=56444"},"modified":"2023-08-07T14:27:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T14:27:54","slug":"opnun-syningin-grimur-opnar-eftir-40-ara-bid","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/event\/opnun-syningin-grimur-opnar-eftir-40-ara-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibition opening: GR\u00cdMUR\/MASKER opens 40 years later"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Welcome to the opening of GR\u00cdMUR<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h4><strong>Thursday 10th August<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>5pm &#8211; 7pm<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Artist Kjetil Berge will be present<br \/>\nThe Norwegian Embassy in Reykjavik generously offers refreshments<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n<h4>In 1983, two Norwegian artists <strong>G\u00f6ran Ohldieck<\/strong> and <strong>Kjetil Berge<\/strong>came to Iceland. The purpose of the trip was to set up a large exhibition titled <em><strong>MASKS<\/strong><\/em> at the Nordic House in Reykjav\u00edk \u2013 over 200 photograps and slides bubbling with queer rhetoric and aesthetics.<\/h4>\n<p>In fact, not many people saw the exhibition as it only lasted for two days. The artists packed up the exhibition and left the country.<\/p>\n<p>The archives have told us that the management of The Nordic House wanted to censor the exhibition and asked the artists to remove \u201cundesirable\u201d works from the exhibition. The artists did not comply and packed the exhibition and left the country.<\/p>\n<p>Now, 40 years later, it is time to reveal the exhibition\u2019s history, have a conversation about it and the censorship of queer art and artists. The exhibition that was never held will be opened to the public in a new form under the curatorship of <strong>Ynda Eldborg<\/strong> on August 10, 2023.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/EMB_Standardlogo_Reykjavik_ENG.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-56445 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/EMB_Standardlogo_Reykjavik_ENG.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"49\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 165px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 165\/49;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the opening of GR\u00cdMUR Thursday 10th August 5pm &#8211; 7pm Artist Kjetil Berge will be present The Norwegian Embassy in Reykjavik generously offers refreshments &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; In 1983, two Norwegian artists G\u00f6ran Ohldieck and Kjetil Bergecame to Iceland. The purpose of the trip was to set up a large exhibition titled MASKS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":56354,"template":"","event-categories":[],"class_list":["post-56444","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","no-banner-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/56444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nordichouse.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-categories?post=56444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}