Art and Creativity

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There’s so much creative thinking in Iceland, evident everywhere I look. It’s been inspiring to see so much creative energy and the ways it gets expressed.

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Painted cubes installation on the mountain pass to Seydisfjordour
Creative expression on someone’s porch
Sound Sculpture Tvisongur- these 5 chambers of smooth concrete were designed to resonate at different harmonies related to the Icelandic tradition of 5 tone harmony. If you speak or sing inside one of the domes, you can hear the differences. This sculpture is on a mountainside just above Seydisfjordour.
The Avalanche Memorial made from twisted I-beams from an avalanche in 1996
Wooden man outside a hotel bistro near Myvatn

This is the ‘sketch’ for a piece entitled Aspiration and Achievement by Einar Jonsson. He was Iceland’s first sculptor. He gave all his works to Iceland in exchange for having a museum built in Reyjavik. I’d found the sculpture garden behind the museum when we were here 2 years ago. It is full of bronze sculptures he created. Link to the museum: http://www.lej.is/en/
Grief.
Bronze sculpture by Einar Jonsson
Monument to the Unknown Bureaucrat by Einar Jonsson, downtown Reykjavik
Street art in Reykjavik
Steel gate to a farm seen crossing North Iceland
Stop lights in Akureyri
It’s Pride week in Reykjavik.
Rainy day Pride
Steel sculpture across from the imposing Hallgrimskirkja Church in Reykjavik

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  1. I’m loving your blogs especially this one. The bird sculpture and the bureaucrat are wonderful!

    Thank you and thank you to Will & Charles for photos in last blog.

    Take care

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    C

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  2. So great that you notice and share all of this Icelandic creativity! The Einar Jonnson “sketch” is amazing! And I would love to visit the 5 chambers…have added Iceland to the short list! I hope you continue to have a great time. xo

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