Einar Falur's Final Guided Tour: Conversing with Sigfús - In the Footsteps of Sigfús Eymundsson
Einar Falur Ingólfsson will offer a final guided tour of his exhibition Conversing with Sigfús - In the Footsteps of Sigfús Eymundsson on Saturday, March 14, at 2 p.m. This is a unique special exhibition in the Arch Hall of the National Museum of Iceland. The exhibition closes on March 22.
The exhibition opened in March last year and features photographs by Einar Falur and Sigfús. Sigfús was a 19th century pioneer in photography in Iceland and left behind a unique collection of photographs. Einar Falur works in a visual dialogue with Sigfús's work and has written about Sigfús's photographs and discussed them in teaching the history of photography for years. For the past four years, Sigfús, or his photographs, have been a tour guide on Einar Falur's travels around the country. He has both repeated selected perspectives of his predecessor as well as captured his own picture frames in the same places that Sigfús photographed, in a kind of diary entry and conversation about land, history and perspective. The exhibition features a selection of these conversational works by Sigfús and Einar Falur, some of which are new prints from the older photographer's glass plates but also selected original prints from when the photographs were taken in the 19th century. These are some of the treasures rarely exhibited.
This is an event that no photography enthusiast should miss.
In conjunction with the exhibition, the National Museum published the book Aftur – Again, which contains over 130 photographs, and text by Einar Falur. The book is for sale in the National Museum's museum shop.
After the guided tour, it is ideal to explore the museum's other exhibitions, enjoy the café, or browse the museum shop.
The museum ticket is valid for the event. Please note that the ticket is equivalent to an annual pass to the museum and access to all events and exhibitions of the museum upon presentation of the card. Exhibitions and events are free for children up to 18 years of age.
