Opening of the exhibition All Inclusive

Last Saturday opened All inclusive, a graduation exhibition for students in the Bachelor of Architecture, Design and Fine Arts program at the Reykjavík Art Museum. The exhibition is one of the most popular each year and this time runs until May 25th.  

The exhibition features a variety of graduation works by 73 aspiring architects, designers and artists. Last year, nearly 8.000 visitors attended the exhibition, and it is clear that it has established itself and is receiving the attention it deserves.  

Kristín Eysteinsdóttir, Rector of the Institute of Icelandic Studies, and Ólöf Kristín Sigurðardóttir, Director of the Reykjavík Art Museum, addressed the guests at the opening, and Ólöf praised the group in particular for their ambition and hard work. 

Kristín described the exhibition as diverse and vibrant., “Everything is included here!” as she put it herself. 

"Here we explore folklore, the mental world of the past, transformations, painting as a subject and place of change, the boundary between reality and daydreams, and how we relate to time."  

We look at the impossible, the absurd and the original. We perform and explore the delicate moment when a decision is made, here political opposition to an institution that does not take a stand on world affairs, war and genocide in Gaza, here drawing in space, the world reduced to a small box, sculpture shaped as a platform for emotions, we explore dialogue between animal species, the boundaries between discomfort and relief, the family, the artist as storyteller, a chase with the precious, the recording of the everyday, material that changes slowly and dramatically, the relationship between the body and nature and the relationship of the individual to society.  

We examine gender roles, the status of women, marginalized groups, immigration, education, corruption, and the system of power.  

We use technology to expand the boundaries of the profession.   

We use design as a critical method to engage in contemporary discourse.  

We take diverse ways to tell stories.” 

Photos: Eygló Gísladóttir