ERFITT AÐ TEIKNA HEST

04. MAÍ 2020 - 20. JÚN 2020

RÁN FLYGENRING

Djúp lend, öflugar sinar en hófar lélegir, efnisdeigir og flatbotna. Klipin kverk, beinir bógar, þykkur háls, gróf eyru. Ágæt yfirlína, prúðleiki í tæpu meðallagi.

Rán Flygenring teiknari tekst á við hina margkunnu þolraun, að teikna hest, í opinni vinnustofu þar sem fylgjast má með því hvernig myndlýsing handrits þróast og bók verður til.

Árið 2018 kom út bók Ránar og Hjörleifs Hjartarsonar, FUGLAR. Sjálfstætt framhald hennar er væntanleg síðar á þessu ári, sú gengur undir nafninu HESTAR og fjallar um íslenska hestinn og hvernig hann hefur mótað bæði land og þjóð frá landnámi. Líkt og með fuglabókinni er markmið höfunda að ná eyrum og augum þeirra sem hafa í útgangspunktnum engan sérstakan áhuga á viðfangsefninu.

Rán stendur vaktina við teikniborðið alla virka daga og verður afraksturinn hengdur upp á veggi Gryfjunnar jafnóðum.

IT’S HARD TO DRAW HORSES

04. MAÍ 2020 - 20. JÚN 2020

RÁN FLYGENRING

I have to draw horses
I can’t draw a horse
What does a horse look like anyway?
It’s hard to draw horses

Soft top line in neck, well shaped withers, average back length. Adequately sloping croup, tendons lacking firmness. Deep holes with concave soles, well set ears.

Rán Flygenring takes on the universal challenge of drawing a horse. In the course of six weeks Rán is at her drawing desk in Gryfjan, illustrating a book on horses. The work is exhibited on the walls as she goes and visitors are invited to catch a glimpse into the process.

In 2018 Rán Flygenring and Hjörleifur Hjartarson published BIRDS, a non-scientific and generously illustrated guide to birds nesting in Iceland. In 2020 the duo is working on a new book, this time about HORSES. The Icelandic horse has kept Icelanders alive since the settlement and been both the most reliable friend and servant. The authors dive into the stories and myths surrounding the four-legged friend with the aim to appeal to horsey people and those completely uninterested alike.

Rán Flygenring is an award winning artist and illustrator in Reykjavík. She graduated from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2009 and has since then worked independently on a wide variety of projects with drawing at its core.