Grindadráp (1944), Sámal Joensen-Mikines
Olja á lørift, 170 x 200 cm. Løgmansskrivstovan.

Myndevnið er næstan farið at merkja tað sama sum listin hjá Mikinesi. Eyðkent føroysk, men í teimum fyrstu myndunum frá 1940-árunum er kanska eisini ein tilsiping til stríðið um Atlantshavið undir seinna heimsbardaga.

Hornalinjurnar á hvalváknunum skapa skil í dynamisku hendingina í myndini. Hon minnir um eitt relieff, og íblásturin stavar eisini frá klassiskari europeiskari list (Uccello Delacroix).

Skakandi hendingin verður herd av myrku skuggamyndunum móti lýsandi sólini og av tí blóðreyða havinum, sum samstundis geva myndini eina kosmiska dimensjón.

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Sámal Joensen-Mikines
(1906-79)
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Gundadalsvegur 9, P.O. Box 1141 FO-110 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Opening hours

From 1 November - 30 April
Monday, Thursday to Sunday 11 - 16

(1th Thursday every month 11 - 20)

From 1 May - 31 October
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Admission
Adults: 90 DKK
Senior discount ticket: 70 DKK
Students: 25 DKK
Children and young people under 20 years: free

Group discount min. 12 adults: 60 DKK per person

Annual pass for one: 225 DKK
Annual pass 1+1 - bring a friend for free: 300 DKK

The annual pass includes free entrance to the museum as well as free admission to guided tours, concerts and events.

In addition to that, you get 10% discount on posters, books and postcards as well as 10% discount in the museum café.
+298 22 35 79
info@art.fo
Gundadalsvegur 9, P.O. Box 1141 FO-110 Tórshavn, Faroe Islands