Feiknarst\u00f3rt m\u00f3sa\u00edkverk, 142 fermetrar a\u00f0 st\u00e6r\u00f0, pr\u00fd\u00f0ir Tollh\u00fasi\u00f0 \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk. Verki\u00f0 vann Ger\u00f0ur Helgad\u00f3ttir og setti upp \u00e1 \u00e1runum 1972-73.
N\u00fa er unni\u00f0 a\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 breyta b\u00edlast\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 Tollh\u00fasi\u00f0 \u00ed torg me\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 markmi\u00f0i a\u00f0 fegra sv\u00e6\u00f0i\u00f0 og leyfa m\u00f3sa\u00edkverki Ger\u00f0ar Helgad\u00f3ttur a\u00f0 nj\u00f3ta s\u00edn betur. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Um tilur\u00f0 verksins er rita\u00f0 \u00e1 vefs\u00ed\u00f0u Tollh\u00fassins:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“\u00c1 \u00feessum t\u00edma f\u00f3r miki\u00f0 or\u00f0 af Ger\u00f0i Helgad\u00f3ttur, listakonu. Haf\u00f0i h\u00fan unni\u00f0 miki\u00f0 a\u00f0 m\u00f3sa\u00edklistaverkum \u00ed \u00de\u00fdskalandi og v\u00ed\u00f0ar. Afr\u00e1\u00f0i\u00f0 var a\u00f0 hafa fyrst samband vi\u00f0 hana \u00e1\u00f0ur en \u00e1kve\u00f0i\u00f0 yr\u00f0i hvort efnt yr\u00f0i til samkeppni um verki\u00f0. Oft haf\u00f0i veri\u00f0 r\u00e6tt um a\u00f0 verki\u00f0 \u00feyrfti a\u00f0 spegla l\u00edfi\u00f0 vi\u00f0 h\u00f6fnina, enda haf\u00f0i h\u00f6fnin veri\u00f0 l\u00edf\u00e6\u00f0 Reykjav\u00edkur s\u00ed\u00f0an h\u00fan var ger\u00f0.
…Ger\u00f0ur f\u00e9kk \u00feann t\u00edma sem h\u00fan \u00e1kva\u00f0 sj\u00e1lf a\u00f0 \u00feyrfti, og \u00feegar h\u00fan sneri aftur heim lag\u00f0i h\u00fan nokkrar till\u00f6gur fram til umr\u00e6\u00f0u. Allir sem h\u00f6f\u00f0u me\u00f0 byggingarframkv\u00e6md h\u00fassins a\u00f0 gera voru strax samm\u00e1la um a\u00f0 miki\u00f0 listaverk v\u00e6ri \u00ed uppsiglingu hj\u00e1 Ger\u00f0i Helgad\u00f3ttur. Sam\u00feykkt var \u00fev\u00ed \u00e1n tafar a\u00f0 bi\u00f0ja hana um a\u00f0 vinna verki\u00f0. Jafnframt var \u00f3ska\u00f0 eftir a\u00f0 gera heildarsamning vi\u00f0 hana og hi\u00f0 fr\u00e6ga listaverkafyrirt\u00e6ki \u00ed \u00de\u00fdskalandi, Br\u00e6\u00f0urna Oidtman, en Ger\u00f0ur haf\u00f0i lengi starfa\u00f0 me\u00f0 \u00feeim a\u00f0 uppsetningu fr\u00e6gra listaverka v\u00ed\u00f0a um Evr\u00f3pu. Samningar t\u00f3kust og Ger\u00f0ur vann listaverki\u00f0 undir uppsetningu \u00e1 verkst\u00e6\u00f0i \u00feeirra br\u00e6\u00f0ra, sem s\u00e1u s\u00ed\u00f0an um uppsetningu \u00e1 Tollh\u00fasi\u00f0. Allt verki\u00f0 var einstaklega vel af hendi leyst, b\u00e6\u00f0i af h\u00e1lfu Ger\u00f0ar Helgad\u00f3ttur og Oidtmannbr\u00e6\u00f0ra. Hefur \u00fea\u00f0 sta\u00f0ist \u00f3bl\u00ed\u00f0a \u00edslenska ve\u00f0r\u00e1ttu \u00ed \u00e1ratugi, \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 l\u00e1ta \u00e1 sj\u00e1, og hefur listakonan hloti\u00f0 einr\u00f3ma lof fyrir fr\u00e1b\u00e6rt verk, sem mun pr\u00fd\u00f0a Reykjav\u00edk um \u00f3komin \u00e1r.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21717,"template":"","artwork-category":[189],"artists":[201],"class_list":["post-20836","artwork","type-artwork","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","artwork-category-utilistaverk","artists-gerdur-helgadottir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork\/20836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/artwork"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork\/20836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artwork-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artwork-category?post=20836"},{"taxonomy":"artists","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gerdarsafn.kopavogur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists?post=20836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}