I'm linking up at Monday Mural
June 2025 - Reykjavik Iceland
Laugavegur 66. Wall Poetry series. D*FACE and Agent Fresco inspired by Laxdæla Saga.
This piece is paired with the song "Wait for Me" by Agent Fresco and is inspired by the Icelandic saga, Laxdæla. At the bottom of the mural is a quote from Guðrún Ósvífursdóttir, the main female character in Laxdæla Saga. Caught in a love triangle in her youth, she was asked in her older years who she loved the most. She answered: „Þeim var ég verst er ég unni mest,“ which has been translated as “To him I was worst whom I loved the most.” Who doesn‘t love drama?!
Back of the building at Hverfisgata 4-6. Li Hill with John Grant, inspired by the song “Pale Green Ghosts” by John Grant. The details of the dancer's face and throat as she turns, so elegant, are so strange, floating above the neighbouring dwelling houses and office buildings.
Li Hill is a Canadian/American visual artist based in Brooklyn.
The entrance to the Prime Minister's Office is here.
Artwork at the side of the building on Laugavegur 70 depicts gyrfalcon, the national bird of Iceland. Gyrfalcons have the unique ability to change characteristics; they have many colours and varieties in their species. It’s interesting that gyrfalcons don’t build their own nests, they nest inside cliffs and rocky holes. Sometimes, they lay eggs in another bird’s nest.
Three nicely looking birds with no eyes on Frakkastigur. Couldn’t find their story.
I was surprised that this was included in articles about street art, we had walked by it a few times without taking a photo.
Address: Bankastræti 14
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