Considering Finland

Editor(s)

Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Port25 – Raum für Gegenwartskunst, Stefanie Kleinsorge, Barbara Auer

Author(s)

Barbara Auer, Laura Hirvi, Stefanie Kleinsorge

Design

Toni Montana Studios

Size

21 x 15 cm

Pages

72

Illustrations

60

Cover

Softcover

Language(s)

English, German

ISBN

978-3-947563-25-8

Contemporary Art from Finland

With fourteen artistic positions from the fields of photography, video, and installation, Considering Finland offers fascinating insight into the Finnish art scene. The themes of the artists from one of the least populated and most densely forested countries in Europe is the relationship between humankind and nature, as well as the political, social, and economic implications of this. Their works point to cultural dispositions and standardizations of the individual within a society based on unattainable maxims, such as permanent success, lasting recognition, and limitless growth. Pictorial traditions, geographical structures, and socio-political and infrastructural factors are the bases of a mental construction that summarizes their artistic work under a national heading. With works by Kenneth Bamberg, Elina Brotherus, Ville Lenkkeri, Aurora Reinhard, Iiu Susiraja, Nestori Syrjälä, and Pilvi Takala.

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