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The Life of Others - stories by Franç​ois-Auguste Biard et al. 

Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum, Tromso 2.5.2021 – 29.8.2021 
ANDRES LIV – fortellinger av François-Auguste Biard m.fl. 
Earáid ealimat – muitalusat François-Auguste Biard j.e. bokte 

Utstillingen gir en omfattende presentasjon av den franske, romantiske kunstneren François-Auguste Biard (1799-1882). Utstillingen har fått navnet «Andres liv» fordi vi ønsker å vise hvordan Biards kunstnerskap belyser ulike spørsmål knyttet til andres liv. Utstillingen inneholder også arbeider fra en rekke andre kunstnere, Tomas Colbengtson, Annika Dahlsten og Markku Laakso, Crispin Gurholt, Marja Helander, Aslaug Magdalena Juliussen & Raisa Porsanger.
De fleste verkene har forankring i nordlige strøk, spesielt fra kunstnere med tilhørighet til samisk kultur. Mange av verkene skiller seg fra Biards kunst i form og uttrykk, men har fellestrekk i temaene de beskriver. Vi har valgt å presentere Biard sammen med andre kunstnere for å avnaturalisere Biards kunstverk. Vi ønsker å gjøre publikum bevisst på at Biard skildrer andres liv sett fra sitt perspektiv; en franskmann på 1800-tallet.
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Campfire in a Zoo

Mältinranta Artcenter, Tampere 6.-23.3.2021

Turku Art Museum Studio 22.11.2019 - 5.1.2020
Campfire in a Zoo (2019) is a puppet animation installation that explores and makes visible the complexities of performing and being seen to perform. The exhibition is based on the story of Markku Laakso’s great-grandparents, who with a group of other Sámis toured Germany in 1930 in ethnographic exhibitions, known as Völkerschau, that were presented in zoos.

Skábma

Festival för samisk samtidkultur
14.-19.11.2018
​Davvesiida / Lebesby kommun, Nordkyn, Norge
Skábma and Arctic Culture Lab
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Diorama 

10.2. - 15.4.2018 
Röda Sten Konsthall, Göteborg
Röda Sten Konsthall
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Annika Dahlsten & Markku Laakso: Etosha Pan, Namibia. 2013. C-print. 70 x 105 cm.

Jump in Diorama

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4.2. - 28.2.2016 
Gallery Joella, Turku

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”Jump in Diorama” focuses on the documentative nature of photography, on staging, and the questions of
real and authentic. A photo displaying indigenous Sámi-looking people, elephants and wild nature is
puzzling; it cannot be true. Yet it is documentation of a staged situation. ”Jump in Diorama” also explores
the question of authenticity by asking who has the right to define what is authentic, who is real and when?

The artists have taken photos and shooted videos in various natural landscapes in Finnish Lapland, Germany,
and Southern Africa, including accidental passer-byes, humans and animals, in their pictures.

They are wearing Sámi dresses: inherited, selfmade, or tailormade outfits. For them, this dress symbolizes
questions of authenticity and origin.

The project was inspired by Markku Laakso's family history. In 1930, his father's grandparents travelled
together with Sámi people in Germany, taking part in human exhibitions in various zoos.
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www.turun-taidegraafikot.fi
www.facebook.com/Galleria Joella

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Sámi Contemporary – zeitgenössische samische Kunst in den Nordischen Botschaften

10.7. - 27.9.2015

Die Ausstellung Sámi Contemporary zeigt vom 10. Juli bis 27. September im Felleshus, dem Gemeinschaftshaus der Nordischen Botschaften, aktuelle Arbeiten von 23 Künstlern aus Finnland, Norwegen und Schweden.

Mehr zu Sámi Contemporary unter

www.facebook.com/samicontemporary
www.nordischebotschaften.org


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Annika Dahlsten & Markku Laakso: Kalleyi's family. 2013. C-print. 70 x 105 cm.
Perintö - Inheritance
20.2. - 31.5.2015
Virka Galleria, Helsinki


Kahdeksan erilaisista kulttuuritaustoista tulevaa taiteilijaa käsittelee menneisyyttä nykyhetken kautta. Taiteilijat rakentavat teoksissaan perheensä, sukunsa tai yhteisönsä perinnön uudelleen.

Valokuvat, installaatiot, esineet, videot ja käsityöt kertovat, että perintö muuntuu ajan ja ympäristön vaikutuksesta. Se vaikuttaa yhtälailla nykyhetkeen ja tulevaisuuteen kuin menneeseenkin. 

Taiteilijat ovat: Annika Dahlsten ja Markku Laakso, Edwina Goldstone, Dzamil Kamanger, Bita Razavi, Jana Romanova ja Kukka-Maria Rosenlund. Kuraattori on Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger, Suomen Valokuvataiteen museon intendentti.

 


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BACKLIGHT 14 Holding Cohesion

Backlight Photo Festival 2014 continues the triennials tradition with focusing on social themes; relations between individuals, communities and societies. Backlight ´14 wants to provide thematically and functionally a platform for research and discussion about trust, and how trust and dependencies create tensions and shape cohesion in modern societies.

Exhibitions Exhibitions are devided in three categories. Firstly Holding Cohesion -exhibitions are juryed from international open call. Exhibitions in Tampere and Valkeakoski are produced by Backlight main organizer.

Secondly Shared Realities -invitation exhibition is curated by Backlight and organized with Art Museum.
Thirdly Backlight offers several exhibition in collaboration with partners.

Artists Backlight ´14 represents 30 artists in main exhibitions: Backlight received 840 applications from 71 countries by international open call: 25 artists were selected all over the world. Additionally five artists were invited to Tampere Art Museum. Moreover over 30 photographers are exhibited in co-operation exhibitions.

Voipaala Art Center 6. – 16.11. 2014                                        
Juryed artists from open call:
ALVAREZ DIESTRO Manuel (Spain/UK)
DAHLSTEN Annika & LAAKSO Markku (Finland)
GREEN Pak (Korea)
KIATSIRIKAJORN Lek (Thailand)
NIITTYVIRTA Pekka (Finland)





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