The material for the collage works in my solo exhibition Eheä Maailma (Cohesive World) exhibition, such as in the Under the Alps (Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Tirol) are found from second hand stores and flea markets: they are landscape postcards, travel catalogue pictures and in this work family album photos from a holiday trip from Finland to Estonia.
When I began creating these collages I was intrigued by the nature of such imagery and its linkage to our understanding of nations and nationality, of the national monuments, landscapes, costumes, institutions etc. The collage works created from these pictures form imaginary and artificial worlds that yet hold a connection to our own real world.
Under the Alps (Garmisch-Partenkirchen – Tirol) was exhibited at my solo exhibition Eheä Maailma (Cohesive World) in Galleria Huuto Uudenmaankatu, 24.10.-11.11.2012, Helsinki.
Other collage works in the exhibition were Unser Österreich, Under the Alps, Aavan meren tuolla puolen (Tallinna – Pärnu), Postcard from nowhere,and Uljas kaupunki.
The exhibition was supported by the Oskar Öflunds Stiftelse.
The work was purchased by Suomen Taideyhdistys.
