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Subtitle: otteita Suomen taiteen 1980-luvusta = Burning towers : excerpts from the Finnish art of the 1980s
By: Timo Valjakka (toim.).
Contributors: Kouvolan taidemuseo
Series: Kirjokansi -- 115; Kouvolan taidemuseon julkaisuja -- 29; Kirjokansi -- 115.; Kouvolan taidemuseon julkaisuja -- 29.
Publisher: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Helsinki
Language: fin
Number of pages: 127
ISBN-13: 9789522227041
Subjects: Finnish Art; Exhibitions
Other titles: Burning towers :
Description: Kouvola Art Museum Poikilo's summer exhibition Burning Towers brings visitors back to the tumultuous 1980s, to a time when Finnish art became free, more varied and more international. The exhibition offers a view into the art of that decade: paintings, graphics, sculptures, photography and video. Young artists ignored the political dogmatism of the 1970s and threw themselves with unprecedented gusto into both the history of art and subjective feelings and experiences, and abandoned the intellectuality of conceptual art and minimalism. Another new aspect was the forceful emergence of female artists. Of course there were strong men as well ? many of them were sculptors or artist of the older generation who were given a new wind by the 1980s. The exhibition has been curated by art critic Timo Valjakka, whose active career as an artist spans the 1980s. Exhibition: Kouvola Art Museums, Poikilo, Finland (19.05.-04.09.2016).
Notes: Exhibition catalog.

On the occasion of an exhibition held at Kouvola Art Museum Poikilo, May 19 - September 4, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references.

Parallel texts in English and Finnish.