
Audience chose Viggo Wallensköld as their favorite artist
The exhibition was visited by about 8,300 guests, who had the opportunity to vote for their own favorite artist.
The exhibition was visited by about 8,300 guests, who had the opportunity to vote for their own favorite artist.
“Ahtila has always bridged disciplines and shows us alternate viewpoints on things. The artist has created a more balanced image of life on our planet. For example trees can be protagonists in her stories”, says Hans Ulrich Obrist, who chose the winner this year.
Watch a video from the announcement event 3.3.2022 at Hämeenlinna Art Museum.
How did Ars Fennica get its start? The film opens up the origin of why a fine art award was needed in Finland over 30 years ago.
ARS FENNICA 2021 candidate exhibition was opened on 15th October 2021 at Hämeenlinna Art Museum. See photos and from the opening.
The material I’ve used in this work in blood. Whenever I’ve been working on a monochromatic piece, I’ve taken it further by thinking how I could break the surface without making a composition or a picture.
We usually know the history from the winning side – the side told in history books. All the other parallel stories have been hidden. Those are the stories I am very interested in telling.
Since the mid-2000s I’ve sought to disengage moving image art from human-centredness.
Jesper Just organizes and designs a video installation into a set for the performance to be staged therein.
When a create a painting, it somehow entails a world – with the human figure and their environment.
Katso videot ehdokkaiden julkistustilaisuudesta 17.8.2021 Hämeenlinnan raatihuoneella. Ehdokkaiden esittelyn lisäksi taiteilijat kertovat työskentelystään ja teoksistaan.
ARS FENNICA, Finland’s most prestigious art award, is presented by the Henna and Pertti Niemistö Foundation, established in 1990. Presented in recognition of an outstanding