“Darkness & Light: Contemporary Nordic Photography” Exhibition
Scandinavia House
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“Darkness & Light: Contemporary Nordic Photography” presents over 30 recent works by 10 emerging and established photographers from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden whose practices demonstrate the breadth and strength of Nordic photography today.
Focusing on a diverse selection of recent photographic works, the exhibition illuminates the ways in which light—both measured and perceived—informs the practice of contemporary Nordic photographers. Tonje Bøe Birkeland takes on the role of fictional photographer Luelle Madgalon Lumiére and recreates an imaginary journey to the Orkney Islands. Tova Mozard stages a psychological drama, starring her mother, grandmother, and herself in conversation with a therapist on the stage of Stockholm’s Royal Dramatic Theatre. And Joakim Eskildsen, in a series of works shot in New York, California, Louisiana, South Dakota, and Georgia, examines the growing crisis of American poverty.
[Image: Bára Kristinsdóttir “Hot Spots 4, from the series ‘Hot Spots’” (2004) R print, 47 1/5 x 39 1/3 in. Courtesy of the artist]
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Schedule
from February 22, 2014 to April 26, 2014
Opening Reception on 2014-02-22 from 18:00 to 20:00