Untitled from the series Imaginary Homecoming
Photograph
1992 (photographed)
1992 (photographed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Jorma Puranen (born 1951, Helsinki, Finland) explores the themes of history, culture, identity and memory in his work, creating a dialogue between the past and the present.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Untitled from the series Imaginary Homecoming (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Photographic paper: gelatin-silver process |
| Brief description | Photograph (1992) by Jorma Puranen, Finnish, showing archival negatives of the Sami people arranged under a light bulb in a snowy landscape in Lapland. |
| Physical description | Rectangular image showing an installation in a snowy landscape: fifteen negatives of portrait photographs are arranged in a circle and lit by a light bulb suspended above them. |
| Dimensions |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
| Copy number | 3 of 20 |
| Marks and inscriptions | 'Jorma Puranen 1992 / untitled from the series /
"Imaginary Homecoming" / printed by J. Puranen in 1997 / 3/20' (Textual information; English; Reverse side; Writing; pencil; 1999) |
| Gallery label | The Finnish artist, Jorma Puranen, takes 19th-century archival images of the Sámi people, the indigenous population of the region of Sápmi (formerly known as Lapland), and inserts them into contemporary landscapes. Projected by electricity onto a snowscape, past generations are brought to light. Their presence is both mysterious and redemptive, an acknowledgement of decades of cultural marginalisation.(15/06/2023) |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Place depicted | |
| Summary | Jorma Puranen (born 1951, Helsinki, Finland) explores the themes of history, culture, identity and memory in his work, creating a dialogue between the past and the present. |
| Bibliographic reference | Puranen, Jorma. Imaginary Homecoming
Oulu (Finland): Kustantaja, 1999. 91p., ill |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.429-1999 |
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| Record created | November 18, 1999 |
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