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Tove Jansson Centenary Exhibition at the ICA London!
Posted: July 3, 2014
To coincide with the 100th anniversary of the birth of Tove Jansson (1914 – 2001), the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London will host an exhibition in the Fox Reading Room presenting original unseen photographs and material relating to her life and work, illustrated books and early first editions. Tove Jansson, an accomplished Finnish author and artist, had a life every bit as fascinating as her famous creations, The Moomins.
Tove Jansson: Tales From the Archipelago draws an intimate portrait of the artist’s life on her private island in the archipelago of Finland, where she regularly spent the summer months with her female companion Tuulikki Pietilä and at her artist studio in Helsinki. Shot over a period of 60 years by her dear friend, renowned Finnish photographer C-G Hagström (b 1940) and her brother, photographer, Per Olov Jansson (b 1920), rare family photographs reveal a story of an extraordinary life.
Running from July 15th to August 24th, the exhibition is curated by Susanna Pettersson, Director, and Animaya Grant, Head of Events at the Finnish Institute in London, with the ICA. To read more about Tove Jansson, check out my Article about the exhibition Tove Jansson’s Dreamworld, which I curated in 2010 for the Belgian Comic Strip Centre in Brussels.
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