Finland – Sweden

“My Finland – Sweden work has been done during a time when I pictured the world through children’s toys.
Games are a part of the same theme and like toys tablehockey players represent the world of the adults that we only dreamed of as a child. The relationship in between toys and the surrounding world creates the tension in my art works of that era. In this work the surrounding sky can also be a guagmiry and cold, wet swamp – that is, if one sees it that way… There’s also something absurd and nationalistic about the topic, something that can only be understood by grown ups that are still able to see the world as a child. By that I mean the sporty nationalism or being a passionate fan of some specific team. While watching the ice hockey world championships many of us are like toddlers… as I am too. “