STAGED PHOTOGRAPHS

Curator in charge: Slobodan Jovanović, Curator, Department of Contemporary Applied Arts
Program Coordinator: Dejan Sandić,International Cooperation Curator
The exhibition is organized by the Museum of Applied Art, Belgrade, in collaboration with the foundation FRAME (Finnish Fund for Art Exchange), Helsinki, Finland.

The exhibition of Finnish artist Aino Kannisto Staged Photographs is put on within the scope of the Salon of Contemporary Applied Art at the Museum of Applied Art. Kannisto is the recipient of the Museum of Applied Art Award obtained for the series of works “Untitled” that was displayed at the exhibition “Art, Life & Confusion” as a part of the 47th Belgrade October Salon in 2006.

Twenty-five photographs of Aino Kannisto from the opus “Staged Photographs” were produced for the past ten years. Last year, while staying in Belgrade, Kannisto made some of her latest works that would be also shown at the exhibition in the Museum of Applied Art. Actually, Kannisto composes staged photographic self-portraits in a large scale, rendered in the technique of C-print on Aluminum, in which she assumes the role of fictional female characters. The works produced in Belgrade, as well as the most part of other photographs from the above-mentioned opus conjure up the frame of mind of these female characters that, in fact, all together represent the self-portrait of Aino Kannisto.

Aino Kannisto

Rođena 1973. godine u Helsinkiju, Finska.
Diplomirala i završila master studije fotografije na Univerzitetu za umetnost i dizajn (UIAH) u Helsinkiju 2001. godine.
Živi i radi u Helsinkiju, Finska.

Adresa:
Pääskylänrinne 10 B 24, 00500 Helsinki
ainokannisto@yahoo.com
+358407545081

Samostalne izložbe (izbor):
2006 Espacío Liquido, Hihon, Španija
2004 Image, Arhus, Danska
2004 Artina, Helsinki, Finska
2003 Forum für Fotografie, Keln, Nermačka
2002-2006 Galerija „M“, Bohum, Nemačka

Grupne izložbe (izbor):
2007 “Between Dream and Reality”, Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid, Nemačka;
2006 “Presence – perspectives on Finnish photography”, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum, Turku, Finska;
2006 “The Helsinki School”, Photology, Milan, Italija;
2006 “The Faraway Nearby”, White Box, Njujork, SAD;
2005-7 “Selftimer”, kustos Rene Blok, Kasel, Kopenhagen, Bukurešt.