”Lappalaisia nuotion äärellä” – Alexander Lauréuksen saamelaisaiheiset maalaukset. (Finnish)
In: Taidehistoriallisia Tutkimuksia, 2023-07-01, Heft 54, S. 48-61
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Alexander Lauréus (1783–1823) painted four Sámithemed works in total, one of which belongs to the Gösta Serlachius Fine Arts Foundation Collection. All four paintings are titled Lapps Around a Fire, which corresponds to the original Swedish title. In the wake of recent debate on politically correct usage in artwork titles, the use of the term ‘Lapp’ has been questioned for its derogatory connotations. The titles of old artworks should nevertheless be set against their proper historical context, recognizing the fact that terms can acquire different connotations over the passage of time. Through contextualization, the article aims to shed light on the historical meanings of Lauréus’ Sámithemed works. The paintings are analysed in relation to his other oeuvre, the cultural context of his time, and then-dominant conventions of depicting Sámi people. Nylund theorizes that Lauréus’ representations of ‘Lapps’ should be interpreted not as realistic portrayals of Sámi people as they authentically were, but as constructs of urban society. The writer further argues that the paintings tie in with early Romanticism and with critique of Western civilization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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”Lappalaisia nuotion äärellä” – Alexander Lauréuksen saamelaisaiheiset maalaukset. (Finnish)
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | NYLUND, LOTTA |
Zeitschrift: | Taidehistoriallisia Tutkimuksia, 2023-07-01, Heft 54, S. 48-61 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2023 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0355-1938 (print) |
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