By a tempestuous sea Part I. Homage à Maria Duncker

The poetic vídeo “Homecoming“ by Maria Duncker shows a lonely stone figure looking for company in a vast stony area by the sea and the open horizon. The sublime moment escapes the figure. It is not the time for contemplation.

 

There seem to be no one to talk to or embrace.

Is there anybody out there?

 

The atmosphere in the works of Maria Duncker stays in your mind. She let us see small things around us and start wondering - where do I belong? The persistent high-pitched sound and the fast movement of the camera strengthen the dramatic ending of “Homecoming”.

 

The works of Maria Duncker show sense of humour, melancholy and an existential earnestness that few can balance. Her work is deeply rooted in Finland and Scandinavia, but deals with universal thoughts.

 

Therefore, it is natural to see the work of Maria Duncker anywhere in the world. Could she have been the inspiration to the person who built some figures by the white limestone by the sea and horizon in Croatia this summer?  On the stony stony stony shore with a view over the Mediterranean Sea I met the friends of the figure in the film. An unknown artist made a secret homage.

 

During her time as a Ars Fennica-candidate she showed giants walking the streets of Helsinki. Tender and clumsy sculptures. Looked like found stones piled up on one another. Not the stones we find in classical eternal art, but the stones waiting to explode, disappear and turn into gravel.

 

Don’t miss her videos at Virserums Konsthall this autumn as part of the exhibition “Tales from the forest”.

You can for instance see and hear “Lovesong of a little spruce” and four more works.

You have all autumn to make a visit and adventure-trip there.

 

And, if you want to read more about Maria Duncker, take a look under “Artland – Utställningar – Tales from the forest, text in Swedish and English.

Homage à Maria Duncker. Photo Torun Ekstrand Homage à Maria Duncker. Photo Torun Ekstrand
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