Artes Mundi, in partnership with the University of Glamorgan, is delighted to present an evening with Finnish visual artist and film-maker Eija-Liisa Ahtila on Tuesday 11 December 2007 from 7.15 – 9.00pm at National Museum Cardiff.
The evening will provide art lovers with a rare opportunity to listen to the artist talk about her ideas, her approach and see some examples of both recent and new work. This will be Ahtila’s first visit to Cardiff since she was awarded the second Artes Mundi Prize in 2006 and is part of Artes Mundi Advance - Aspects of Humanity series.
Ahtila - who describes her works as ‘human dramas’ - explores powerful human emotions such as love, sexuality, jealousy, anger and vulnerability. Over the years she has researched and taken an interest in those who suffer from different forms of mental illness. The House (2002), one of Ahtila’s most well known works, looks at a woman experiencing a psychological breakdown and featured in the Artes Mundi 2 Exhibition in 2006.
Ahtila’s film-making combines a sophisticated artistic language and an innovative approach, to create unsettling and thoughtful work which can have a profound affect on the viewer. -- www.artesmundi.org
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