http://blog.art21.org/2011/02/23/open-enrollment-an-afternoon-with-miina-akkijyrkka/ The Official Blog of Art21, Inc. and the <i>Art in the Twenty-First Century</i> PBS series Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:56:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.art21.org/2011/02/23/open-enrollment-an-afternoon-with-miina-akkijyrkka/comment-page-1/#comment-59252 miina äkkijyrkkä’s cows: real and recycled metal | Daily Art Muse Sat, 12 Jan 2013 06:31:19 +0000 http://blog.art21.org/?p=36670#comment-59252 [...] Äkkijyrkkä’s website Read a wild interview with the artist on art:21 More [...]

]]> http://blog.art21.org/2011/02/23/open-enrollment-an-afternoon-with-miina-akkijyrkka/comment-page-1/#comment-38536 Miina Akkijyrkka ← shocaseme Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:24:40 +0000 http://blog.art21.org/?p=36670#comment-38536 [...] Despite controversial depictions of Äkkijyrkkä’s uncompromising nature in Finnish media, she was awarded the highly coveted State Award in 2002. She graduated from the Finnish Academy of Fine Art in Helsinki in 1973; however, she also attended the Dairy Farming School of North-Savo and the Equine College in Ypäjä. Äkkijyrkkä has public works located around the city of Helsinki as well as many other cities in Finland. Additionally, Äkkijyrkkä has collaborated with the Finnish textile and fashion company, Marimekko. In 2007, she created the popular print Iltavilli, meaning “From the Wild,” for this company. Throughout her successful career as an artist, she has remained faithful to her beliefs, often voicing her divisive opinions. SOURCE [...]

]]> http://blog.art21.org/2011/02/23/open-enrollment-an-afternoon-with-miina-akkijyrkka/comment-page-1/#comment-38537 Miina Akkijyrkka ← shocaseme Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:24:40 +0000 http://blog.art21.org/?p=36670#comment-38537 [...] Despite controversial depictions of Äkkijyrkkä’s uncompromising nature in Finnish media, she was awarded the highly coveted State Award in 2002. She graduated from the Finnish Academy of Fine Art in Helsinki in 1973; however, she also attended the Dairy Farming School of North-Savo and the Equine College in Ypäjä. Äkkijyrkkä has public works located around the city of Helsinki as well as many other cities in Finland. Additionally, Äkkijyrkkä has collaborated with the Finnish textile and fashion company, Marimekko. In 2007, she created the popular print Iltavilli, meaning “From the Wild,” for this company. Throughout her successful career as an artist, she has remained faithful to her beliefs, often voicing her divisive opinions. SOURCE [...]

]]> http://blog.art21.org/2011/02/23/open-enrollment-an-afternoon-with-miina-akkijyrkka/comment-page-1/#comment-37897 Praxis Makes Perfect | End-troducing | Art21 Blog Thu, 13 Oct 2011 13:21:23 +0000 http://blog.art21.org/?p=36670#comment-37897 [...] January, when I interviewed the Finnish artist Miina Äkkijyrkkä, I asked if she had advice for young artists. She laughed. [...]

]]> http://blog.art21.org/2011/02/23/open-enrollment-an-afternoon-with-miina-akkijyrkka/comment-page-1/#comment-37588 Metal cows and f*** idiots | Jees Helsinki Jees Sun, 18 Sep 2011 10:46:40 +0000 http://blog.art21.org/?p=36670#comment-37588 [...] And so it’s been wonderful to see some critiques. Even The Usual is reporting that one parking space costs 40K euro and asking who should pay (10.9.2011 if you have a subscription). Now Hesari readers at least realize that those of us who prefer life without a car are subsidizing the very thing we most hate and suffer from: other people’s excess metal cows and the s**t that’s farted out through their quaintly named “exhausts”. (On the left, metal cows parodied by Miina Äkkijyrkkä – more about her and her “sacred” cows on Hellosinki). [...]

]]> http://blog.art21.org/2011/02/23/open-enrollment-an-afternoon-with-miina-akkijyrkka/comment-page-1/#comment-29336 TD Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:43:06 +0000 http://blog.art21.org/?p=36670#comment-29336 Thanks for the awesome post. Very insightful.

]]> http://blog.art21.org/2011/02/23/open-enrollment-an-afternoon-with-miina-akkijyrkka/comment-page-1/#comment-29278 Open Enrollment: An Afternoon with Miina Äkkijyrkkä « hellosinki! Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:37:40 +0000 http://blog.art21.org/?p=36670#comment-29278 [...] Feb My newest post for the Art:21 blog Open Enrollment was published today here. Read my interview with the Finnish artist Miina Äkkijyrkkä to hear her thoughts about being an [...]

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