Elina Brotherus – Visitor

The starting point for the Visitor (Villa Didrichsen) series was Brotherus’s freedom to play with the architecture, interior and art collection of the Didrichsen Art Museum. In her works, Brotherus creates an alternative reality parallel to the known history of the building. The figures in the pictures, the visitors, bring the spaces to life with their presence. Brotherus, who is well versed in the history of art, also introduces assemblages she has created using works from the collection. She addresses the works, for example, by colour or by mirroring the themes of the works.

The photographs and video works selected for the exhibition from Brotherus’s earlier production have a thematic connection to the Visitor (Villa Didrichsen) series – from architecture to art historical reinterpretations of the themes of the reclining figure and the bathers.