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    	<pubDate>19 Nov 2008 22:12:46 GMT</pubDate>
    	
    	
 		
 			
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         		<title>Icaria</title>
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	                Photo: www.fng.fi

[b]Anna Tuori[/b] is a Finnish artist. She was nominated for the Ars Fennica prize 2007. 

This is how Kari Immonen wrote about her work for Galerie Anhava (http://www.anhava.com):

[i]&#034;At first sight, Anna Tuori&#039;s paintings may appear to be moments of happiness depicted in a readily beautiful manner. But a closer look reveals various intrusive elements that begin to undermine this apparent idyll. On the one hand, non-figurative brushstrokes recalling the act of painting emerge from the plane of the image, and on the other hand, the landscapes of beauty declare their emptiness. In an atmosphere where the expressive tradition of painting is being recycled, Tuori&#039;s choice of subject, painterly gestures and styles appear to be bold and fresh at the same time. No less compromising is her manner of refraining from creating a pseudo-conceptual mix and of giving the painting room to take place...&#034;[/i]
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