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Artist
Ville Lenkkeri
(Finland, född 1972)
Alternate Title
- Medical Records of a Small Town
- Patientjournaler från en mindre stad
Date2011/2017
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsBildmått (cirka): 124 × 149,5 cm
Ram: 128 × 153,5 × 3,4 cm
ClassificationPhotography
Credit LinePurchase 2021 (Swedish Acquisitions 2021)
Object NumberMOM/2021/281
CollectionsSvenska förvärv 2021
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkIn this series, Ville Lenkkeri revisits his hometown Mänttä, where his father worked as a physician for more than three decades. In these images, we follow the traces left by this eccentric elderly gentleman in his practice and his other activities, building, chopping firewood, and moving things. The work, with the same title as the book from 2017, shows the green-blue metal filing cabinet where he kept his medical records. The four drawers are pulled out and crammed. On the wall behind the cabinet are collectible plates with views from different cities. The wall recurs in several other portraits of young and old patients. The series forms part of Lenkkeri’s project to recall his own childhood, but also to reflect on representation and how we can reconstruct our memories with the aid of photographs.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerat "VIlle Lenkkeri" på etiketten nere till höger på baksidan av konstverket, Etikett med autentisering nere till höger på baksidan av konstverket
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerat "VIlle Lenkkeri" på etiketten nere till höger på baksidan av konstverket, Etikett med autentisering nere till höger på baksidan av konstverket