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Nina Lassila
Did Van Gogh Get Laid Because of his Paintings?
Vidéo | hdv | noir et blanc | 5:45 | Finlande, Belgique | 2016
A semi critical and humorous review on the showing and hanging of Art. Do we make artworks to impress or for what reason? What is the purpose of art again? To impress sexual mates or to gain fame and richness? Could art be as sexy as muscles and money? Or could the artist actually be a respected figure in society?
Nina Lassila is a visual artist born 1974 in Helsinki, Finland currently living and working in Berlin and Belgium. Nina Lassila works mainly with video and performance. In many of her works she deals with questions of identity – specifically identity affected by social barriers, conventions based on gender and upbringing and cultural differences. Her other bodies of work explore issues of i.e supernatural phenomena, art and economic structures. She has taken part in several group shows and video festivals internationally.