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- Title
FINNISH NATIONALISM AND THE AVANT-GARDE.
- Authors
Huusko, Timo
- Abstract
In the period from 1908 to 1914, the avant-garde came to play an important role in discussions about the characteristics and core elements of a national culture in Finland. Of special interest are the works of Tyko Sallinen and the activities of the November Group, which were seen respectively as a genuine manifestation of Finnishness or - in primitivist terms - as an expression of the "Asian" or "Mongolian" nature of the Finnish people. The period after 1918 saw the growth of a conservative nationalist tradition and the avantgarde was increasingly regarded as a manifestation of "cultural bolshevism" incompatible with Finnish national identity.
- Subjects
FINLAND; AVANT-garde (Arts); FINNISH art; 20TH century art; BOLSHEVISM
- Publication
Avant-Garde Critical Studies, 2012, Vol 28, p557
- ISSN
1879-6419
- Publication type
Article