Wsoy 87 (3 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Author Harri Willamo is an avid collector of folk-icons, and in this book he takes the reader with him to a world of 16th to 20th century iconography. Earlier works about folk-icons are few and far between, and none come close in depth to this one.***Miniscule tear on the dust jacket, on the topside of the spine. Text in Finnish and English, summary in Russian. 128 pp.…

Soft Cover. Condición: Fine. 1st Edition. Text in English. 118 pp. "Born in 1931, a member of the post-WWII 'modernist' generation of Finland's poets, Rekola works her language on the edges of whereof we can, and whereof we cannot speak; the I of her poem is unassuming, yet inviting- see what happens when you read these words as if you (or you, or you) had written them. As British poet Herbert Lomas has noted,'in spite of an impression of distance, there is also an extreme impression of closeness' Perhaps reminiscent, at first glance, of Sappho's 'fragments', certain classical Chinese poets' works and Imagist (and post-Imagist) poems in English, Mirkka Rekola's poems may be said to incorporate elements of all of the above, but their attention - and ours, as soon as we're willing to share it - focuses elsewhere, on the 'elsewhere' within ourselves and all phenomenal manifestations, be they quotidian or singular: call it spirit.".…

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Kimmo Kaivanto has been one of Finland's leading artists since the 1950s. His output incorporates a wide range of paintings, prints and sculptures. Kaivanto's artistic expression combines the attitude of the romantic painter with conceptual questioning and political statements. In this volume Kimmo Sarje situaties Kaivanto and his work within Finnish cultural history and also in an international context. igned and inscribed by the artists Kimmo Kaivanto. Text in Finnish and introduction in English. 168 pp. Dedication with signature by artist Kimmo Kaivanto.…