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Contemporary Art IV
Issue date: January 18, 2010

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Maria Panínguak‘ Kjærulff was born in 1980; her art is created reflecting on modern Greenland. Her designs reflect, often despite inputs of realism, her inner states of mind and, therefore, express a naturalistic genre. This expressionalism also can be seen with the polar bear standing on a too small block of ice - showing concern about the global climate changes - which is clearly noted by us who live close to the Arctic. A concern the artist shares with the polar bear.

Miki Jacobsen was born in 1965. His art is often characterised with a powerful expression that takes the spectator back deep into Greenland’s cultural history. He is able to follow the mythical track and give it new life in his art, thus bridging the gap between past and present. The importance of the Greenlandic cultural heritage is transmitted by the artist to his art; his works often has a special aura of monumental timelessness. Meanwhile, his work is of particular importance for the Inuit selfunderstanding since Miki Jacobsen in his art raises the question: Where do we come from and who are we?

Bolatta Silis-Høegh was born in 1981. She was educated at The Jutland Academy of Fine Arts, Aarhus. One of the young artist’s themes is identity confusion, the meeting between cultures, globalisation and global warming, torn between outside cultural influences (e.g. Americanisation) on the one hand and an almost a national romantic quest for the indigenous Greenlandic Culture on the other hand. Bolatta put her thoughts into words on this occasion: “Great identity-less concrete buildings are springing up everywhere; an otherwise impressive cultural centre will become a big cinema with a cafeteria, which serves coca cola in plastic mugs; the cosy bakery is replaced by charm-abandoned supermarkets - it feels like people have forgotten aesthetics and this is out
of place in our beautiful country.”

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Date of issue:		January 18, 2010
Denomination:		6.50; 7.50 and 50.00 DKK
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Design:		Maria Panínguak ‘Kjærulff; Miki Jacobsen; Bolatta Silis-Høegh
Print Paper:		Sopal
Printing method:		Offset
Printer:		Dorit Olsen

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