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A white gallery space is filled with televisions with blue and pink screens on them, and wooden chairs.

Eija-Liisa Ahtila

Real Characters, Invented Worlds

09 November 2002 - 12 January 2003

Eija-Liisa Ahtila is one of the most acclaimed and innovative artists of her generation. This exhibition brings her work to Scotland for the first time. Her work borrows techniques from music videos, TV commercials and documentaries to portray “human dramas”, which feature a cast of characters struggling to come to terms with emotional crises. Blending reality and fantasy her work explores human relationships in moments of breakdown.

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Exhibition images

People stand in a white gallery space filled with televisions and wooden chairs.
Eija Liisa Ahtila
A projector shows a film with three people on it, who look angry.
Eija Liisa Ahtila
A white gallery wall is covered in rectangular frames with black photographs in them.
Eija Liisa Ahtila
White gallery walls have framed photographs of a nude woman on them.
Eija Liisa Ahtila
A dark gallery space with a projected film playing in it.
Eija Liisa Ahtila
A white gallery space is filled with televisions with blue and pink screens on them, and wooden chairs.
Eija Liisa Ahtila
People stand in a white gallery space filled with televisions and wooden chairs.
Eija Liisa Ahtila
A projector shows a film with three people on it, who look angry.
Eija Liisa Ahtila
A white gallery wall is covered in rectangular frames with black photographs in them.
Eija Liisa Ahtila
White gallery walls have framed photographs of a nude woman on them.
Eija Liisa Ahtila
A dark gallery space with a projected film playing in it.
Eija Liisa Ahtila
A white gallery space is filled with televisions with blue and pink screens on them, and wooden chairs.
Eija Liisa Ahtila
People stand in a white gallery space filled with televisions and wooden chairs.
Eija Liisa Ahtila
A projector shows a film with three people on it, who look angry.
Eija Liisa Ahtila
A white gallery wall is covered in rectangular frames with black photographs in them.
Eija Liisa Ahtila
White gallery walls have framed photographs of a nude woman on them.
Eija Liisa Ahtila
A dark gallery space with a projected film playing in it.
Eija Liisa Ahtila
A white gallery space is filled with televisions with blue and pink screens on them, and wooden chairs.
Eija Liisa Ahtila