Arno Rafael Minkkinen

-In what way is ART a tool for activism?

People are best moved to action by art that is unforgettable.

-In what way does your chosen piece for HRW reflect 2020?

The earth belongs to all of us and to none of us. We are but equal tenants of the planet. We might be wise to bow before its grandeur with the humility of a water spider riding down a waterfall.

-What gives you hope?

That people haven’t forgotten how to cry.

BIO

For the past five decades Arno Rafael Minkkinen has devoted his research and energies exclusively to the self-portrait. Studying in the early 1970s at Rhode Island School of Design under Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind, Minkkinen was inspired to create a single body of work over a lifetime. With just the landscape and his own nudity in concert, his photographs celebrate an ageless, out-of-time spirituality, a humble and honest assimilation of abstract and enigmatic forces pointing inward as much as embracing the visual realities of the world in front of the lens. Working essentially without assistants — and without manipulation — Minkkinen’s self-portraits have been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Lucie Award for Achievement in Fine Art, and the Pro Finlandia Medal from the President of Finland. Minkkinen’s work stands as one of the longest, unchanging, nonstop continuities in the history of self-portrait photography.

Arno Rafael Minkkinen Instagram:@arnorafaelminkkinen

This artwork is located in Boston, USA. WILLAS contemporary will facilitate artwork release within 21 days after payment. Can be picked up by the buyer, or shipped at the buyer´s expense.