Me, You and the Others

The exhibition displays works by European artists who discuss the situation of Romany people. It is about identities in relation to otherness from the viewpoint of an ethnical minority and gender. Most artists in this exhibition are Romany women because their thoughts and interpretation of life and the environment have turned impossible into possible. They are pioneers who have, against all prejudice, become professional artists and crushed the stereotype of the invisible Romany woman.

Artists in the exhibition:

Márta Bada, Hungary

Lita Cabellut, Spain

Sara Elter, Italy

Erika Lakatos, Hungary

Delaine Le Bas, England

Maja Ljubotina, Slovenia

Kiba Lumberg, Finland

Marika Schmiedt, Austria

These artists discuss the following questions in their works:

How do female Romany artists perceive the world in which they live?

How do they see their own identity?

Can being a Romany be observed on the scale of good and bad?

How does the gender of the creator and the viewer influence the interpretation of the work?

Is woman a gender?

Does gender exist?

What is contemporary Romany art and how does it manifest itself?

What is otherness in other cultures?

What is it like to be simultaneously inside and outside of a culture?

What is the human value of Romany people like?

Does a woman's value differ from human value?

What is the Romany people's future like?

The exhibition is produced by the Cultural Association Aurinko and Finnish Labour Museum Werstas.

The curators are Ulla Jaskari (Finnish Labour Museum Werstas), Kiba Lumberg and Kaarina Majander (Cultural Association Aurinko).

The exhibition is supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture, Alfred Kordelin Foundation, Kone Foundation, Sokos Hotels and Aamulehti.