Works by Elina Merenmies are featured in ARKEN museum’s collection exhibition of Nordic contemporary art in Ishøj, Denmark. The exhibition, titled 55.6° North, poses questions about the world and reality we are living in right now, exploring a wide field of artistic expressions and practices – from the ritualistic and mythical to the raw, bodily, and political.
“The exhibition is full of cracks and openings that let us move in and out of the Nordic. All the artists are from the Nordic region or connected to it. They have a global outlook and allow us to see their own cultures from the inside. They are rooted in the present while carrying history with them. Issues of identity and power, welfare and consumption, nature and climate are among the themes that engage them.”
55.6° North opens 5 February and runs until 30 August 2026.
Image: Elina Merenmies, Party Animal, 2002, ink on paper, 24 x 32 cm