Bøger om Aka Høegh

AKA HØEGH har sit helt særegne udtryk inden for grønlandsk og nordisk kunst – dybt forankret i Grønlands vældige natur og dramatiske sagnverden. Hun fastholder sit fokus på almenmenneskelige følelser og naturens ukrænkelighed i en tid med store samfundsmæssige omvæltninger. Hun skildrer mytiske landskaber, drømme og fremtidsvisioner i lyset af global opvarmning. Hun arbejder med vidt forskellige udtryk og materialer – fra pensel og akvarelblok til skulpturer i granit, fra stålnålens rids i zinken til malerier og store udsmykningsarbejder. Hun har udsmykket Folketingets Grønlandsværelse, udhugget en skulpturgruppe ved Rigshospitalet og illustreret Prins Henriks digtsamling Blå mærker i sjælen … blandt meget andet. AKA HØEGH indfanger Grønlands sjæl og deler den gavmildt med beskueren. Bogen om AKA HØEGH er gennemillustreret med et bredt udvalg af kunstnerens værker. Med sit store format, smukke og luftige grafiske design, lækre papir og høje kvalitet i tryk og bogbind er det en unik gavebog for alle, der interesserer sig for kunst og Grønland! Mai Misfeldt, cand.mag. i litteratur og kunsthistorie, er forfatter og billedredaktør.

AKA HØEGH has her very own style of expression within Greenlandic and Nordic art – deeply rooted in the vast landscape and dramatic world of myths and legends that is Greenland. She focuses on everyday feelings and the sanctity of nature in a time of major societal changes. She depicts mythical landscapes, dreams and futuristic visions in the light of global warming. She thinks big while staying humble: We only get to borrow the Earth, we’re all just guests in this life. Aka Høegh works with a wide range of styles and media – from brushwork and watercolours to granite sculptures, from etching a steel needle into zinc to paintings and the decoration of entire buildings. She has influenced and inspired Greenland’s art scene more than any other artist, and her art has travelled far and wide beyond the country’s borders. MAI MISFELDT is a press officer at Nordatlantens Brygge in Copenhagen. She has a joint degree in Danish and History of Art and is a former art and literature critic for Kristeligt Dagblad and Berlingske Tidende. She was a member of the Statens Kunstfonds Projektstøtteudvalg for Litteratur from 2018-21 (the Danish Art Council’s Literature funding body). Mai Misfeldt spent part of her childhood in Greenland, and Greenlandic art and literature hold a special interest for her.

NB! Grønlandsk udgave af kunstbog om Aka Høegh Assortuussutigineqarsinnaanngilaq Aka Høegh nunatsinni eqqumiitsuliortunut pingaarnerpaanut ilaammat – nunatta killeqarfii pitarlugit ilisimaneqarlunilu nuannarineqaqaluni. Ukiuni qulikkaani periutsit assigiinngitsorpassuit atorlugit suliaminik alutornarluinnartunik pisuunnguutissittuarsimavaatigut – misileraajuarluni namminivillu periutsiminik ilisarnaateqarluni, nunatta pinngortitaanut oqaluttuatoqaatitsinnullu atassutilinnik. Inuttut misigissutsit nalinginnaasut pinngortitallu innarligassaanngitsuunera qitiutillugit sammisarisimavai, nunarsuatta kissatsikkiartornera tusartalinngikkallaratsiguli.

The sea animals have disappeared, and people are starving. An old married couple, once great shamans, are asked to journey to the Mother of the Sea to find out what happened to the animals. But the journey is dangerous ... A Journey to the Mother of the Sea is part of a series of illustrated Greenlandic legends adapted for children. Other books in the series include: The Whale, the Eagle, and the Two Little Girls; Kaassassuk; and Anngannguujuk – The Boy who was Kidnapped.