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Faroese art is art by artists living in the Faroe Islands and art by Faroese nationals living abroad. In the Faroe Islands, art is an important part of everyday life and in the public debate. It may be the special light in the Faroes which causes so many to express themselves in painting. The ever-changing Faroese weather and light provide opportunities for endless nuances, something which has fascinated both foreign and local artists over the years. However, the history of Faroese art is short, and can only be dated a couple of hundred years back. Lack of time, light and materiel may have caused the late appearance of painting. But despite this, the islands have a very active art scene. A great many of the Faroese artists of today resent being reminded that Faroese art is a comparatively

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  • Die färöische Kunst entstand im 20. Jahrhundert und ist stark durch die färöische Landschaft und das Inselleben inspiriert. Spätestens in den 1930ern konnten sich eine Reihe färöischer bildender Künstler etablieren, die teilweise auch in Dänemark lernten, lebten und wirkten. Die färöische Kultur hat eine sehr lange Tradition seit dem Mittelalter. Die typischen Ausdrucksformen waren über die Jahrhunderte nur der Kettentanz mit den dazugehörigen Balladen, die mündlich überliefert wurden und so das Überleben der färöischen Sprache ermöglichten, bis sich im 19. Jahrhundert die färöische Literatur entwickeln konnte. Neben der dramatischen Natur liefern die alten, in den Balladen überlieferten, Mythen, Märchen und Sagen weitere Themen der modernen bildenden Kunst auf dem Nordatlantik-Archipel. (de)
  • Faroese art is art by artists living in the Faroe Islands and art by Faroese nationals living abroad. In the Faroe Islands, art is an important part of everyday life and in the public debate. It may be the special light in the Faroes which causes so many to express themselves in painting. The ever-changing Faroese weather and light provide opportunities for endless nuances, something which has fascinated both foreign and local artists over the years. However, the history of Faroese art is short, and can only be dated a couple of hundred years back. Lack of time, light and materiel may have caused the late appearance of painting. But despite this, the islands have a very active art scene. A great many of the Faroese artists of today resent being reminded that Faroese art is a comparatively recent phenomenon. They find such an observation annoying as regards their artistic work, and they claim that such a statement has no bearing whatsoever on them as artists as their frame of reference is both local and global. With the first Faroese painters the landscape became a national icon and it has remained the central topic in Faroese visual art. The grip that Faroese art, motifically speaking, takes on the Faroese landscape might seem to be a rather old-fashioned approach to visual art. The interest in installations, minimalism and conceptual art, has so far not affected Faroese art much. The village by the ocean is probably the motif which has been repeated the most. Danish art critic Ole Nørlyng concludes that nature, the wild landscape, is the driving force behind Faroese artists, but except for a close affinity with the landscape and culture of the islands, there has always been great diversity in Faroese art. (en)
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  • Die färöische Kunst entstand im 20. Jahrhundert und ist stark durch die färöische Landschaft und das Inselleben inspiriert. Spätestens in den 1930ern konnten sich eine Reihe färöischer bildender Künstler etablieren, die teilweise auch in Dänemark lernten, lebten und wirkten. Neben der dramatischen Natur liefern die alten, in den Balladen überlieferten, Mythen, Märchen und Sagen weitere Themen der modernen bildenden Kunst auf dem Nordatlantik-Archipel. (de)
  • Faroese art is art by artists living in the Faroe Islands and art by Faroese nationals living abroad. In the Faroe Islands, art is an important part of everyday life and in the public debate. It may be the special light in the Faroes which causes so many to express themselves in painting. The ever-changing Faroese weather and light provide opportunities for endless nuances, something which has fascinated both foreign and local artists over the years. However, the history of Faroese art is short, and can only be dated a couple of hundred years back. Lack of time, light and materiel may have caused the late appearance of painting. But despite this, the islands have a very active art scene. A great many of the Faroese artists of today resent being reminded that Faroese art is a comparatively (en)
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  • Färöische Kunst (de)
  • Faroese art (en)
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