Art travelogue from Murmansk to Kirkenes | Barentsobserver
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The Russian artist Aleksander Florensky has written his own ironic version of 19. century travelogues describing more or less curious facts about the places being visited and with drawings by the author himself.
By Trude Pettersen
October 27, 2014
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In June 2014 the famous artist made a three-week long journey from Murmansk to Kirkenes and further along the Varanger Fjord to Vardø. Traveling toghether with former Director of the art curator group Pikene på Broen in Kirkenes Luba Kuzovnikova, he made stops at several different places along the way, made drawings of the most characteristic landmarks and took notes of facts and peculiarities of the places they visited.
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