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MoMA PS1 presents the first solo museum exhibition in the United States of photographer Iiu Susiraja (b. 1975, Turku, Finland). The presentation will bring together over fifty photographs and videos that highlight the trajectory of Susiraja’s practice since 2008, when she was beginning to photograph and film herself in interior spaces. Most often, her images are shot in her apartment in Turku, Finland—the city where she has lived nearly her entire life. Susiraja selects and stages objects to accompany her that are both familiar and farcical, including tablecloths, umbrellas, hotdogs, bananas, treadmills, rubber duckies, and dead fish, amongst many others. Iiu Susiraja: A style called a dead fish highlights Susiraja’s unique manner of navigating between the slapstick and the deadpan, as she explores self-representation amidst physical and psychological interiors.
Iiu Susiraja: A style called a deadfish is organized by Jody Graf, Assistant Curator, MoMA PS1.
Iiu Susiraja: A style called a dead fish is supported by Frame Contemporary Art Finland.
Special thanks to the Consulate General of Finland in New York and the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York.
Learn more about the exhibition on our website.
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Installation view of Iiu Susiraja: A style called a dead fish on view at MoMA PS1 from April 20 to September 4, 2023. Image courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Installation view of Iiu Susiraja: A style called a dead fish on view at MoMA PS1 from April 20 to September 4, 2023. Image courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Installation view of Iiu Susiraja: A style called a dead fish on view at MoMA PS1 from April 20 to September 4, 2023. Image courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Installation view of Iiu Susiraja: A style called a dead fish on view at MoMA PS1 from April 20 to September 4, 2023. Image courtesy MoMA PS1. Photo: Steven Paneccasio
Iiu Susiraja. Large-scale cleaning. 2008. Chromogenic print. 15 3/4 x 11 3/4″ (40 x 29.8 cm). Courtesy the artist, Makasiini Contemporary, and Nino Mier Gallery.
Iiu Susiraja. Lucia. 2010. Chromogenic print. 16 × 15 3/4″ (40.6 × 40 cm). Courtesy the artist, Makasiini Contemporary, and Nino Mier Gallery.
Iiu Susiraja. Happy meal. 2011. Chromogenic print. 15 3/4 x 10 1/2″ (40 x 26.7 cm). Courtesy the artist, Makasiini Contemporary, and Nino Mier Gallery.
Iiu Susiraja. Functional communication. 2012. Chromogenic print. 20 x 30″ (50.8 x 76.2 cm). Courtesy the artist, Makasiini Contemporary, and Nino Mier Gallery.
Iiu Susiraja. Handshake. 2017. Chromogenic print. 13 11/16 x 10 7/16″ (34.7 x 26.5 cm) (framed). Courtesy the artist, Makasiini Contemporary, and Nino Mier Gallery.
Iiu Susiraja. Pinwheel. 2019. Chromogenic print in artist’s frame. 15 7/8 x 21 1/2″ (40.3 x 54.6 cm) (framed). Courtesy the artist, Makasiini Contemporary, and Nino Mier Gallery.
Iiu Susiraja. Sausage cupid. 2019. Chromogenic print. 30 ½ x 30 ½” (77.5 x 77.5 cm) (framed). Courtesy the artist, Makasiini Contemporary, and Nino Mier Gallery.
Iiu Susiraja. Fountain. 2021. Chromogenic print. 38 x 26 in. (96.52 x 66 cm). Courtesy the artist, Makasiini Contemporary, and Nino Mier Gallery.
Iiu Susiraja. Happy Valentines Day (Big Heart). 2022. Chromogenic print. 13 x 20″ (33 x 50.8 cm). Courtesy the artist, Makasiini Contemporary, and Nino Mier Gallery.