Art and Truth-Telling is the first chapter of a year-long collaboration between Bildmuseet and Gaaltije Saemien Museume, rooted in southern Sápmi. Ume Sámi, a critically endangered language from this region, is used in our translation.
Niklas Blindh, Run me into history of eternity, 2021 © Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Wil Lee-Wright
Monica L Edmondson, Return II, 2013 Photo: Tom Juslin © Courtesy of the artist
Julia Rensberg, Reagkajgujmie, 2024 © Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Carl-Johan Utsi
What accounts as truth? Who bears witness? In what ways can art expand the language of truth and the process of truth-telling? Art and Truth-Telling is a response to the Swedish Truth Commission for the Sámi people. Through joik, duodji, drawing, installation, architecture and glasswork, the exhibition highlights the role of art in shaping personal and collective truths.
Participating artists are Avant Joik (Matti Aikio, Katarina Barruk and Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje), Elme Ämting, Sissel M. Bergh, Niklas Blindh, Monica L. Edmondson, Mats Jonsson, Johanna Minde, Lisa Nyberg, Julia Rensberg, Birgitta Ricklund, Per Elof Nilsson Ricklund, and Risfjells Sameslöjd Vilhelmina (Doris Risfjell and Sven-Åke Risfjell).
Art and Truth-Telling is the first chapter of a year-long collaboration between Bildmuseet and Gaaltije Saemien Museume, rooted in southern Sápmi. Ume Sámi, a critically endangered language from this region, is used in our translation.