Tove Jansson

Art in Nature

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An elderly caretaker at a large outdoor exhibition, called Art in Nature, finds that a couple have lingered on to bicker about the value of a picture; he has a surprising suggestion that will resolve both their row and his own ambivalence about the art market. A draughtsman's obsession with drawing locomotives provides a dark twist to a love story. A cartoonist takes over the work of a colleague who has suffered a nervous breakdown only to discover that his own sanity is in danger. In these witty, sharp, often disquieting stories, Tove Jansson reveals the fault-lines in our relationship with art, both as artists and as consumers. Obsession, ambition, and the discouragement of criti are all brought into focus in these wise and cautionary tales. Translated into English for the first time by Thomas Teal.
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145 printed pages
Original publication
2012
Publication year
2012
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    The word “atelier” unavoidably conveys an impression of picturesque romantic squalor.
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    The young people were not dancing. Why should they? They could afford not to. Wherever they went, their own music followed them.

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