Teresia and Rafael L\u00f6nnstr\u00f6m Home Museum
\nRauma, Finland
\nJune 27 – August 29, 2012
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In the series Blue Scarf<\/em>, a character \u2013 a woman in dark clothes \u2013 appears in a series of photographs wearing a blue scarf, which covers either her head or her shoulders. The locations in the photographs shift from a courtyard in Paris to a park bench in Tel Aviv, and on to a square in a small Estonian town. The sites, the woman\u2019s postures, and the way the scarf is tied define how we see her: as a beggar, a homeless person, a stallholder, a mourner, or a donna arriving at a secret assignation. <\/p>\n The existence of identity is challenged as such. An individual\u2019s identity is largely defined by the external world, often regardless of the person\u2019s own conception of his or her individuality. This notion, in fact, is often in outright contradiction with the external appearance, which tends to situate the individual as part of a group or social class. <\/p>\n