Tureen is pleased to present a special screening of “Cow” (2017), a video work by the acclaimed Finnish artist Iiu Susiraja. Here the artist can be seen drolly repurposing a household cleaning glove into an udder, a punchline absent delivery. Susiraja has said of her self-portraiture, “I try to reach as blank a state as possible…For me, being blank is the same as being real.” This blankness suggests an equitable negotiation of perceptions—between viewer and subject, humor and intimacy, subtlety and immediacy. The object is the starting point for her revelation, but the knowing comes later when we recognize in her image the universal impulse we all have for self-display.

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Iiu Susiraja (b. 1975, Turku, FI; lives and works in Turku, FI) earned an MFA from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts. She was featured as the cover story for ArtForum’s February 2022 issue. Her recent solo exhibitions include MoMA PS1, Ramiken Gallery, SKMU Museum, KIASMA, Kadel Willborn Gallery, François Ghebaly Gallery, PS2 Gallery, VB Photographic Centre, Ramiken Crucible, and Fotogalleriet Format, among others. She is in public and private collections worldwide, including at the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Moderna Museet, ICA Miami, the University of Chicago, the Rubell Family Collection, the Finnish Museum of Photography collection, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, the Finnish National Gallery, among many others.