1960 A representative artist

The prejudice against provincial cultural activities was great in the Helsinki area. When I was having an exhibition in Fenestra in Helsinki in December 1960, I went to the Suomen Kuvalehti to see Ilmari Turja. I told him that we needed the support of the press for our cultural projects in Oulu. "- You call it culture?" Turja said mockingly. Years later when his play Särkelä itte was being performed in the Oulu Town Theatre, I was thinking: "And you call that culture!"

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