Oliver Whitehead

Future Tense

220 x 290 mm, hard cover
approx. 144 pages
Writers J. O. Mallander (foreword), Sini Mononen, Tytti Rantanen, Juha-Heikki Tihinen, Ilkka Taipale, Vappu Taipale
Layout Ville Karppanen
Finnish, English, Swedish
ISBN 978-952-7441-89-3
November 2024
38 €

Oliver Whitehead (b. 1947) is a UK-born multidisciplinary artist who settled in Finland in 1971.  Whitehead works in the mediums of painting, drawing, graphic art, photography, sculpture, moving image and poetry recital. His work is defined by its critical perspective on contemporary reality, while leaving room for viewers to draw their own conclusions about the state of the world. Recurring themes in his oeuvre include the critical examination of commodity fetishism, reflections on urban space, diary-like observations about everyday life, and the ever-topical theme of peace, which Whitehead explores through works such as chalk drawings in public spaces. This book presents the oeuvre and enduring thematic concerns of an artist whose long career spans over five decades.