| Summary: | This article examines six pictures created by sixFinnish visual artists: Simo Hannula, Päivikki Kallio,Väinö Kunnas, Juhani Linnovaara, Kalervo Palsa, andEila-Maria Salo. The main theme in their picturesis the image of a future city. The aim of the studyis to investigate what kinds of objects are used inthem in interpreting the future. The objects examinedconsist of a) the actors and action in the cities,b) contrastic, alienated, and estranged articles in acity’s imagery landscape, and c) values made visualin the pictures: beliefs, hopes, wills, and choices. Eachpicture is analysed individually. The objects underscrutiny are considered as signs, and these signs areunderstood as the way of the artists to representtheir mental image of each described subject.
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