Katkaistu elämä, Sankarihauta / Life cut short, Soldiers' grave

'Life cut short' is a memorial to fallen soldiers. Its imagery is linked to Informalism which appeared in Finland in the 1960s. Informalism is often based on observations of nature but in an abstract or stylized manner. In informalist sculpture works are made as if they had emerged and grown freely in nature. The pedestal is often excluded, and the works have multiple components which involves the ...