Recently, we have been able to read in tabloids and other media about Thuli Muga's attacks on painter Katarina Chauri, also known as Kata Garkain, from the country's official director of art scene. Because of the Sami themed work drawn by Sauri. Here is the latest low attack.
I would like to make a point on this issue which has been completely ignored in the public debate. Thuli Mukka was an actor in the official arts sector who supported himself with grants and other public grants throughout his career. Katarina Suri is an actress outside the official art circles, she does her work as a self-employed person and entrepreneur, and my perspective on the dispute between women is related to this issue.
What right does Mukka, who has created his art with public money all his life, attack a private practitioner and businessman? Shouldn't Muga be grateful to Katarina Chauri, who is self-employed in a tough industry and pays taxes for her work, which is paid for by Thuli Mugan's public subsidies?
Sports are also funded with public money, and if an athlete attacks another athlete in a grossly indecent manner, as Mucka did to Chauri, all public support is taken from such an athlete and he is expelled from the sport altogether. Why doesn't the art department act accordingly, but can another artist act in peace like Mukka did against Sauri in the art department?
With a quick google search I found the following CV of Thuli Muga from 2003 to 2010 and he has received substantial public grants. Of course, public subsidies continue to this day in various forms.
Grants
2010 1-year work grant from the Lapland Fund of the Finnish Cultural Fund
2010 Target grant from the Lapland Arts Commission
2009 1/2-year work grant from the Arts Commission of Lapland
2008 State Visual Arts Commission Target Grant
2008 1-year work grant from the Art Commission of Lapland
2006 State Visual Arts Commission Target Grant
2007 Travel Scholarship from the State Fine Arts Commission
2007 Target grant from the Arts Commission of Lapland
2007 1/2 year work grant from the Arts Commission of Lapland
2006 Target grant from the Arts Commission of Lapland
2006 Alfred Cordell Financial Target Grant
2006 Arts Commission of Lapland work grant
2005 Target grant from the Arts Commission of Lapland
2005 Target grant from the Lapland Fund of the Finnish Cultural Fund
2005 State Visual Arts Commission – Publishing Support for Visual Artists
2003 Target grant from the Lapland Fund of the Finnish Cultural Fund
