Anders' visual language resists easy categorisation, drawing from multiple traditions, including graffiti, political posters, and Indigenous Sámi art. His approach is raw, fragmented, and unpolished, mirroring the fractured nature of Sámi history itself. There is no effort to conform to contemporary art world standards of refinement; instead, Sunna embraces an aesthetic of resistance, where the very form of the painting—its layers, textures, and chaotic arrangements—reflected the disorder imposed on Sámi culture by colonial systems.
He explains: "I want it to be unpolished, like a mirror of how it is today. I don't want this romantic or colonial exotic view. I want it to reflect how it feels and how it is."
Excerpt from Marcia Degia's feature on Anders Sunna in KOL SOCIAL Volume 17.
