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Kari Huhtamo – Variatio Arctica Sculptura18. May - 13. June
Kari Huhtamo (b. 1943 in Rovaniemi, Finland) is a sculptor whose primary material has since the 1970s been stainless acid-resistant steel. He has created several public sculptures. Except for one piece, the exhibition in Kunsthalle Helsinki consists entirely of new works by Huhtamo from 2009 and 2010. His exhibition Variatio Arctica Sculptura was presented at the State Tretyakov Gallery...
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Denise Ziegler: Features of the Poetic6. March - 31. March
When you walk in the streets of a city, you may notice houseplants in the windows of offices or residential buildings. You may imagine how people have, each in their own way, placed the plants on the windowsill. After the plant is placed on the sill, the pot is often turned slightly to optimise its position relative to incoming light and other plants in the room. Putting a houseplant on...
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STUDIO- Elina Saloranta: Room6. March - 31. March
After the mother died, it took six months to sell the flat. The daughter went there once a week to have a cup of coffee. Elina Saloranta’s video work Room records the changes that take place in a bedroom after the death of the occupant. The work consists of virtually unmoving images that change through slow cross-fades. At first, the room is untouched, only the bedclothes have been...
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Export–Import16. January - 28. February
The International Finns in Contemporary Art Kunsthalle Helsinki presents previously unexhibited work by acclaimed Finnish artists who work internationally. Artists featured in the exhibition are Adel Abidin, Elina Brotherus, Minna L. Henriksson, Gun Holmström, Laura Horelli, Hannu Karjalainen, Ola Kolehmainen, Pia Lindman, Robert Lucander, Kirsi Mikkola, Pilvi Takala and...
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Love and Lust forever by Tero Puha16. January - 28. February
Skilfully blending fact and fiction, the video tells about two trash movie stars, Linda Lust and Cheryl Love, and their reckless drive to attain celebrity. Having appeared in such films as Dirty Dolls, Blood of Passion and Sins, the meteoric rise of the duo to fame and magazine cover celebrity happened under just as questionable circumstances as their disappearance from limelight....
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Raving'895. December, 2009 - 6. January
Photographs by Gavin Watson (UK). In the late 1980s, the phenomenon known as raves spread from London and Manchester first to Britain and then on to the rest of Europe. Gavin Watson was there and documented the raves in 1989, the time when acid house and dance culture were born. Dancing crowds, the joy of belonging, the lasers, the 1980s fashion, the warehouses and fields where...
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Young Artists 20095. December, 2009 - 6. January
Young artists do not spare the world. They turn their talents to comment upon the financial crisis, climate change and information overload. The jury was surprised at how vibrant the social and political interest was among the works submitted for the show. The Young Artists exhibition is a regular event that has acquired a legendary status in Finland. The first show was held in 1939 in the...
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The Father, the Son and the Holy Lake10. April - 9. May
Hanna Jaanisoo, Villu Jaanisoo, Matti Kalkamo and Heli Ryhänen. The most interesting names in Finnish contemporary sculpture make a joint appearance in Kunsthalle Helsinki. The themes shared by the new, impressive works are the chain of generations, the sanctity of the legacy of the father, and everyday life.Hanna Jaanisoo, Villu Jaanisoo, Matti Kalkamo and Heli Ryhänen are sculptors...
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Timo Wright: Self-Portrait10. April - 9. May
An average Finnish family owns more than 10,000 objects. I personally own about 3,500 objects. Objects I have NEEDED. I have needed just this pair of shoes, I have needed just those trousers. Although, ultimately, it is only a matter of wanting, not needing. I can't need all of these things, really, can I?! Timo Wright’s Self-Portrait has consumption and ecology as its main themes. We...
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Borders and Beyond15. October, 2009 - 22. November, 2009
Kunsthalle Helsinki brings the hottest contemporary artists in Continental Europe to Finland. Maja Bajevic, Breda Beban, Botto e Bruno, Christiaan Bastiaans, Via Lewandowsky and Paola Pivi are all artists whose work has amazed audiences at the Venice Biennale in recent years, and whose work has not been presented in Finland before. Maja Bajevic (Bosnia/France), Christiaan Bastiaans...
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Arctic Hysteria21. August, 2009 - 4. October, 2009
Finnish art of the 2000s still seems to be welling up from exotic Nordic madness, even when the works employ state-of-the-art technology. The show is curated by Alanna Heiss, Director of the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in New York, and Marketta Seppälä, Director of FRAME Finnish Fund for Art Exchange. The result is a review of Finnish contemporary art whose common denominator is exciting...
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STUDIO: Dream Land21. August, 2009 - 4. October, 2009
The Arctic Hysteria exhibition coincides with the opening of Dream Land (Tarja in Wonderland), a video work by the artist duo Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen. The video is a compilation of dreams about Tarja Halonen, President of the Republic. Having advertised for dreams people had had about the President, the artists received more than 70 replies. Some twenty dreams were...
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