Arctic Hysteria21. August, 2009 - 4. October, 2009

  • Arktinen hysteria/ Anni Rapinoja, Luonnon garderobi, 2005–2009

    Arctic Hysteria / Anni Rapinoja, Wardrobe of Nature, 2005-2009

  • Arktinen hysteria/ Erkki Kureniemi

    Arctic Hysteria / Erkki Kurenniemi

  • Arktinen hysteria/ Ilkka Halso, Kitkajoki

    Arctic Hysteria / Ilkka Halso, Kitkajoki, 2004, from the series Museum of Nature

  • Arktinen hysteria/ Jari Silomäki, My Weather Diary, 2009

    Arctic Hysteria / Jari Silomäki, My Weather Diary, 2001-

  • Arktinen hysteria/ Markus Copper

    Arctic Hysteria / Markus Copper, Kursk, 2004

  • Arktinen hysteria/ Mika Taanila, Futuro - A New Stance for Tomorrow, 1998

    Arctic Hysteria / Mika Taanila, Futuro - A New Stance for Tomorrow, 1998

  • Arktinen hysteria/ Pekka Jylhä

    Arctic Hysteria / Pekka Jylhä, Scapegoat, 2005

  • Arktinen hysteria/ Pink Twins, Appetite for Construction, 2008

    Arctic Hysteria / Pink Twins, Appetite for Construction, 2008

  • Arktinen hysteria/ Reijo Kela

    Arctic Hysteria / Reijo Kela, 365 Days, 2006

  • Arktinen hysteria/ Salla Tykkä

    Arctic Hysteria / Salla Tykkä, Power, 1999

  • Arktinen hysteria/ Screaming Men

    Arctic Hysteria / The Screaming Men, 2003, documentary film by Mika Ronkainen

  • Arktinen hysteria/ Stiina Saaristo

    Arctic Hysteria / Stiina Saaristo, The Celebration-Festen, 2006

  • Arktinen hysteria/ Tea Mäkipää, World of Plenty

    Arctic Hysteria / Tea Mäkipää, World of Plenty, 2008

  • Arktinen hysteria/ Veli Granö, Meet You in Finland Angel, 2003

    Arctic Hysteria/ Veli Granö, Meet You in Finland Angel, 2003

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 visions and psychedelic Utopias.

Arctic Hysteria is an intriguing review of Finnish contemporary art that was exhibited in New York in 2008 and in Budapest in 2009. In the spectacular exhibition, Arctic hysteria resonates in the work of 16 Finnish artists or artist groups, featuring sculptures, videos, paintings, photographs, installations, audio works and a documentary film.

The external wall of the Kunsthalle is covered by a 20-metre-long utopian landscape picture by Tea Mäkipää. Design shoes and jackets by Anni Rapinoja are made of tree leaves. Markus Copper's Kursk is a sunken nuclear submarine whose crew is trapped inside the huge machine of destruction. Jari Silomäki continues his Weather Diary.

The artist duo Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen will present a new, hilariously funny video work Tarja in Wonderland in the Kunsthalle Studio.

The exhibition was previously on view in P.S.1 MoMA Contemporary Art Center in New York and at the Ludwig Museum in Budapest. The version in the Kunsthalle will also include new work not seen in the previous exhibitions.

The exhibition is curated by Alanna Heiss (P.S.1 MoMA, New York) and Marketta Seppälä (FRAME Finnish Fund for Art Exchange).

The exhibition is produced in cooperation with the Artists' Association of Finland and FRAME.

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