The Father, the Son and the Holy Lake10. April, 2010 - 9. May, 2010
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Hanna Jaanisoo, Silenzio!, 2010. Mixed candy, fishing line.The works of Hanna Jaanisoo (b. 1974) turn everyday situations into something sacred – or the other way around: "From the Vatican, I always remember the meandering queues, the guard's loud 'Silenzio!', and the hovering sweet smell of candy heated by one’s pocket."
The works in the Kunsthalle are Silenzio (2010; pick and mix sweets), Priest Singing in the Shower (2010; working title) and All the Holy Lakes (Pyhäjärvi) in Finland 1:100000 (2006; steel).
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Heli Ryhänen, Farewell, 2009.http://www.heliryhanen.fi
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Heli Ryhänen, Slow Motion, 2010. artificial leather, steel, chainHeli Ryhänen (b. 1971) often uses textiles and artificial leather in her works, creating grotesque yet beautiful human figures.
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Villu Jaanisoo, His Father's Son, 2010The work by Villu Jaanisoo (b. 1963) consists of recycled fluorescent tubes and a 3D video projection in which a man and an ape look at each other (His Father's Son, 2010).
Villu Jaanisoo is Professor of Sculpture at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts (2009–). Jaanisoo's Everything Is Possible, a nearly five-metre-tall gorilla made entirely of used car tyres, was unveiled last October at the Viikki Campus of the University of Helsinki. Jaanisoo is the author of many public and commissioned works in Finland and Estonia.
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Matti Kalkamo, About the father, the son and the hometown spirit, 2010. bronze, stoneware, plaster, steel, smokeThe sculpture by Matti Kalkamo (b. 1968) injects dark humour into some of the sore spots of life.
Matti Kalkamo was a runner-up for the Ars Fennica 2009 prize, and he has made several public artworks.
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Villu Jaanisoo, Matti Kalkamo, Hanna Jaanisoo, Heli RyhänenVillu Jaanisoo, Matti Kalkamo, Hanna Jaanisoo, Heli Ryhänen
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Hanna Jaanisoo, All the Holy Lakes (Pyhäjärvi) in Finland 1:10000, 2006.
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 whose choice of materials, working methods and conceptual approach are all unique and distinctive. Confronted with their work, one is often amazed by how seriousness and playfulness can merge into such a poignant experience.
The scale and proportions can be surprising, too: a large work suddenly radiates a human fragility, or tiny details appear quite grotesque.
As the artists themselves put it in their statement:
'When we were young, the father was the lord and master of the house, and the 'master's' voice was heard in the pew, at school and at Soviet public meetings. We were all born in the 1960s or '70s, and the society has changed enormously since then. It is bewildering to discover that we have nothing remotely as personal, yet also as collective, as that image of our parents. The kind of image that persisted even if you did not have a father – or had one who was never there.'