12/4/2010
Contemporary Art from Finland and Sweden
Kiasma, Helsinki
The common factor shared by artists in this exhibition is that they all depict this day and age in their work, examining and commenting on contemporary phenomena and the diversity of contemporary reality. They examine life through work, dreams and cultural identities. Individual experiences grow into a collective and recognisable story of our global age. The private and the public, the aesthetic and the political, all converge in dialogue in the works.
The common factor shared by artists in this exhibition is that they all depict this day and age in their work, examining and commenting on contemporary phenomena and the diversity of contemporary reality.
They examine life through work, dreams and cultural identities. Individual experiences grow into a collective and recognisable story of our global age. The private and the public, the aesthetic and the political, all converge in dialogue in the works.
Coping at work is one of the key issues in modern societies. For their video installation I Love My Job, Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen collected true stories about problematic workplace relationships and imaginary solutions to them. The work presents eight stories, all from different work communities. The piece was shot in Sweden and Finland.
The themes of immigration and identity are at the core of Kristina Muntzing's installation New Swedes. The work consists of hundreds of dolls that are mementoes of a former native country or souvenirs of travels to other cultures.
The exhibition is part of the Swedish - Finnish Cultural Foundation‘s 50th anniversary program.
Press contact
Piia Laita +358 (0)9 1733 6507 piia.laita@kiasma.fi
Press launch on Tuesday 13 April 2010, at 2pm
Kiasma
Mannerheiminaukio 2, Helsinki
Hours: Tue 10-17, Wed-Fri: 10-20:30
Sat-Sun: 10-18
Admission: 8 general admission, 6 concessions, students, pensioners, non-military servicemen, conscripts, group tickets
free: -18 yrs., first Wed. of month (17-20), Hlesinki card holders