Triennial of Finland
dal 10/5/2007 al 9/6/2007
Segnalato da
Petri Eskelinen
Sini Pelkki
Jani Ruscic
Pilvi Takala
Petra Lindholm
Anni Leppala
Aurora Reinhard
Jari Silomaki
Pasi Autio
Antti Laitinen
Maarit Hohteri
Luigi Fassi
10/5/2007
Triennial of Finland
Kunsthalle Helsinki, Helsinki
The exhibition is a cross analysis of different themes, from the mysterious bond with nature to the depth of human relationships, all having in common a deep reflection on time and our perception of its transience. There is a sense of great astonishment repeteadly emerging in many of the works on show, an occasion for the artists to investigate the miraculous and its most different manifestations. Curated by Luigi Fassi.
In Search of the Miraculous
Curated by Luigi Fassi
The new edition of the Finnish Triennial is the result of a long term research by the italian curator Luigi Fassi on the art scene of the country, carried out during a curatorial residency by FRAME in January-March 2006 and later on during the last months focusing on the young generation. The exhibition is a cross analysis of different themes, from the mysterious bond with nature to the depth of human relationships, all having in common a deep reflection on time and our perception of its transience. There is a sense of great astonishment repeteadly emerging in many of the works on show, an occasion for the artists to investigate the miraculous and its most different manifestations. Thus, the very title of the Triennial, In Search of the Miraculous, refers to the famous work by Bas Jan Ader, started in 1973 but leaft unfinished, highligthing the longing of grace, dimension to be found in everyday experiences.
Lauri Astala and Antti Tanttu, two established artists, are invited alongside the artists of the younger generation. Their works serve as an ideal framework for the exhibition, almost representing a symbolic synthesis, i.e., the possible start and possible end. In his As Though Time Was All Around Lauri Astala combines a variety of heterogenous visual elements, simobolically reflecting on the very idea of creativity, a hermeneutic eye opened on reality and its various meanings.
Mortui viso docent by Antti Tanttu is instead a free intepretation of the memento mori tradition and the constant presence of death in our lives. Thus, in Helsinki monumental cemetery, the sequence of funerary statues, comes with voices of children playing in sourroundings lawns. The symbolic grace of these works becomes emblematic of the investigation on the most arcane and mysterious aspects of life carried out by the other partecipating artists Petri Eskelinen, Sini Pelkki, Jani Ruscica, Pilvi Takala, Petra Lindholm, Anni Leppala, Aurora Reinhard, Jari Silomaki, Pasi Autio, Antti Laitinen and Maarit Hohteri.
Comparable to the classical dimension of pietas, this feeling of widespread emotional sharing and longing for a more authentich intepretation of life is witnessed by the strongly humanistic character of contemporary Finnish Art.
Kunsthalle Helsinki
Nervanderinkatu 3 - Helsinki