PÁLL HAUKUR & PIA MÄNNIKKÖ
1.–24.11.2019, Gallery Sculptor, Helsinki

nordiSKulptur, an exhibition collaboration between the Nordic Culture Point and the Association of Finnish Sculptors, brings forth fascinating Nordic contemporary sculpture. Páll Haukur and Pia Männikkö’s joint exhibition is the first in a series of three duo exhibitions that will be held at Galleria Sculptor between 2019–2021.

Welcome to the exhibition opening on Thursday, October 31, from 5 to 7 pm! Gallery Sculptor, Eteläranta 12, 00130 Helsinki. Open tue-fri 11 am – 5 pm, sat-sun 12 – 4pm.

Listeners environmental art project starts wed 27.6. and goes on until 14.7.2019. I will place Listeners, miniature sculptures, in three different beach locations in Helsinki. If you find a sculpture, you can take it home, if you will send me a photo of the sculpture in its new home or location. Map and more info: www.hybridea.net

Interwoven exhibition opens soon in EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art. I am one of 12 artists. Welcome to the opening 04.06.2019 at 18-20! Interwoven will be open 05.06.2019 – 01.03.2020.

Setting up I am a mountain -works for Interwoven exhibition in EMMA.

Art Fair Suomi is open in Cable Factory, Helsinki, until 26.5.2019. My work at the fair is a vertical version of Midsummer Night’s Dream, a kinetic installation made with rescue blankets and fans.

Humans – Miniartextil tour continues, my installation Déjà Vu is also present. The exhibition opens in Museo del Tessile in Busto Arsizio, Italy, at 11th May and is open until 9th June, 2019.

Coexistence, Contemporary Art Museum Kiasma´s collections new exhibition is now open. My work Landscape Machine is on show until 9.6.2019.

From Kiasma guide:  A colourful rug spins in a never-ending loop on a metal frame. The artist Pia Männikkö tells about the work: “I was studying at the Glasgow School of Arts in Scotland. I often caught the train to visit exhibitions in Edinburgh, and part of the rail line between the two cities is quite densely overgrown; there are no buffer zones around the tracks, so the train literally brushes against the vegetation as its speeds by. Travelling by train is like air travel – no matter what country or continent you’re in, the view always looks the same. The piece comments on how we all share the same experience – and how small the world ultimately is.”

The rug is pieced together from thirty patches made by the artist using the traditional Finnish rya technique. The rolling rug is based on an old trick used in cinema and theatre: the background spins while the actors stay still, creating the illusion of movement. The mechanics were invented by the artist. When planning the design, she built miniature models and tested to see how fast the rug had to spin in order for the pattern to appear blurry.

Photo by Finnish National Gallery / Pirje Mykkänen

The Coexistence exhibition opening in Contemporary Art Museum Kiasma in April 2019 looks at the relationship between humans and nature. Environmental issues, nature, and human coexistence with other organisms are topics of long-standing interest in art, but they have recently come into sharper focus amid the eco-crisis of the 2000s. My work Landscape Machine will be in the exhibition until middle of June. The whole exhibition is open 26.04.2019 – 01.03.2020.

Image from the Landscape Machine -exhibition opening in Huuto Gallery, 2016.