Anhava

Jani Hänninen

02 Nov - 19 Dec 2010

© Jani Hänninen
Bad Blood, 2010
150 x 300 cm
JANI HÄNNINEN
Full Circle
2 November - 19 December, 2010

Jani Hänninen (born 1974) was originally a wild graffiti artist who was polished at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts. The viewer might think that his paintings are made with strong feeling and few plans, because they appear to be spontaneous and created in a moment.
But it's not true. These paintings are not instinctive. Jani Hänninen plans, chooses and composes his works. He knows, at least approximately, what he wants to say and how best to do it. He paints, reflects and paints again. Just like the best of them that we think are spontaneous. As Hemingway put it: "You have to write so many times that it looks easy".

Hänninen "hijacks" his themes and subjects from a variety of sources: newspapers, music, television and the street. A single word may spur chains of associations that will become colours and forms on canvas. And the greatest theme, of course, is life, the feelings that it arouses, often chaotic, conflicting and oppressive.

Professionals have understood the specific nature and value of Jani Hänninen's work. His paintings have been acquired for the collections of the Sara Hildén Art Museum, the Malmö Art Museum, the Helsinki Art Museum, the City of Tampere and the Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art (Lars Swanljung Collection) Jani Hänninen has also participated in several art fairs in association with Galerie Anhava, and in exhibitions at the Sara Hildén Art Museum, the Oulu Art Museum, the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Helsinki Art Museum.
 

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