(Un)Naturally
15 May - 30 Aug 2009
(UN)NATURALLY
15.5.-30.8.2009
Researchers Leena-Maija Rossi and Marja-Terttu Kivirinta have curated Kiasma's summer exhibition (Un)naturally, which comprises works by nine male artists. (Un)naturally reshuffles the sexes, looking for femininity as well as masculinity in works created by men. Nature and the artificial are among the subject matters of the works.
Leena Maija-Rossi and Marja-Terttu Kivirinta have chosen nine male artists for the exhibition. “Some of the artists do not shy away from decorativeness or home decoration or from presenting a hairy back as beautiful. Some comment peacefully on violence while some depict strangeness in a tender manner. Some find inspiration in homosexuality while others have the formation of heterosexuality as their motif. On the surface, not all the artists even deal with gender or sexuality, but all have done so at some stage of their career,” Rossi describes the artists in the
The artists featured are Jan-Erik Andersson, Kalle Hamm and Dzamil Kamanger, Jukka Korkeila, Jouni Kujansuu, Pekka Niskanen, Harri Pälviranta, Kari Soinio and Viggo Wallensköld.
15.5.-30.8.2009
Researchers Leena-Maija Rossi and Marja-Terttu Kivirinta have curated Kiasma's summer exhibition (Un)naturally, which comprises works by nine male artists. (Un)naturally reshuffles the sexes, looking for femininity as well as masculinity in works created by men. Nature and the artificial are among the subject matters of the works.
Leena Maija-Rossi and Marja-Terttu Kivirinta have chosen nine male artists for the exhibition. “Some of the artists do not shy away from decorativeness or home decoration or from presenting a hairy back as beautiful. Some comment peacefully on violence while some depict strangeness in a tender manner. Some find inspiration in homosexuality while others have the formation of heterosexuality as their motif. On the surface, not all the artists even deal with gender or sexuality, but all have done so at some stage of their career,” Rossi describes the artists in the
The artists featured are Jan-Erik Andersson, Kalle Hamm and Dzamil Kamanger, Jukka Korkeila, Jouni Kujansuu, Pekka Niskanen, Harri Pälviranta, Kari Soinio and Viggo Wallensköld.