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Myymälä2. Uudenmaankatu 23. 00120 Helsinki. Finland
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A gallery, boutique and space in Helsinki.
Opening hours: Monday to Saturday, from 12.00h to 18.00h and Sunday from 12.00h to 17.00h.
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05.07.2008 - 20.07.2008
Anna Krenz does not grumble about boredom, and what is even more important, she does not allow viewers of her art to be bored. On the contrary, there is nobody who would be indifferent passing her works. Laughter, astonishment, spontaneous critics, negation and indignation, fascination with works and admiration for idea – in this wide range of reactions everybody would find something for themselves. Each work of Anna Krenz becomes a „bridge” between distant phenomena, places, religions or visual aspects of consumerist culture.
In her paintings we will also find a link between ordinary things with their second nature, with questions which make us stop and ask – what is important, what religion is, what influence the politicians have, in what way we manipulate the others.
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07.05.2008 - 28.05.2008
Silje Heggren is a Norwegian artist, living and working in Bergen. Her main media is painting. Siljes works is often about young, social people and their relations. In these paintings the subject is brought to life from photos taken in bars and clubs. They show people dancing, drinking and partying. The images are instantly recognizable, but they also invite to further reflection.Who are these hedonistic people,what are their relationship to each other, and are they really as carefree as they seem?
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24.04.2008 - 04.05.2008
Heidi Anniina Mattila's show, Partly Present, is her student work exhibition from the Turku University of Applied Sciences Fine Arts Academy. The exhibit is composed of acrylic paintings which are firmly grounded in color and the interplay of their relationships. The name of the show, Partly Present, signifies mental and thought spaces which are challenged in the acquisition of ideas for a work of art, going deeper into something or strong feelings. The mental plane can be somewhere completely different than the physical.
The paintings are allowed to hang freely on the walls. Unstretched canvas is essentially closer to a curtain or wall hanging than a traditional framed painting; it can even be touched and can be made to sway when walking past. The pieces form their own world of stopped moments that calls on the viewer to experience things in a new way.
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