Espoo Kunsthalle presents OBJECT, a contemporary sculpture,
installation and environmental art exhibition in the area around Espoon Keskus from
17 June to 6 September 2015. The aim of the project is to open up dialogues with
and between the local inhabitants and the rapidly changing social and cultural environment.
The works chosen for the project are multi-faceted. They offer local people in
the Espoon Keskus area different types of intellectual, emotional and social
experiences as they confront the works in the urban environment. The artworks bring
surprising and fun confrontations in the midst of everyday life.
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| Sakari Kannosto "Border" in Espoon keskus summer 2014 |
The art works refer to the exhibition’s name and theme –
OBJECT. An object can be a thing. It can provoke feelings. An object can be an
aim or goal. Computer programmes are built with objects.
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| Minna Henriksson "The Story " on Espoonsilta, summer 2014 |
Sculpture is often strongly associated with materiality and
physical form, in other words a three dimensional object which takes space. The
works chosen for the exhibition are temporarily situated and strongly
conceptual. They strive to challenge traditional, canonised understandings of
sculpture’s “objectness” and monumentality in public space.
The art works and artists selected for OBJECT exhibition
highlight the
diversity of thinking
within contemporary art practice, through shape, color, and
form, as well as the relationship to the audience both in terms of critical thinking and social perspectives. The
participating artists are widely exhibited both in Finland and internationally.
The
exhibition is supported by Espoo City cultural services and Espoon Keskus development
project.
Further
information from Espoo Kunsthalle / Andy Best (050-5714013) &
Merja Puustinen (045-1349307)
