Kim Simonsson | Henry Wuorila-Stenberg | Saimi Suikkanen
Schedule
Thu Apr 25 2024 at 05:00 pm to 07:00 pm
Location
Galerie Forsblom | Helsinki, ES
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Kim Simonsson | Henry Wuorila-Stenberg | Saimi SuikkanenApril 26–June 2, 2024
Welcome to the exhibition openings on Thursday, April 25, from 5 to 7 pm.
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Kim Simonsson: Grower
Arriving in Galerie Forsblom’s main exhibition space is like stepping into a sculpture gallery of yesteryear. The colossal centerpiece is the imposing Waking Dream sculpture. Scale is a theme that has preoccupied Kim Simonsson for some years now, and his latest pieces are striking in their vast variations in size. By playing with different scales, Simonsson poses the question: how do dimensions affect the essence of the sculpture?
Henry Wuorila-Stenberg
Henry Wuorila-Stenberg’s paintings emanate from a silent void – a void that is never static but instead keeps evolving in its nuances and cadences. For Wuorila-Stenberg, painting is a form of meditation and a quest for peace. Meditation has played a very important role in the artist’s life for over forty years, and so it is only natural that his creative process flows from a similar all-encompassing, meditative state of emptying one’s mind. His paintings' psychological and spiritual content seems to transcend what can be expressed in words.
Saimi Suikkanen: Soft Light
Saimi Suikkanen turns our gaze on fleeting, intimate moments in the midst of monotonous day-to-day routines. She paints subjects as seemingly nondescript as clothing piled on a chair or a tea bag sagging on the edge of the kitchen sink. How can something so apparently trivial be transformed into something so spellbinding on canvas?
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Where is it happening?
Galerie Forsblom, Yrjönkatu 22,Helsinki, FinlandEvent Location & Nearby Stays: