It is Beautiful Here
Textile exhibition • 10 May - 27 September 2009 • The Granary, Fiskars Village • Open daily 11am-6pm
The history and past of a material are at all times inevitably present in it. In textiles the meanings of this past are often so human, close and accessible that one is drawn to consider the essence of artefacts and images almost unnoticeably, even naturally.
Textile nowadays is unparalleled in its variety, representing an unending stream of interpretations, techniques, methods, genders and points of view.
It is Beautiful Here is an exhibition presenting the diversity and variety of textile materials in relation to culture, man, time and space. It features works of 43 artists, designers and artisans from all over the Globe. The exhibition aims at providing an experience of the material – a kaleidoscope of how a single material can open up to be many things. It is Beautiful Here is the first textile exhibition to be held in Fiskars village.
Artists and designers
Soili Arha, Textile Artist, Finland Niran Baibulat, Artist, Finland Isabel Berglund, Artist, Denmark Frida Berntsson, Artist, Sweden Dave Cole, Artist, USA Helen Dahlman, Artist, Sweden Guillaume Delvigne, Designer & Ionna Vautrin, Designer, Ranska Abigail Doan, Artist, USA Linda Hutchins, Artist, USA Severija Incirauskaite-Kriauneviciene, Artist, Lithuania Erkki Kannosto, Sculptor, Finland Erika Kelter, Artist/Designer, Finland Inka Kivalo, Textile Artist, Finland Irma Kukkasjärvi, Textile Artist, Finland Maija Lavonen, Textile Artist, Finland Beili Liu, Artist, China/USA Elina Makkonen, Jewellery Artist/Designer, Finland Outi Martikainen, Textile Artist, Finland Kirsi Mikkonen, Artist, Finland MUMs: Heath Nash, Adri Schütz, Outi Puro, South Africa/Finland Timo Mustajärvi, Goldsmith/Designer, Finland Pia Nieminen, Textile Artist & Helena Kallio, Writer, Finland Kazuyo Nomura, Textile Artist, Designer, Sweden/Japan Ron Nordström, Artist, Finland Vík Prjónsdóttir, Artist group, Iceland Silja Puranen, Visual and Textile Artist, Finland Anu Raud, Textile Artist, Estonia Piia Rinne, Textile Artist & Miia Rinne, Artist, Finland Tiina Ripatti, Textile Artist/Graphic Designer, Finland Anneli Sainio, Ceramic Artist, Finland Rutsuko Sakata, Textile Artist, Finland/Japan Peteris Sidars, Artist, Latvia Howard Smith, Artist, Finland/USA Fleur Swildens, Designer, Belgium Yukiko Terada, Artist, Japan/Germany Oona Tikkaoja, Artist, Finland Helena Vaari, Textile Artist, Finland Tellervo Viitaniemi, Artist, Finland
Members of the exhibition working group
Erika Kelter, chair; Outi Martikainen, curator; Hannele Grönlund, exhibition architect; Catherine Aiha, exhibition coordinator; Tommi Jokivaara, graphic designer; Jussi Tallgren, technician.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Exhibition office / Onoma Shop, tel. +358 19 2777 500, onoma (at) onoma.org
FiskarsInfo, tel. +358 19 2777 504, fiskars.info (at) fiskars.fi, www.fiskarsvillage.fi
The exhibition is supported by
Fiskars Corporation, Oy Vallila Ab, Novita Oy, Avotakka, Telinekataja Oy, The Embassy of the United States, The Royal Danish Embassy, The Finnish Embassy in Pretoria, Ministry of Education, Svenska Kulturfonden, The National Council for Design, Amperin linja-autoliikenne Oy, Fiskarsin Laatupuu, FT-Transport Oy Ab, Hotel Restaurant Fiskars Wärdshus, Olof Ekman Oy Ab, City of Raseborg and Restaurant Kuparipaja.
For the press
Press images
DAVE COLE, USA
American Flag (Toy Soldiers) 27, 2008
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HELEN DAHLMAN
The Bear and the Girl, 2007
Installation
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MAIJA LAVONEN
Small Red Spiral, 2005
photo: Rauno Träskelin
jpg, 5.5 MB
BEILI LIU, CHINA/USA
Lure/Fall,, 2009
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ELINA MAKKONEN
The Queen of Snow, 2007-2008
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SILJA PURANEN
Tattooed Woman 2, 2009
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PIIA RINNE & MIIA RINNE
Chip 'n' Dale, 2009
installation
photo: Petri Hager
tiff, 14 MB
VÍK PRJÒNSDÒTTIR
Seals, 2009
photo: Gulli Mar
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