Secret
9 May – 26 September 2010
The Granary, Fiskars, Finland
Daily from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Secrets and mysteries have fascinated mankind for thousands of years. They have been a source of inspiration for artists and scholars, who have also helped to create them. Creative people are often curious by nature and interested in all things unknown. Throughout history, artists and artisans have embedded hidden meanings and secrets in their works.
A secret can be knowledge, a skill, method or a formula; or even a coded language known only to the initiated. It can be something so strange that it reminds beyond human comprehension and consciousness, or something deliberately kept out of view. The word is also associated with things that are explicitly subdued or withdrawn; personal or not brought into the open.
Representing over 20 different disciplines, the members of the Arts and Crafts Cooperative of Fiskars, and their specially invited guests, interpret the theme of SECRET through their individual expressive works. Many of the works play with the idea of a message, or code. The message may be hidden in the symbolic language of colors or materials; the code may require a specialist knowledge, or skill, to decipher it. The architecture, and mysterious atmosphere, of the beautiful Grain Store building has inspired many of exhibitors to create pieces predicated on dialogue between the artwork and the very space itself. Other artists have related the theme to religious subjects, or pondered the mystery of life itself. Their art speaks to, and works upon, the public on many levels, inviting a multiplicity of views and explanations.
We are honored to present an intriguing sample of works by artists invited to participate in the SECRET exhibition: artist Outi Heiskanen with her collaboraters Janne Laine and Markus Jäntti, artist director Marita Liulia, and jewelry artist Sari Liimatta.
Members of the cooperative:
Erna Aaltonen, ceramic artist
Eeva-Kaisa Ailus, artist
Upi Anttila, knife maker, blacksmith
Susanna Bagge, artist
Kirsti Doukas, designer
Lino Garghentino, artist
Eero Haikala, interior designer
Maarit Hirvonen, textile artist
Tiina Karimaa, sculptor
Paula Kovalainen, artisan
Elina Makkonen, jewellery artist, designer
Camilla Moberg, industrial designer
Ron Nordström, artist
Mari Ojala, stone mason
Risto Paatero, ceramic artist
Katri Pailos, artist
Tuulia Penttilä, cabinet maker
Milvi Pesari, textile designer
Jouni Repo, cabinet maker
Liisa Rissanen, ceramic artist
Kristian Saarikorpi, master goldsmith
Anneli Sainio, ceramic artist
Ari Turunen, jewellery artist
Tiina Tuunanen, textile designer
Viivi Varesvuo, graphic artist
Kei Volmer, artist
Karin Widnäs, ceramic artist
Katja Öhrnberg, artist
Nanna Bayer ceramic artist &
Tarja Ervasti, light designer, artist
Erja Huovila, art printer &
Anita Jensen, artist
Rutsuko Sakata, textile artist,
Annatuuli Saine, dancer,
Taneli Haro & Mika Tertsunen,
film makers
Pia Nieminen, textile artist &
Helena Kallio, writer
Rautarouvat: Barbieri, Bayer, Ervasti,
Horte, Laiho.
The exhibition is supported by
The exhibition is supported by Fiskars Corporation, 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 and Restaurant Kuparipaja.
Exhibition working group
Members of the exhibition working group: designer Kirsti Doukas, lighting designer and artist Tarja Ervasti, painter and set designer Hanne Horte, and coordinator Catherine Aiha as exhibition secretary.
For the press
Press images
SECRET
general picture 2, 2010
front: Liisa Rissanen, back: Camilla Moberg, wall: Marita Liulia
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Picture: The Land Was Waste and Void, from the series Creation Myths 1-3. Choreography, dance: Annatuuli Saine; dress: Rutsuko Sakata; photo: Chikako Harada.