Wild at Heart
TOURING GROUP EXHIBITION
FINNISH CULTURAL INSTITUTES
Vienna - August 2019
Budabest - October 2019
Stockholm - February 2020
Tokyo - June 2020
Helsinki - September 2020
Finnish design is world famous. It’s prized around the globe for its high quality and distinct formal language. Simple, natural colors and clear lines are trendsetters. Originality, boldness, and use of vibrant color characterize the design language. The extensive Guest Country showcase WILD AT HEART is a colorful exhibition complex in which visitors will receive insight into the world of contemporary Finnish design. At the same time, the exhibition’s name references an aspect of Finnish culture that’s possibly less well known: beneath a reserved (even shy) surface pulses a refreshing mixture of wild humor, an abundance of exuberance, and pure passion. The curator of exhibition is the Finnish designer Tero Kuitunen.
On view are works by:
Antrei Hartikainen, Sofia Okkonen, Tero Kuitunen, Klaus Haapaniemi, Milla Vaahtera, Tuuli-Tytti Koivula,
Ragmate, Eero Aarnio, Teemu Salonen, and COMPANY − Aamu Song & Johan Olin.
Dialogue
15 pieces from Dialogi exhibition in Designmuseum Helsinki ended up in Minä Perhonen collection.
Exhibition of these pieces will take place in Elävä II.
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Minä Perhonen
Mina Perhonen is a high quality fashion and textile brand based in Japan. It was founded by the designer Akira Minagawa who is well-known for his beautiful designs and drawings. Some of it´s stores proudly display and sell both new and vintage Nordic designs namely Finnish designs which undeniably reflects the brand name.
Exhibition
30.3.-13.4.2019
Elävä II, 201, 1-2-11 Higashi-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0031
ARTIST
Milla Vaahtera
GLASS ARTISTS
Sani Lappalainen
Pauli Vähäsarja
Jonas Paajanen
Henni Eliala
Paula Pääkkönen
BRASS WORK
Kirsi Kokkonen
Milla Vaahtera
Milla Vaahtera’s works are created in tight cooperation by the artist and skilled artisans. The process is based on communication and is open, leaving room for insight and indefinite opportunities. Vaahtera is interested in the role of intuition and chance in art – the final work may be something completely different compared to the first sketch. Her items are made of brass and glass and by hand from scratch. The glass parts are blown in Nuutajärvi by Sani Lappalainen, Pauli Vähäsarja, Otto Koivuranta, Jonas Paajanen, Henni Eliala, Tommi Tikkinen and Paula Pääkkönen. The brass parts are made by silversmith Kirsi Kokkonen and Milla Vaahtera. When working with these materials, Vaahtera wants to discover their preferred forms of being. She finds the final form of the item by listening to the material.
At the end of such open process full of opportunities, the resulting artwork is bound to be animate by nature. Vaahtera says the mobile and stabile decorations that sway by the power of touch or airflow are giving us a performance.
UU Market:
Chart Art & Design Fair
CHART DESIGN AND ART FAIR
30.8.-1.9.2019
DEN FRIE
OSLO PLADS 1 - 2100
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
-> CHART ART FAIR
Chart is the leading event for contemporary art & design in the Nordics committed to celebrating artistic practices as a reservoir for rethinking society.
Mobiles presented by UU Market. UU Market exhibits selected works from ten emerging Finnish artists and designers as a part of the new Studio section.
Mervi Antila, Minni Havas, Elina Honkanen, Laura Itkonen, Viivi Lehto, Katztudio,
Laura Merz, Matilda Palmu, Paula Pääkkönen & Milla Vaahtera
Mervi Antila, Minni Havas, Elina Honkanen, Laura Itkonen, Viivi Lehto, Katztudio,
Laura Merz, Matilda Palmu, Paula Pääkkönen & Milla Vaahtera