Aavistukset Premonitions

Artists: Anders Bergman SE, Olle Essvik SE, Alma Heikkilä FIN, Petri Junttila SE/FIN, Olli Keränen FIN, Antti Leppänen FIN, Maija Luutonen FIN, Pia Läspä FIN, Muriel Lässer CH, Anna Rokka SE, Nicolas Schevin FR, Marja-Leena Sillanpää SE, Kalle Turakka-Purhonen FIN, Laura Wesamaa FIN

The exhibition Good deeds was organized in November 2007 in the old Heteka- factory building in Vallila, Helsinki. The collaboration originated from a wish to perform good deeds: to bring together good works and do something good for ourselves and naturally, also, to the viewers. Premonitions is a continuation of this. We return with a new group of artists that have impressed us with their interesting attitude towards art, not to mention the extremely high quality of their artistic practice. The exhibition came about in a very natural way. Once again we began by thinking of the best possible combination of exhibition spaces, artists and public. The chosen artists seemed all to be dealing with endings, last times, deconstruction and apocalyptic atmospheres. The theme felt like it was already in the air.

As well as bringing 14 artists together, this exhibition connects three alternative non-profit exhibition spaces. Lots of people are already familiar with Myymälä2, a gallery known for its open-mindedness. One of the newest additions to Helsinki’s exhibition spaces, Oksasenkatu 11, has taken over the space once occupied by Gallery Leena Kuumola. The space is run by a group of artists and the focus of their operation is on collaboration and conversation. They try to offer artists the means to react faster to current events and the possibility to show their work and ideas in a more effortless way. The HIAP Project Room is known to be a space where both international and Finnish artists-in-residence can showcase their work. We wish to raise the profile of the Project Room as a great space in a new kind of affiliation.

Olli Keränen, Maija Luutonen, Laura Wesamaa

HIAP Project Room
Kaapelitehdas C4 Tallberginkatu 1 C 97, 00180 Helsinki
www.hiap.fi

Galleria Myymälä2
www.myymala2.com
Uudenmaankatu 23, 00120 Helsinki

Oksasenkatu 11
www.oksasenkatu11.fi
Oksasenkatu 11, 00100 Helsinki