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The earthly paradise
The Earthly Paradise – Markku Piri’s design and art AT Hämeenlinna Art Museum 23 November 2013 – 2 February 2014 The ground floor of the Engel building at Hämeenlinna Art Museum hosts an exhibition by Markku Piri, whose interartistic design career of more than 30 years is characterized by a masterful command of a variety […]
GREAT WORKS OF ART BUT WHAT ABOUT THE SHOW?
Two recent major exhibitions got me thinking about the relationship between individual, masteful works of art, and how they could potentially form dialogue, shape a story and create a drama with an arch -and side stories- within an exhibition. In the production of Helene Schjerfbeck (1862-1946), it is the story, development and eventual isolation of […]