Works by Jani Hänninen, Antti Laitinen, Elina Merenmies and Mari Sunna are featured in Hämeenlinna Art Museum’s group exhibition Spirit and Passion – Art as Ecstasy. The artworks in this exhibition offer a re-interpretation of many of the motifs commonly seen in religious art, in icons and in myths, and the traditions that shape them. The sensual and the ecstatic are directly present in the subject matter but also revealed in the riotous colour palettes and the sheer freedom that characterises the artists’ brushwork and compositional arrangements. The exhibition runs until 21 September 2025.
Image: Elina Merenmies, Dead Irwin, 2000, ink on paper, 31 x 24 cm