Elina Merenmies’s painting Karkkiomakuva (Candy Self Portrait) is on view as part of Sinerbrychoff Art Museum’s exhibition Night. The exhibition explores the world of dreams, taking the viewer from dusk to dawn, and showing the many faces of the night: kind, sad, scary, and serene. Besides old European art, the exhibition features paintings, prints and sculptures from the 19th century up to the present day, all from the Finnish National Gallery’s own collection. The artworks carry on a dialogue with poetry, written by the poet Henriikka Tavi. The exhibition has been curated by Kersti Tainio.
“Dreams are collective and universal, as well as being a very private and inexplicable borderland of visions. Bedtime stories and counting sheep serve as rituals that coax us into the wellsprings of slumber. You never know where dreams will take you. It might be a journey into space, your own kitchen, or down a rabbit hole.”
Night runs until 23 August 2026.
Image: Elina Merenmies, Karkkiomakuva, 2013 , oil on canvas, 42 x 33 cm