Works by Noora Schroderus and Päivi Takala are currently on view in Cartographic Affinities group exhibition at Ulterior Gallery in New York. Together with Elina Vainio, the three artists explore the shifting space between humans, animals, and the natural world. The exhibition maps out that realm, revealing the inconsistencies, uncertainties, and vulnerabilities of humankind’s coexistence in nature’s ecosystems.
Noora Schroderus embroiders the names of dogs with their own hair, drawing a wry and poignant analogy that questions how humans understand their relationships with other nonhuman beings. Using actual dog fur, her embroidery works become intimate portraits of companionship and co-existence. In contrast with this intensely bound connection, Päivi Takala’s paintings adopt a quieter, more contemplative approach to human-animal connections. Her recurring motifs, such as depictions of horses and birds, meditate on the nature of that intimacy between species, but also on the unbridgeable expanse that separates them.
The exhibition, running until 21 February, is co-organized with The Finnish Cultural Institute in New York and the Consulate General of Finland in New York through their partnership with the New Art Dealers Alliance, with support of a grant by Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation, Finlandia Foundation National, and The Ministry of Education and Culture in Finland.
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Image: Installation view
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