Cavén, Hiltunen, Kujasalo, Merenmies, Rannikko, Sunna and Vehosalo at Amos Rex

Works by Kari Cavén, Heli Hiltunen, Matti Kujasalo, Elina Merenmies, Vesa-Pekka Rannikko, Mari Sunna and Kari Vehosalo are featured in art museum Amos Rex’s new collection exhibition I feel, for now, running through 8 September 2024.

The title of the exhibition refers not only to Kari Cavén’s ambiguous artwork with the same name, but also to the fluidity and transient nature of emotions. Presenting over 100 artworks from 76 artists, I feel, for now carries the viewer from isolation to empathy, from ecstasy to nostalgia. The exhibition is curated by Kai Kartio, Krista Mamia, Kaj Martin and Katariina Timonen.
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Image: Kari Cavén, Musta tuntuu, toistaiseksi, 1990. Photo: Stella Ojala / Amos Rex

Marko Vuokola in Tampere

Works by Marko Vuokola are on view at Gallery Himmelblau in Tampere alongside works of Tuomas Korkalo and Jyrki Siukonen. MOTUS, the artist group formed by the three artists first gathered in 2017 in Lisbon. In the pieces shown at Galleria Himmelblau, MOTUS primarily works with colour and light, making use of the Finlayson area’s atmospheric spaces. The exhibition opens 13 April and runs until 12 May 2024.

Image: Marko Vuokola, Peilaus, 2024, copper sheets. Detail: Vesa Viljakainen

Elina Merenmies at HAM Helsinki Art Museum

Elina Merenmies’s Naamio is view in Bambi Forever! exhibition at HAM Helsinki Art Museum, running until 19 January 2025. The exhibition features Finnish painting, graphic art and photography spanning from the 1990s to the present, reflecting on the complexities and contradictions of what it means to be human. The artworks are from a collection donated to HAM by Raimo and Maarit Huttunen, who ran Bakeliittibambi Gallery from 1996 to 2007.

Image: Elina Merenmies, Naamio, 2009–2013, ink on paper, 31 x 24 cm. Photo: Jussi Tiainen