Galerie Anhava (FI)

Galerie Anhava focuses on contemporary Finnish and Nordic art, with an active role in providing representation at the international level. The gallery’s exhibition program engages with visual art across all media. Galerie Anhava is committed to the long-term representation of its artists and aims to be part of an ongoing dialogue between artists, institutions and audiences alike.

Fredrikinkatu 43
00120 Helsinki
Finland
(+358) 9 669 989

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CHART

For Chart 2021 Galerie Anhava presents Anne-Karin Furunes, Essi Kuokkanen and Vesa-Pekka Rannikko. The presentation brings together works of various scale, use of strong pictorial strategies and an innate solid sense of form. Anne-Karin Furunes portraits focus on the silenced and the forgotten while Kuokkanen’s paintings speak of sensitivity, introspection and sympathy. Rannikko’s sculptures, reminiscent of paintings, are created by building layers of colour and using the trowel like a brush.

Essi Kuokkanen, Holding a Cloud, 2020, 160 x 152 cm, oil on canvas, Galerie Anhava

Essi Kuokkanen, Smart Dog, 2020, oil on canvas, 60.5 x 45cm, Galerie Anhava

Anne-Karin Furunes, Gestures, 2018, installation view, Galerie Anhava, photo Jussi Tiainen

Anne-Karin Furunes, Portrait of Inger Andersdatter Baehr-Tromholt Archive, 2020, Acrylic on canvas, Perforated, 160 x 160 cm

Vesa-Pekka Rannikko, Maria, 2021, dyed plaster, 154 x 30 x 26 cm

Vesa-Pekka Rannikko, Hermaphroditus, 2021, dyed plaster, 154 x 27 x 26 cm

Vesa-Pekka Rannikko, Goldfinch, 2020, dyed plaster, 71 x 25 x 18 cm

Anne-Karin Furunes (NO)

Anne-Karin Furunes creates portraits, based on archival photographs, that take a stand for marginalised and forgotten individuals. She perforates canvas painted with black acrylic with thousands of holes, letting through varying degrees of light. The changing and responsive aspect of the paintings produced speaks to the various problems involved with representing the past.

Anne-Karin Furunes (b. 1961) lives and works in Trondheim, Norway. She has held numerous solo exhibitions at venues including the Ryan Lee Gallery, New York; Palazzo Fortuny, Venice and Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Norway. Her works are in several public collections, such as: the Museum of Arts and Design, New York and Museo Palazzo Fortuny, Venice. Furunes has also been commissioned to produce several public artworks.

San Servolo XI

Acrylic painted and perforated canvas 224 x 150 cm
2018

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Portrait of Inger Andersdatter Baehr-Tromholt Archive

Acrylic on canvas, perforated, 160 x 160 cm
2020

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Portrait of Aslak Johnsen Bals-Tromholt Archive

Acrylic on canvas, perforated, 160 x 160 cm
2020

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San Servolo XIII

Acrylic painted and perforated canvas 280 x 191 cm
2018

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Illuminated Moments-I

Acrylic on canvas perforated 270 x 490 cm
2012

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San Servolo XI

Acrylic painted and perforated canvas 224 x 150 cm, 2018

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Portrait of Inger Andersdatter Baehr-Tromholt Archive

Acrylic on canvas, perforated, 160 x 160 cm, 2020

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Portrait of Aslak Johnsen Bals-Tromholt Archive

Acrylic on canvas, perforated, 160 x 160 cm, 2020

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San Servolo XIII

Acrylic painted and perforated canvas 280 x 191 cm, 2018

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Illuminated Moments-I

Acrylic on canvas perforated 270 x 490 cm, 2012

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”The process of cutting produces a lot of infor­mation that is only visible in bright light; a great deal remains hidden because of the black. If the holes are too small they don’t let enough light through to be seen on the back wall. In the course of the work, I decide how much light I want the motif to have.”

Anne-Karin Furunes

Anne-Karin Furunes, Gestures, 2018, installation view, Galerie Anhava, photo Jussi Tiainen

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