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 Agnes
Painted and perforated canvas, 200 x 160 cm
2021
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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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Portrait of Josef
Painted and perforated canvas, 200 x 160 cm
2021
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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 Agnes
Painted and perforated canvas, 200 x 160 cm, 2021
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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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Portrait of Josef
Painted and perforated canvas, 200 x 160 cm, 2021
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Essi Kuokkanen (FI)
Exploring ideas of sensitivity, introspection and sympathy, Essi Kuokkanen’s works question the implicit behavioural norms of the visible world we inhabit. Natural forms and everyday consumer goods are endowed with a human aspect. Often focused on their own thoughts and occupied with a downwards gaze, Kuokkanen creates humorous surface images that mask a hidden solemn depth.
Essi Kuokkanen (b. 1991) lives and works in Helsinki. Having graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki, she has presented several solo exhibitions of her work. Her paintings are included in collections such the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art and the Finnish State Art Commission. Kuokkanen was awarded the Ducat Prize of the Finnish Art Society in 2019.
Trying to Hold the Light
Oil on canvas, 105,5x90 cm
2021
Photo by Eetu Huhtala
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Dog Owner I
Acrylics and oil on canvas, 37,5x30,5 cm
2021
Photo by Eetu Huhtala
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Dog Owner II
Acrylic and oil on canvas, 37,5x30,5 cm
2021
Photo by Eetu Huhtala
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Trying to Hold the Light
Oil on canvas, 105,5x90 cm, 2021
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Dog Owner I
Acrylics and oil on canvas, 37,5x30,5 cm, 2021
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Dog Owner II
Acrylic and oil on canvas, 37,5x30,5 cm, 2021
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Vesa-Pekka Rannikko (FI)
Vesa-Pekka Rannikko’s art has been featured in various solo and group exhibitions and video art festivals, including the representation of Finland in the Venice Biennale in 2011. His works are included in many significant collections, such as the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma. He has also made several commissioned large-scale public works.
Vesa-Pekka Rannikko (b.1968) is a highly versatile artist working with sculpture, painting, video art, installation and animation. He is fascinated by the fragmented nature of narrative structure and the simultaneity of different kinds of texts. In Rannikko’s new figurative plaster works identities and narratives become intertwined in layers. He refers to the works as “lying sculptures” because of the conflicting experience they evoke by producing a mixture of two- and three-dimensional sensations, resulting in dialogues between embodied perception and illusion.
Maria
Dyed plaster, 154 x 30 x 26 cm
2021
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Hermaphroditus
Dyed plaster, 154 x 27 x 26 cm
2021
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Goldfinch
Dyed plaster, 71 x 25 x 18 cm
2021
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Maria
Dyed plaster, 154 x 30 x 26 cm, 2021
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Hermaphroditus
Dyed plaster, 154 x 27 x 26 cm, 2021
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Goldfinch
Dyed plaster, 71 x 25 x 18 cm, 2021
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Anne-Karin Furunes, Gestures, 2018, installation view, Galerie Anhava, photo Jussi Tiainen
