BFA exhibition, fears, affection, points of return and spatiality in Kuva/Tila’s autumn exhibition programme
The opening of the BFA exhibition on 12 September kicks off the autumn at the Academy of Fine Arts of Uniarts Helsinki. Later in the autumn, two thematic group exhibitions and two solo exhibitions will be held in the exhibition spaces of the Mylly building.
The BFA Exhibition consists of works by 24 students of the Academy of Fine Arts. The exhibition takes over the ground floor of the Mylly building from 13 September to 6 October. Paintings, prints, sound, words, sculptures, moving and still images in a variety of materials will be installed in the exhibition space. The public will also be able to encounter the artistic thinking of some of the students in the form of performances. Exhibition opening will be held on Thursday 12 September from 5 to 7 pm.
Fears and the history of femininity in art
In November, the group exhibition Endless Drop (1.–17.11.) will be shown in Kuva/Tila. The works of eight students look into the theme of fear and questions around it. In which situations does fear occur and show itself, even if it seems contradicting? Does fear form into a physical being? Endless Drop draws toward the individual and collective experiences of fear which travel with us in our lives.
At the same time, Irini Arana’s solo exhibition Seat of Affection will take place in the Tasku Gallery. The exhibition consists of sculptures and drawings and explores body image, godliness and femininity, and the central role of the latter in art history.
Returning art to indigenous peoples and observing the cityscape
The year ends with group exhibition Different Points of Return (29.11.–15.12.). The exhibition addresses the multi-layered outcomes of the research project Taking Back the Museum – Opening the Space of Community Museums to Recover the Art of Indigenous People by the Academy of Fine Arts’ professor Lea Kantonen and working group. The project aims to reverse the pattern of taking Indigenous art objects to Western museums by collaborating with Indigenous communities while citing recent decolonial and post-human art discussions, which deal with Indigenous people and often stem from their communities originally. The research project is funded by the Kone Foundation.
Meanwhile in the Tasku gallery, Onni Alanko’s solo exhibition Stick to change explores the formation of space through the act of painting. The works are based on perceptions of cityscape, depicting its ever-changing nature and the diversity of spatial dimensions.
The exhibition spaces Kuva/Tila and Tasku of the Academy of Fine Arts of Uniarts Helsinki, Sörnäisten rantatie 19, 00530 Helsinki. Open Tue-Sun 11–18. Admission free. Uniarts.fi/kuva-tila, IG @kuvatila.uniarts.