HELSINGIN TAIDEMESSUT

18.-19.10.2008 WANHA SATAMA

http://www.arthelsinki.com/

Artists represented by Norsu at the fair:

Mervi Kurvinen
Kristina Riska
Caroline Slotte

from Sweden:
Mia E. Göransson
Emma Kronvall
Mårten Medbo

Mervi Kurvinen
Born 1974 in Finland


Mervi Kurvinen is making contemporary jewellery, jewellery-
like objects and installations . Her aim is to work conceptually with an open mind with no need to classify herself into any categories. She gets inspiration from contradictions like combining something precious and not valuable and loves kitschy objects that are not useful at all in practise. Sense of humor plays important role in her work. She thinks humor is very close to spirituality.

Kristina Riska
Born 1960, Finland.

One of my very first memories is a shadow moving on a white wall. How the light comes in to the material fascinates me.
By cutting holes in to the walls I can make the object transparent. Light comes through the holes and creates special illusion.
The pieces with no holes are as simple as possible. The surface is plain, no glaze, only the clay and fingerprints - space for the light on the material.
My technique is very slow - I build layer by layer. I wish this silent concentration could be sensed in the object.

Caroline Slotte
Born 1975 in Helsinki, Finland

Second hand-stories
Objects from the private sphere intrigue me. Second hand-items have a way of directing our gaze to the past. They are symbols of the life stories of those who used them. These seemingly trivial everyday objects link us with our past, they connect us with our history and effect us emotionally. Using 'found' material as a starting point for conceptual works in ceramics, I’m exploring the links and tensions between individuals, objects and the memories that these objects evoke.

'Double blue'

Caroline Slotte
'Pink skies'

Mia E. Göransson
Born in Stockholm, Sweden 1961

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'Vessel'

Emma Kronvall
Born in Önnestad 1976.
Lives and works in Stockholm

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'Huvudlösa' (2004)

Mårten Medbo
Born in Järfälla, Sweden 1964

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'Creatures'