New Stained Glass in Finland

Exhibition at the Finnish Glass Museum from Sept. 29th to Dec. 31st, 2006

The exhibition jury was chaired by Professor Algirdas Dovydénas of Vilnius with curator Leena Ahtola-Moorhouse of the Finnish National Gallery and the artist Lea Swantz appointed by the Finnish Glass Artists' Association as members, and as secretary Vesa Anttila from the Finnish Glass Museum. The jury chose works of high professional artistic and technical level, with distinctive personal style, the aim being to show diversity of contemporary stained glass in Finland. A disciplined approach to the subject typical to decades before the 1960s has given way to permissiveness and individual expression underscoring the artists' own will and ability to perceive their own transparent light through stained glass and to turn it into an experience for the viewer. The exhibition includes works by the following artists:

Erkki Anttila, Sari Eskelinen, Mary Jane Gregory, Soili Halonen-Mikkonen, Jari Hangassalo, Pekka Jauhiainen, Eija Kempus, Kari Kuisma, Reija Kykkänen, Tiina Lasaroff, Lauri Levanto, Marjatta Lipponen, Reetta Marjamäki, Veijo Muroke, Tuija Sarantila, Olli Saviainen, Andrij Stasevskij, Irma Suorsa, Kyllikki Susi, Riikka Säteri, Teija Takala, Minna Tuohisto-Kokko, Heikki Ulvi, Eeva Vainio, Veli-Matti Varjo, Merja Virta

Stained Glass in Finland

Suomalaisia lasimaalauksia, Stained Glass in Finland, The Finnish Glass museum, Riihimäki 2006. 150 pages. The book is the first book ever published about the history of stained glass in Finland. For more information: www.finnishglassmuseum.fi > The Finnish Glass Museum > Museum Shop.

Contents:

• Heikki Matiskainen: Preface
• Markus Hiekkanen: Stained Glass in Finland from the Middle Ages to the end of the Great Wrath (ca. 1200-1721)
• Vesa Anttila: The New Advent of Stained Glass in the 19th century
• Kerttu Karvonen-Kannas: Stained Glass by Akseli Gallen-Kallela at the Gallen-Kallela Museum
• Hilla Tarjanne: The S. Wuorio Painting Firm
• Christian Hoffman: Willy Baers Atelier
• Kaisa Koivisto: Reflections of Tradition in Churches of the 1920s and 1930s
• Veijo Muroke: Figurative - abstract - comprehensible image(s)
• Merja Virta: Training in Stained Glass in Finland
• Algirdas Dovydenas: Stained Glass Art
• New Finnish Stained Glass: The Exhibition Catalogue

Photos for the press: www.suomenlasimuseo.fi, press Tiedotus on top. The link to the page of high resolution press photos is at the end of the page. Scroll the page and empty space down until you see on the left side a line of colons which form the link: :::

Information

• Kaisa Koivisto
  Curator
  The Finnish Glass Museum 
  + 358 (0)20 758 4101                                                       
  kaisa.koivisto@riihimaki.fi
   
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