September 2019 - January 2020
A group show with Emil Cedercreutz | Saara Ekström & Thom Vink | Axel Gallén | Sasha Huber & Petri Saarikko | Johanna Ilvessalo | Ulla Jokisalo | Anu Kauhaniemi | William Kentridge | Andreas Kocks | Katri Kuparinen | Lotte Reiniger | Randal Thurston | Heike Weber
Kerava Art Museum’s exhibition leads us to the intriguing world of light and shadows. The artists combine the traditional skill of cut outs and shadow images with contemporary expression and themes of memory, identity, ecology and politics. In this exhibition, the pioneers of silhouette art are joined by a group of contemporary artists who paint, staple, create installations, or use silhouette cutting techniques to create their art. Their themes relate to space, time, and memory, such as the installations by Ulla Jokisalo and American Randal Thurston – or take up political questions like Sasha Huber and the South African William Kentridge.
Many of the works have been created on the spot, and spatiality is naturally one of their dimensions. The Elephant’s Breath, by the German artist Andreas Kocks, spreads through the exhibition space like a cloud, while his compatriot Heike Weber surrounds us in a dense thicket. Paper cut-outs by Katri Kuparinen and the collaborative work by Saara Ekström & Thom Wink depict nature – and the consequences of human actions.