The South Korean Artist Choi Jeong-Hwa Combines Buddhism and Pop Culture at Kiasma
Imagine, if you can, a Buddhist monk crossed with late ‘70s ironic pop group, The Buggles, and you’ll get a picture of Choi.
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The 1,579 Paintings at Cable Factory Leave One Uplifted But Lack Ethnic Diversity
It is due to the effect of the mass impact of manual human effort that one leaves this show feeling uplifted and impressed.
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The Drowned Refugee Aylan Kurdi and Other Horrors on Display at Helsinki Contemporary
The works were created “one misfortune at a time,” and represent Pekka Jylhä’s responses to a series of recent high-profile horrors, including the drowned Aylan Kurdi, the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris and the deliberate downing of the Germanwings flight 9525 in 2015.
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In Riikka Hyvönen’s Art, a Bruise on the Buttock Is a Badge of Honour
While displaying images of women’s heavily bruised bottoms might at first sound like cause for anxiety, the erotic exhibitionism of these works comes directly from the heart of the racy all-girl subculture, Roller Derby.
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Henri Cartier-Bresson – Ateneum’s New Exhibition Of an Essential 20th Century Photographer
Starting from Friday October 23, Ateneum Art Museum will open an extensive retrospective exhibition highlighting Bresson’s work. The 300 photographs and publications covering the walls of the national art museum emphasise his skill as a photographer but also his artistic talent and above all, the humanity at the very core of his work.
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