{"id":21669,"date":"2016-11-22T17:42:28","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T17:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/?p=21669"},"modified":"2022-01-10T21:41:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:41:21","slug":"los-angeles-dec-03-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/los-angeles-dec-03-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles &#8211; Dec 03 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The EuroCircle team is always happy to support\u00a0worthy European artists and causes.<br \/>\nTanya Stawski and Eila Kopra will be there to welcome our members &#8211; we are happy to work with the Ichiro, Kio and Ville to introduce you to Scandinavian art.<\/p>\n<p>This particular exhibit is\u00a0 presented by Arte Ry\/Titanik &amp; QiPO<\/p>\n<p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-t0rx2d-9915fe4dbc5c809632ca1975ee08f70d\">\n#top .avia-gallery.av-t0rx2d-9915fe4dbc5c809632ca1975ee08f70d .avia-gallery-thumb a{\nwidth:20%;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-gallery av-t0rx2d-9915fe4dbc5c809632ca1975ee08f70d avia_animate_when_visible  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  deactivate_avia_lazyload avia-gallery-animate avia-gallery-1'  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class='avia-gallery-thumb'> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/event-los-angeles\/2016\/11\/LosAngeles_FinBetween-1030x768.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/event-los-angeles\/2016\/11\/LosAngeles_FinBetween-1030x768.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/event-los-angeles\/2016\/11\/LosAngeles_FinBetween-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/event-los-angeles\/2016\/11\/LosAngeles_FinBetween-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/event-los-angeles\/2016\/11\/LosAngeles_FinBetween-705x525.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/event-los-angeles\/2016\/11\/LosAngeles_FinBetween-450x335.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/event-los-angeles\/2016\/11\/LosAngeles_FinBetween.jpg 1229w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" data-rel='gallery-1' data-prev-img='https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/event-los-angeles\/2016\/11\/LosAngeles_FinBetween-495x400.jpg' class='first_thumb lightbox ' data-onclick='1' title='losangeles_finbetween'  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  ><img class=\"wp-image-21678 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-21678\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/event-los-angeles\/2016\/11\/LosAngeles_FinBetween-180x180.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"  title='losangeles_finbetween' alt='' srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/event-los-angeles\/2016\/11\/LosAngeles_FinBetween-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/event-los-angeles\/2016\/11\/LosAngeles_FinBetween-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/event-los-angeles\/2016\/11\/LosAngeles_FinBetween-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/event-los-angeles\/2016\/11\/LosAngeles_FinBetween-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.eurocircle.com\/euro\/wp-content\/uploads\/event-los-angeles\/2016\/11\/LosAngeles_FinBetween-450x450.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<em>Click on the image to enlarge it<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Curated by<\/strong>: Ville Laaksonen in collaboration with Kio Griffith and Ichiro Irie<br \/>\nThe exhibition is supported by Artists\u2019 Association Arte and QiPO and financially supported by Frame Contemporary Art Finland and the Arts Promotion Centre Finland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ARTISTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Heini Aho<br \/>\nJan-Erik Andersson<br \/>\nShawn Decket<br \/>\nJuha Allan Ekholm<br \/>\nToni Hautam\u00e4ki<br \/>\nSirkku Ketola<br \/>\nAntti Oksanen<br \/>\nPer Sonne<br \/>\nMaria West<\/strong><br \/>\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/p>\n<p>The Fin_between exhibition at Arena1 (Los Angeles, USA) engages the distinctive spirit of doing and experiencing art from Finland. The artist&#8217;s work can be seen from political in global perspectives and as an artistic discourse to which Finnish artists share a very unique angle. Located in between the west and the east, on the edge of the Europe and next to Russia, Finnish people are often reminded \u201cyou have already won the lottery as you were born Finnish\u201d. The American dream seems not so far away? But being Finnish has multiple facets. The top education state and an obsession towards winter sports, as well as high-tech brands companies such as Nokia and Supercell hover over our heads.<\/p>\n<p>How many Finnish contemporary artists or their work do Americans recognize? One of the roles of artists in Finland is to challenge the stereotypical ways of approaching nationality, things which are connected to what being a Finn means. A vital aspect of an artist in a globalized world is to challenge political structures. Art is an in-between state where the artist&#8217;s personal beliefs evoke a conversation with the world.<\/p>\n<p>In the Fin_between exhibition <strong>Heini Aho<\/strong> will be presenting a new installation work where corner shaped artworks from Finland are connected into American objects. <strong>Jan-Erik Andersson and Shawn Decker <\/strong>have created a sound installation Apple Concert. The duo will also prepare a performance, taking place during the opening. <strong>Juha Allan Ekholm<\/strong> has been documenting Finnish workers who have been fired from their jobs in tech-related companies. <strong>Toni Hautam\u00e4ki<\/strong> will be implementing his works, which follow the legacy of hard-edge constructivism directly to the gallery walls. <strong>Sirkku Ketola<\/strong>&#8216;s work consists of a large-scale installation including hand-made prints and a video work, which takes us on a trip from a Finnish outhouse to our national landscape. Intervention-artist <strong>Per Sonne<\/strong> is currently on a trip: begging for money in the streets and shopping centers of Turku, Finland towards raising funds for the destination of Los Angeles, with Sunset Boulevard and Venice Beach. <strong>Antti Oksanen and Maria West<\/strong> have made a new video production for the exhibition which, according to them, reflects upon the meaning of locality for artists in contemporary art and a global, transnational world penetrated by virtual networks.<\/p>\n<p>As artist and curator, Ville Laaksonen, not only developed the concept for the exhibition, he helped realized the collaborative works that will be on display in the Fin_between exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>All the artists are members of Artists&#8217; Association Arte, which runs the Titanik gallery in the city of Turku.<\/p>\n<p>Titanik has been active since 1960, and it parent organization Arte is known for its keen interest in how art and artists can shape the use of spaces, both through temporary interventions, and by actively repurposing unwanted structures. The Fin_between group exhibition aims to promote Finnish artists internationally by collaborating with other organizations on a global scale. The project at Arena1 is a collaboration with two Los Angeles based curators, Kio Griffith and Ichiro Irie from QiPO.<\/p>\n<p>The Fin_between exhibition is the counterpart for the QiPO\u2019s Lazy Susan exhibition, which opened at Titanik in June 2016.<\/p>\n<p>QiPO&#8217;s representatives have planned a series of artist and curator meetings, through which artists are able to network directly in the Los Angeles art scene. While visiting Finland, the curators met approximately 30 artists and a number of staff from local art organizations, including Kiasma, the national museum for contemporary art in Finland.<\/p>\n<p><em>The exhibition is supported by Artists\u2019 Association Arte and QiPO and financially supported by Frame Contemporary Art Finland and the Arts Promotion Centre Finland.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Further information: Ville Laaksonen \/ ville.laaksonen@gmail.com \/ + 358-50-3537071<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EuroCircle team is always happy to support\u00a0worthy European artists and causes. Tanya Stawski and Eila Kopra will be there to welcome our members &#8211; we are happy to work with the Ichiro, Kio and Ville to introduce you to Scandinavian art. 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