Maija Albrecht (b. 1967) finds the starting points for her works in nature. The comfort of the cycle of life and its mysterious continuity are the basis of her art. In her works, the relationship between man and nature is central but enigmatic. Meaningfulness can be found in small details. The essence is in the nuances. The dry needle leaves feather-light marks on the copper plate. The traces are repeated on the paper in different shades of gray and deep black. That’s how the picture is formed.
However, the meanings of Albrecht’s pictures do not unfold in an unequivocal way. What is inexplicable is allowed to be just that: strange and impossible to describe. In the works, you may find hints, small gaps for a possible interpretation. However, the meaning is always open. Its reflection surface is in each viewer’s own world of experience. The images of birds, beetles and spiders are intimate but equally universal. The artist’s work is supported by the Svenska Kulturfonden
Pirkko Nukari (b. 1943) has taken classical bronze sculpture to new dimensions both in terms of form and patination. In his hands, the heavy metal alloy always convincingly experiences the most wonderful transformation of all, which characterizes sculpture at its best: matter becomes immaterial, heavy and static matter acquires new immaterial dimensions through the sculptor’s magical skill, abstract things such as movement and time are included.
Nukar’s works always have something more: they have the artist’s handprint, the artist’s interpretation, which most often places the seemingly small and simple subject in much wider contexts. Text written by art critic Otso Kantokorvi
