Helsinki Festival Art Exhibition at the Kunsthalle Helsinki
The First Art Newspaper on the Net    Established in 1996 Thursday, October 31, 2024


Helsinki Festival Art Exhibition at the Kunsthalle Helsinki

Marlene Dumas, Female, 1992-93. Teos sarjasta Female. 211 tussi- ja hiilipiirustusta. Sammlung Garnatz, Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe.



HELSINKI, FINLAD.-Helsinki Festival presents the first extensive exhibition of Marlene Dumas to be seen in the Nordic countries. During the Helsinki Festival, Kunsthalle Helsinki will offer a unique opportunity to see works by one of the hottest names in contemporary art, Marlene Dumas. The show presents an exceptionally broad retrospective of the artist's production from the 1970s up to the present. Born in South Africa in 1953, Dumas lives and works in the Netherlands. She is known for her masterful watercolours and subtle portraits. Her work enjoys an established status in major art museums and galleries and fetch unprecedented prices at auctions. Dumas' work is currently on exhibit at the main venue of the Venice Biennial. Exhibitions of her work have been relatively rare in the Nordic countries, and the present show is the largest of its kind here.

Marlene Dumas' paintings are a profound exploration of the human condition, of sexuality, birth and death, as well as psychological and philosophical themes. The show in Helsinki will include Female, a series of 211 female portraits that examines the representations of femininity, the gaze and the process of depiction and interpretation.

"I don't admire only one type of woman I love many types of women. But it's also not only about reaching to interpreting images of women, it's also about the joy of creating beings that do not exist in real life. It's more about the pleasure, but will always stay unknown," says Dumas.

In addition to Female, the exhibition includes about thirty large oil paintings, gouaches and watercolours, as well as rare early drawings and sketches from the 1970s.

Female and many of the other works in the exhibition are on loan from the private Eberhard Garnatz Collection in Stadtiche Galerie Karlsruhe. There are also works from the artist's own collection, other private collections, as well as art museums and galleries in Europe.

The Marlene Dumas exhibition is organised in co-operation with the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden in Germany. Part of the exhibition will be seen in October at the Nordic Watercolour Museum in Sweden. With financial support from the Mondriaan Foundation, Amsterdam.

A lavishly illustrated book Female will be published in conjunction with the exhibition, with articles by Oliver Kornhoff, Maija Tanninen-Mattila and Matthias Wintzen. On Night of the Arts 25 August the exhibition is exceptionally open until 21. Guided tours in Finnish will be held at 18, 19 and 20. Fonecta is the partner of the Helsinki Festival visual arts programme.










Today's News

August 20, 2005

Helsinki Festival Art Exhibition at the Kunsthalle Helsinki

Edward Weston Photography at the Lowe

Rembrandt's Birth Year Anniversary

Fierce friends: Artists & animals in the Industrial Era

Pierre Daura, Catalán-American Modernist

Bolivian Photographer Freddy Alborta, 73, Dies

New Director of Pritzker Architecture Prize

Major Sol Lewitt Wall Drawing in Indianapolis

"Divine Comedy" as Re-Imagined by Sandow Birk

Museum Caper Thrills Members Once Again!




Museums, Exhibits, Artists, Milestones, Digital Art, Architecture, Photography,
Photographers, Special Photos, Special Reports, Featured Stories, Auctions, Art Fairs,
Anecdotes, Art Quiz, Education, Mythology, 3D Images, Last Week, .

 



Founder:
Ignacio Villarreal
(1941 - 2019)
Editor & Publisher: Jose Villarreal
Art Director: Juan José Sepúlveda Ramírez
Writer: Ofelia Zurbia Betancourt

Royalville Communications, Inc
produces:

ignaciovillarreal.org juncodelavega.com facundocabral-elfinal.org
Founder's Site. Hommage
to a Mexican poet.
Hommage
       

The First Art Newspaper on the Net. The Best Versions Of Ave Maria Song Junco de la Vega Site Ignacio Villarreal Site
Tell a Friend
Dear User, please complete the form below in order to recommend the Artdaily newsletter to someone you know.
Please complete all fields marked *.
Sending Mail
Sending Successful