Museum Visit - Kiasma

Last Friday, September 25th 2015, FMA organized a museum visit for it's members. The tickets were sponsored by the association. The initial plan was to visit Ateneum, however there were some changes in their opening times and it was closed when we met there. Lucky for us Kiasma was around the corner and was open. A total of 10 of us made up the group.

Two main exhibition was on display at Kiasma that day. One was called Face to Face, a showcase contemporary artworks through the theme of portraiture. Works are from various artists from Iran, Great Britain, Norway, Estonia and Finland.

It was a very interesting exhibition which includes a video and a full room installation. It also included a video by artist Adel Abidin (Iran) about Micheal Jackson.

The other exhibition on the 5th floor was by local artisit Jani Leinonen entitled School of Disobedience. It was spread over the entire 5th floor and also included what looked like a Burger King fast food restaurant counter, but instead was 'Hunger King'. This was an installation that premièred in Hungary where it was designed to highlight Hungary's twin crises of social inequality and homelessness.

 

The School of Disobedience exhibition also included many recognizable brand mascots and characters used to draw attention to the operative and production methods of global companies and to their marketing strategies.

Naturally the visit progressed into dinner at a nearby Thai restaurant!


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