77. FROM FARAWAY THEY LOOK LIKE GNATS,
11 November 1995 - 10 March 1996
First there was nothing,
which means a possibility.
Then there was a spot.
When you look at the spot,
you start to see life.
That's how the world is created.
Helsinki 18 September 1995
Outi Heiskanen
The lower floor of the museum showed the exhibition "From
Faraway They Look Like Gnats" was intended for kindergarten children
and elementary school pupils.
The motif of the exhibition was animals. Artists included
Outi Heiskanen and Juhani Harri. They are both storytellers who can look
at our daily life in new and different ways. Their animals can be imaginary
or real, the big can be small and the small can be big, you can look at
them close up or from afar. Animals resemble objects and objects resemble
animals.
The core of the exhibition consisted of works by Outi
Heiskanen and Juhani Harri from the collection of the Sara Hildén
Art Museum. The artists' own works were also displayed.
Both Heiskanen and Harri see the beauty of old objects.
That is why they asked children to draw their own animal pictures on the
yellowed pages of worn-out books.
The artists asked the museum to send a piece of paper
to the children in all kindergartens in Tampere: it was a leaf from an
old book, on the edges of which, or on top of the text, the children drew
their animal motifs. Outi Heiskanen hung these drawings on a long clothesline
and mounted it as part of the exhibition.
The upper floor of the museum presented a sculpture and
drawing exhibition from the collection of the Sara Hildén
Foundation.
Leaflet:
Kaukaa hyttystä muistuttavat eläimet
1995
Not on sale
7,643 visitors attended the exhibition.
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