80 days Mural Exhibition

Vantaa Art Museum Artsi 22.2.-12.5.2019

The Vantaa Museum of Art 2019 Spring exhibition is called 80 days. The artists painted their work directly onto the walls of the exhibition space. Central themes in the exhibition are fleetingness and transiency, as these pieces will exist just for a brief period of time: they are created in February and destroyed in May when they’ll be painted over and out of the way of the new exhibition. The artworks will therefore only exist for 80 days. The exhibition is curated by the artist Jani Leinonen.  

The artists of the 80 days –exhibition come from various different traditions of art. The artists areWarda Ahmed, Maarit Hedman, Riikka Hyvönen, Niina Mantsinen, Mari Rantanen, Rives,Sampsa, Vidha Saumya, Speek, Anne Tompuri, Marianna Uutinen and Janne Wiljakainen. 

The exhibition also contains documentation of each creation process, all which have been interesting and different: one artist is quick, another slow, the painting is calm and clean or wild and physical.  

A significant amount of the exhibition space has been reserved for the use of workshops. These workshops are geared towards children of all ages, from kindergartners to high schoolers. The paneled wall space will be filled with paintings and texts created by forty different groups. As is the case with the exhibition pieces, these artworks are only temporary and will be covered either partly or completely by the next group. The product of these workshops is available for viewing in connection with the exhibition. 

The exhibition has been produced in collaboration with Tikkurila Oyj.