Who Is an Animal?
HAM - Helsinki Art Museum
17 may - 18 August 2024
Untitled, 2005
HAM Helsinki Art Museum
Photo: Yehia Eweis
Pim, 2003
HAM Helsinki Art Museum
Photo: Yehia Eweis
Magpie (undated)
HAM Helsinki Art Museum
Photo: Sonja Hyytiäinen
Rockafella in His Upstairs Room, 1999
HAM Helsinki Art Museum
Photo: Marja Pursiainen
The exhibition Who Is an Animal? invites visitors to stop and look at the animal as a source of artistic fascination down through the years, while remaining mysterious and inexplicable. The exhibition is primarily based on HAM’s art collection – property of all Helsinki residents. Its 90 works are grouped into themes that serve as points of discussion for various topics, such as how animals are depicted, their habitats, mistreatment, coexistence, and agency.
Who Is an Animal? draws attention to how artists strive even more to break the power structure between humans and other animals, and make visible what unites us.
The exhibition is curated by HAM’s curator Sanna Juntunen and features works by numerous artists.
Our Friend Morrison, 2021 (still)
Artist's collection
Lauantaina 18:45, 2021
HAM Helsingin taidemuseo
Photo: Sonja Hyytiäinen
Cow Pasture (undated)
HAM Helsinki Art Museum
Photo: Hanna Rikkonen
The Brothers, 2020
Artist's collection
Photo: HAM / Sonja Hyytiäinen
The featured artists are Jasmin Anoschkin, Mikko Carlstedt, Helge Dahlman, E. Dupre, Eeva-Leena Eklund, Gabriel Engberg, Hilda Maria Flodin, Terike Haapoja, Mikko Haiko, Mari Hallapuro, Jussi Heikkilä, Leila Hietala-Hämäläinen, Reino Hietanen, Maiju Hukkanen, Paula Humberg, Kati Immonen, Appu Jasu, Anja Juurikkala, Esko Kaarakka, Ismo Kajander, Sanna Kannisto, Kaija Kontulainen, Anne Koskinen, Aura Kotkavirta, Paula Lehtonen, Maija Luutonen, Lotta Mattila, Esko Männikkö, Lotta Määttänen, Heikki Nieminen, Pirkko Nukari, Tuula Närhinen, Dennis Oppenheim, Roland Persson, Anna Retulainen, Liisa Ruusuvaara, Stiina Saaristo, Pentti Sammallahti, Joakim Sederholm, Verner Thomé, Heli Tiitinen, Frans Toikkanen, Ritva Tuomi, Gunnar Uotila, Thom Vink, Hanna Weselius, Victor Westerholm and Helena Öst.
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