Väritarinoita (Colour Stories) – Minitextile exhibition by The Finnish Association of Textile Artists TEXO
On September 28th opens a minitextile exhibition at Gallery Ronga in Tampere. It shows the many and versatile sides and the expressiveness of Finnish textile art through the artworks of 29 selected member artists. The minitextile exhibition inspires and challenges the traditional ways to see and view textile art.
Väritarinoita (Colour Stories in English) exhibition brings out the richness of textile art and its ways to express emotions and ideas in a small scale. The artworks and their colours carry memories of places and experiences, passion, longing and touch. The topics of the artworks vary from forms and colours of nature to urban everyday life and to questions relevant to the society.
The messages carried out by colours are biological, life steering, even crucial to life and the social and societal meanings of colours are culture-specific and relate to life, information or beliefs. The timing of the exhibition in the autumn highlights the longing for light and colour we have in the autumn, but it also reminds us of the quiet and safe associated to the dark tones and hues. The exhibition focuses on colour and the messages and interaction they bring along, different meanings of colour and new insights. It goes without saying that colour and material are crucially linked together in textile art.
The size of the selected artworks is maximum 30 x 30 x 30 cm. There are also series of artworks, which reach a larger size. The selected artworks were juried by artist and designer, MA Inni Pärnänen, textile designer and TEXO board member, MA Eija Nevala with ceramist and the producer of the exhibition, MA Katja Kotikoski.
The exhibition is supported by The Arts Promotion Centre Finland.
Artists
Maiju Ahlgrén | Synnöve Dickhoff | Sirpa Hannele Heinonen | Elina Helenius | Niina Hiltunen | Laura Isoniemi | Ritva Jääskeläinen | Tanja Kallio | Inka Kivalo | Juha Laurikainen | Saija Lehtonen | Sara Lundén | Sanna Majander | Niina Mantsinen | Eeva Mäkinen | Nina Nisonen | Valentina Näsi | Tuiti Paju | Jaana Pajuniemi | Hanna Peräkylä | Dorothea Rosenstock | Anna Sorri | Heli Tuori-Luutonen | Riitta Turunen | Tanja Valta | Teija Vartiainen | Johanna Virtanen | Jana Vyborna-Turunen | Tarja Wallius
V Ä R I T A R I N O I T A
28.9.-17.10.2024
Galleria Ronga
Rongankatu 1 C 9
33100 Tampere
Open: Tue-Fri 12–6 pm, Sat-Sun 12-4 pm