Photo Yö ry (c) Lotta Hänninen

Lotta Hänninen: Background Image

Lönnrotinkatu 33, 00180 Helsinki
Yö Galleria

The exhibition consists of hand sewn wall rugs and murals made with ink and rubber stamp.

The exhibition consists of hand sewn wall rugs and murals made with ink and rubber stamp. 

The inspiration has been computer screensavers, background images of mobile phones, all sorts of wrapping papers and buss benches.

The works take their own space on the gallery walls and show how the room looks like with these kinds of settings. In the empty space wallpaper -like surfaces hold on their own without any coverage from furniture, picture frames or thumbnails or push notifications.

Murals are made with rubber stamps used in crafts and hobbies. The rubber stamp roller repeats the same pattern endlessly. Multiple ink layers create optical color mixes as does the wall rug’s pile that consists multiple different colored yarns.


Lotta Hänninen (b. 1984) is a Helsinki-based visual artist. She earned her Master of Fine Arts degree from the Academy of Fine Arts in 2012. Her works have been on display at various solo exhibitions, for example at Huuto Gallery (Helsinki, 2021) and tm•gallery (Helsinki, 2019). Hänninen’s works are included in the Finnish state art collection and the collections of the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation and the Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art.

 

Yö Galleria

7.-22.1.2023

Tue-Sun 11.00-16.00

Free entry