Heini Aho: Parting
The exhibition reveals the hidden meanings and humour of everyday life
In an exhibition of sculptures, installations and media works, Aho observes the division, partitioning, and separation suggested by the title of the exhibition. The works convey wonder and the need to explore, but there is also a bit of humor in them.
The works explore these themes both at the level of the individual and the everyday, and in our society and culture in general. Aho looks at everyday things and objects we take for granted and how we use them from a new perspective. Aho’s works convey a sense of wonder and the need to explore, but they also contain a touch of humour.
An integral part of the exhibition is an exhibition text written by the Turku-based writer Jaakko Yli-Juonikas (b. 1976), which also functions as an independent work. The text offers different perspectives and ways of experiencing the works in the exhibition. Jaakko Yli-Juonikas is the author of some of the most original works in Finnish contemporary literature, including the acclaimed Neuromaani (2012).
Heini Aho’s exhibition in WAM Kilta Gallery
Open Tue–Sun 10–18. Free admission.
The artist
Heini Aho, born in 1979, graduated from the Turku Arts Academy in 2003 and from the Academy of Fine Arts in 2015. In recent years her work has been exhibited in several solo and group exhibitions, both at home and abroad. In 2016, Aho was awarded the William Thuring Foundation Grand Prize. Her works are in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, the Saastamoinen Foundation, the HAM Helsinki Art Museum, the City of Turku Art Collection, the State Art Deposit Collection, and the Wihuri Foundation. Heini Aho is a member of the international Videokaffe artist collective.
