So I must admit that I’m not a professional arts critic, the only art exhibitions I go to are free – there is the annual arts-night in Vasa when I visit Tikanoja’s and the new Kuntsi museum, and then it’s the occasional Friday when I have time to go to Tennispalatset and check out a new exhibition.
So my way of destiguishing good art from “bad” is by my very subjective idea of what’s pretty and funny – and what’s not.
One painting that has been on my mind ever since I saw it (in 2004) is Pasi Tammi’s “Sinun oli aina niin helppo erehtyä” (It was always so easy for you to make a mistake). Unfortunately I’ve not been able to find a picture of the painting but here is another example of his brilliance:
entitled “se mikä jää on sieluton” – what’s left is without soul
Another art form that I find very beautiful is spray on graffiti. Here is an example from Ireland:
And if you are ever going from Helsinki-Vantaa airport you might see another beautiful spray on of a man jumping off a building. It’s actually only a man that they’ve sprayed on a sign that marks the beginning of a population centre. Wonderful idea!!
