Critical Gallery: REIMA HIRVONEN & JUKKA KORKEILA – SHAME

31.5.–30.6.2024
Tue-Sun 12-18

The opening on Thursday 30 May 2024 from 5 pm to 7 pm
The artists can be met at the opening and when the exhibition is hung on 27 – 28 May.

The exhibition speaks of homosexuality and firsthand emotions relating to it, but it also addresses attitudes and societal hostility towards gay people. The perspective spans a long period of time and geographically it extends from big cities to North Karelia. Visually rich, the exhibition makes the viewer confront difficult emotions of shame, but it also raises the joy of liberation from shame.

REIMA HIRVONEN (b. 1963) is a visual artist based in Eno. He studied at Free Art School and has held numerous solo exhibitions, participated in group and joint exhibitions and made self-published works. His works are included in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma and Kuopio Art Museum.

JUKKA KORKEILA (b. 1968, Hämeenlinna) is a Finnish painter based in Germany. Korkeila studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki and held exhibitions in several galleries and museums around the world. He has held a solo exhibition at Moderna Museet in Stockholm and at the Nordic Watercolour Museum in Skärhamn, Sweden. Other exhibitions include the 4th Bienal del Fin del Mundo in Mar del Plata, Argentina and SANGUINE, BLOEDROOD, Luc Tuymans on Baroque, M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium. In 2019 Korkeila was awarded the State Prize for the Visual Arts. Korkeila has also curated exhibitions.

https://helsinkicontemporary.com/artist/jukka-korkeila
https://kriittinengalleria.fi/

Reima Hirvonen: No War, mixed, 2023
Photo: Hannele Turunen