Kaj Stenvall: Faces of War

Painter Kaj Stenvall’s Ukraine themed paintings will be on display in a large exhibition in Art House Turku this summer. The paintings, having attracted broad international interest as well, give an overview of Russia’s war of aggression and the background to the crisis that has shaken the world for more than a year.

The exhibition Faces of War, arranged in Art House Turku, consists of 122 paintings. The artworks mainly depict the war, which broke out in February 2022, and the central figures in the conflict, for instance the presidents of Ukraine and Russia, Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin.

The paintings are exhibited for the first time in this extent to the broad public. The exhibition also comprises Stenvall’s paintings dating back to the source of the war, that is the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and other global phenomena with links to the crisis.

The exhibition is a standpoint for peace and against the war as well as an expression of support for Ukraine’s battle.

On the last days of the exhibition, there may be occasional congestion, so it is possible that entry will have to be restricted momentarily.

Free admission.