Working together – Taidetta kaksin
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Andy Best & Merja Puustinen | Grönlund & Nisunen | Hamm & Kamanger | Lea & Pekka Kantonen | Linda & Aura | nabbteeri | Rainio & Roberts | SIMKA
Over the years, making art has become an even more of a two-way process than before. Occasionally, the audience gets to complete the artwork by, for example, throwing darts. At other times, the artist shares the joy and pain of creating with another artist. This exhibition presents eight artist couples or duos who have
Occasionally, the audience gets to complete the artwork by, for example, throwing darts. At other times, the artist shares the joy and pain of creating with another artist. This exhibition presents eight artist couples or duos who have been working together for a long time and claimed their place on the contemporary art field.
Working together is an endurance sport. Some of the exhibition’s artists started collaborating already in the 1980s. Some of the artists are just co-workers, while some also live together. The traditional methods of making art do not easily convert into tools needed in equal teamwork. Instead, when you work together, you can build artificial lunar eclipses, labyrinths, bird videos, girl performances and the entire main room of a home in Mäntsälä with views of the forest.
