Eternal time is born today
Exhibition: "Eternal time is born today" / "Wieczny czas rodzi się dzisiaj” (Finland)
Creator: Johanna Alanko
Vievers' age: no limitations
* LIVE EVENT:
Date of the opening: 20.08.2021 / Friday /
Time of the opening: 6 pm
Place: Room B_201, Art_Inkubator in Art Factory in Lodz
Exhibition will be open every day from 20th till 29th August 2021 (during the Festival).
Opening: one hour before the start of the first event
Office closure: the start time of the last event
Admission: free
DESCRIPTION OF THE EVENT:
World Eggs derive its name from Finnish national epic „Kalevala” compiled by Elias Lönnrot in 19th century. The story of Kalevala starts from the birth of world, where the bird Sotka (eng. Aythya) lays seven eggs on the knee of witch called Ilmatar. In the story, the eggs break into the sea and the sky, the earth, the stars and the sun are born bringing alive the world we are living in.
In my work, i have updated the story to the 21st century, where the eggs represent new and better world being born. These eggs bring together differences, appearance, color and different details. They symbolise important qualities and elements of both, humans and nature, which we need so a better world can be born. The exact total number of initial eggs has not been determined.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Johanna-Josefina Alanko - is a Finnish visual artist, working between Finland and Poland. She has graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kankaanpää (Satakunta University of Applied Sciences) in 2018, and also studied architecture and design in Universidad Europea in Madrid, Spain in 2016. She began her artistic education in 2014 at the Community College in Lahti. She participated in several individual and group exhibitions in Finland, Spain and Poland. Johanna Alanko is a member of the Association of Finish Artists and Painters.
Alanko’s paintings are composed of multiple layers which are breaking the flat conformity of canvas and stepping out into three dimensional space towards the observer. The artist creates her works using a vast set of materials. Besides acrylics, pigments and oil, her paintings contain recycled textiles and materials, threads which form complex stitches, seams and webs, construction materials such as resin, silicone, sand, metals and elements of nature, such as wood or chestnuts.
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