Column by Elise Gegauff
A new gallery;
Gallery Kalhama & Piippo Contemporary
Before anything, I would like to wish all the memebers of HIAA a very good and artistic newyear, and I hope you had a great christmas! I look forward to sharing exciting projects with you in 2008!
Since it's a new year, I also wanted to find something fresh and new to write about. Something that had opened in 2008 would be just perfect. I stumbled over this gallery called Gallery Kalhama & Piippo that had opened on january 11, 2008.
I decided to go there and check out what they've got.
It was a littlebit diffucult for me to find...being a foreigner and all, because it was sort of inside an area with many stores and restaurants. However, I found it after a little blind walking and I was delighted to discover that the gallery is 500 square metres big!
The gallery is aiming to be a new place for the sharpest edge of Finnish contemporary art and right now it is hosting the exhibitions of sculptor Villu Jaanisoo (Estonia) and painter Jussi Niva (Finland).
Villu Jaanisoo has a massive sound installation called "Wave" (2008) in Kalhama & Piippo (although I was quite surprised by this, since I couldn't hear any sound! Maybe the art was broken?).
Jussi Niva's exhibition is called "Diffus", and he is concentrating on the making up and braking down of a situation.
If you want more information about this gallery, you can go to:
www.kalhamapiippo.com
The visiting adress is:
Gallery Kalhama & Piippo Contemporary Ltd.
Mannerheimintie 3 B
5th floor
Tel.; +358-9-2785301
-Elise Gegauff
