KIELLETYT LEIKIT – something like this could happen

Heiskanen, Lehtola, Okkonen

13-22.12.2019


At least friction, acceptance, threat, satisfaction and secrecy. Shame. Thrill. Is there something forbidden here? Can it be unclear? This could be something like this.

The exhibition is a gathering of three artists, whose works rhythm under the heading of forbidden games. Negotiating and agreeing to play has led to something.

Inkeri Heiskanen is a Helsinki-based visual artist who works mainly with painting, drawing and text. She is currently interested in swimming halls, the color beige and stories without a climax. Heiskanen is a student at the Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki.

Saija Lehtola is a moving image artist who has a background in contemporary dance. Side characters, restricted views, in-between spaces and intuitivity tickle her at the moment. Lehtola studies aesthetics in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Helsinki.

Helena Okkonen is a queer feminist and a visual artist living and working in Helsinki. Their sculpture and installation-based practise dismantles and rebuilds recycled materials and objects. Okkonen is interested in transparency, not belonging and things nesting.

The artists are current and former students of Art School MAA.