#kaarina kaikkonen

The building was originally a convent for nuns, and Kaikkonen has made site-specific works that respond to the space.

"I Would Love To Blossom"

"For Dust You Are and to Dust You Shall Return"

Textile installation by Kaarina Kaikkonen (b. 1952 in Iisalmi, Finland).

Kaarina Kaikkonen, one of our most internationally recognized sculptors and artists, is known for shaping urban landscapes and emphasizing community through her installations. In her works, one can find references to current themes of humanity’s place in their own time, and of basic needs that always exist regardless of environment or culture. Old clothes contain the former user's presence, which wraps around Kaikkonen’s story and places the viewer before something new and unknown, but at the same time exceedingly familiar and intimate.

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Using hundreds of second-hand shirts Finnish environmental artist creates site-specific installations suspended above roadways or inside large warehouse spaces. Her most recent work Are We Still Going On? (top images), was conceived at Collezione Maramotti, a private collection of

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Kaarina Kaikkonen, Kluuvi, Helsinki, Finland