Group Exhibition
Klassikot – Classics with WSOY

09. - 17.12.2017

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Read more about the exhibition in Finnish.

This year, the centenary of Finnish Independence, WSOY has published a limited commemorative edition of 2000 numbered copies each of 12 classic Finnish books chosen by readers, for which a group of leading Finnish contemporary artists were invited to make new covers. The original works for the covers are shown at Helsinki Contemporary in 9-17 December.

Besides the covers the exhibition will also include other works created during the process by some of the exhibition artists; archive prints of Mika Waltari’s The Egyptian (Sinuhe egyptiläinen); and translations from over the years of Arto Paasilinna’s The Year of the Hare (Jäniksen vuosi).

The exhibition ends with a unique charity auction on 17 December, where the cover artworks will be auctioned, and the profits donated to charities of the artists’ choosing.

The exhibition artists are Saara Ekström, Susanne Gottberg, Karoliina Hellberg, Kuutti Lavonen, Heikki Marila, Rauha Mäkilä, Stiina Saaristo, Anu Tuominen, Anna Tuori, Miikka Vaskola and Henry Wuorila-Stenberg.

Read more about WSOY's 12 classics project, and find information about the auctioned artwotks (in Finnish): 12klassikkoa.fi