Leena Nio’s work is included in Abstracting the Ordinary – Art from the Everyday, the first instalment in a new exhibition series by Hämeenlinna Art Museum. At the core of the group exhibition is the Niemistö Art Collection comprising Finnish and Nordic art from the 1950s to the present day.
Abstracting the Ordinary presents works from the museum collections with a focus on abstract art. Abstract art is a modern form of artistic expression and yet it is nothing new: the elements that we now recognise as making up abstract art can be found in objects and their decorative designs created by people of different cultures throughout time. Even abstract art tends to take its cue from the artist’s experience. The visual motif might be based on something they have or come across in their everyday life.
Abstracting the Ordinary – Art from the Everyday runs until April 13 at Hämeenlinna Art Museum.
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Leena Nio: Takeover III (2018). Oil on canvas, 170 x 220 cm. Niemistö Collection / Hämeenlinna Art Museum. Photo: Jussi Tiainen.
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