Violeta Bubelytė & Henry Wuorila-Stenberg: Itsekuva

Itsekuva may be translated as ‘self-image’. Itse means both ‘self’ and ‘the Self’ in contemporary Finnish <p>Itsekuva may be translated as ‘self-image’. Itse means both ‘self’ and ‘the Self’ in contemporary Finnish, but it is an ancient word with correlates in other Uralic languages.&nbsp;</p><p>In traditional usage, reverberating with shamanic meaning, itse is a particular part of the soul, a guarding and guiding shadow-spirit that leads a person through life like a doppelgänger. &nbsp;</p><p>The artists in this duo exhibition are the photographer Violeta Bubelytė (LIthuania, 1956) and the painter Henry Wuorila-Stenberg (Finland, 1949). They have both spent decades practising self-searching and self-mockery while avoiding any identification of self-portraiture with self-obsession. The artist’s own body, they insist, is simply the live model who is always at hand and needs no instruction. &nbsp;<br>&nbsp;</p><p>Kohta</p><p>19.1.-2.4.2023</p><p>Tue-Fri 12.00-18.00</p><p>Sat-Sun 12.00-16.00</p><p>Free entry</p>

Location

Kohta

Työpajankatu 2 B, building 7, 3. floor

Helsinki

00580

Locate

60.189632, 24.971771