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Antero Kahila

Clothes of Strangers, Faces of Others
31.3.–22.04.2023

Antero Kahila, visual artist
Kirsi Poutanen, poet-musician

painting, sound installation

Toolbox Kabinett: Kata Unger, Berlin

for German, please scroll down

Welcome to our opening on Friday, March 31, on 7pm

Opening times: Wed– Sat 15–19
Kolonie weekend: Fri 31. 03 2023: 19–22 ,  Sun 02. 04. 2023;  14–18

Clothes of Strangers, Faces of Others is the second multidisciplinary collaboration for Galerie Toolbox by visual artist Antero Kahila and musician-poet Kirsi Poutanen. In their previous project the couple explored the experience of meaning and its possibility for the contemporary individual. This time their themes are insecurity, disintegration and loneliness. Clothes of Strangers, Faces of Others consists of a two-channel sound installation by Poutanen and thematically linked paintings of clothes and faces by Kahila.

Antero Kahila is an acclaimed and award-winning visual artist and painter from Finland. The recurring thematic focus in his most recent paintings is on humanity and the human condition, which is explored through the depiction of skin, bodies, faces, fabrics, clothes and membranes. These elements tend to appear as interfaces between the identifying subject and the world, between the subject and the other. The space in Kahila’s paintings is often a kind of reduced stage that permits the depiction of the desired function, gesture or act. Humanity as seen in Kahila’s art is often fragile, vulnerable yet tuned to consciousness in a highly distinctive way.

Kirsi Poutanen is an all-round artist and well-known singer, musician and poet based in Finland. She has also featured on stage as an actress, performer and scriptwriter. Poutanen constructed her sound installation by closely attuning her creative work to Kahila’s process of painting. Her installation aims to reflect the thematic world of the paintings while resonating as an independent audio image in the gallery.

Kahila and Poutanen’s Clothes of Strangers, Faces of Others is a complex and multi-sensory project that can be viewed from many perspectives that deals with the topics insecurity, fear of disintegration, and loneliness.

Artwork: Rose Garden, 2023, Antero Kahila, oil on cotton, 270 x 200 cm

Deutsch

Clothes of Strangers, Faces of Others

[Kleidung von Fremden, Gesichter von Anderen]

Antero Kahila, Bildender Künstler
Kirsi Poutanen, Dichterin-Musikerin

Malerei, Soundinstallation

Toolbox Kabinett: Kata Unger, Berlin

Herzliche Einladung zur Eröffnung am  Freitag, 31.  März um 19 Uhr

Öffnungszeiten: Mi,  Fr , Sa 15–19 Uhr und Do 16–20 Uhr
Kolonie-Wochenende: Fr 31. 03. 2023: 19–22 Uhr ,  So 02. 04. 2023;  14–18 Uhr

Clothes of Strangers, Faces of Others ist die zweite multidisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit des bildenden Künstlers Antero Kahila und der Dichterin-Musikerin Kirsi Poutanen für die Galerie Toolbox. Ihr voriges Projekt beschäftigte sich damit, wie das zeitgenössische Individuum Bedeutung erfährt und welche Möglichkeiten sich dadurch eröffnen. In der neuen Arbeit sind die Themen Unsicherheit, Desintegration und Einsamkeit. Clothes of Strangers, Faces of Others besteht aus einer 2-Kanal-Soundinstallation von Poutanen und Kahilas thematisch Bezug nehmenden Gemälden von Kleidung und Gesichtern.

Antero Kahila ist ein anerkannter und preisgekrönter bildender Künstler und Maler aus Finnland. Der thematische Schwerpunkt seiner jüngsten Bilder liegt auf dem Menschsein und dem menschlichen Zustand, dem er sich in der Darstellung von Haut, Körpern, Gesichtern, Textilien, Kleidung und Membranen nähert. Diese Elemente fungieren als Schnittstellen zwischen dem identitätsbildenden Subjekt und der Welt, zwischen dem Subjekt und dem Anderen. Der Raum in Kahilas Gemälden ist oft eine Art reduzierter Bühne, die die Abbildung der gewünschten Funktion, Geste oder Handlung erlaubt. Die Menschheit, wie sie in Kahilas Kunst erscheint, ist oft zerbrechlich, verletzlich, dabei aber in einer sehr distinkten Weise auf Bewusstheit ausgerichtet.

Kirsi Poutanen ist eine sehr vielseitige Künstlerin und bekannte Sängerin, Musikerin und Dichterin aus Finnland. Sie hat auch als Schauspielerin und Performerin sowie als Skriptschreiberin für die Bühne gewirkt. Poutanen hat ihre Soundinstallation entwickelt, indem sie ihre kreative Arbeit eng auf Kahilas Malprozess abgestimmt hat. Die Installation spiegelt die thematische Welt der Gemälde wider, während sie auch als eigenständiges Klangbild im Galerieraum zu hören ist.

Kahilas und Poutanens Clothes of Strangers, Faces of Others ist ein komplexes und mit verschiedenen Sinnen zu erfahrendes Projekt, das unter vielen Gesichtspunkten betrachtet werden kann, darunter Unsicherheit, Angst vor dem Ausgeschlossenwerden und Einsamkeit.

Abb.: Rose Garden, 2023, Antero Kahila, Öl auf Baumwolle, 270 x 200 cm


Galerie/Projektraum TOOLBOX
Koloniestraße 120
13359 Berlin-Wedding
U-Bahn Osloerstraße

Wed, Fri-Sat 15-19, Thu 16-20
An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed

Painting Kimi Somervuori

A Horse With A Name
26.02.–25.03.2023

Kim Somervuori (Fi)

Malerei / Zeichnung | painting / drawing

Toolbox Kabinett: Ute Lindner (Berlin)

Welcome to our opening on Friday, Februar 24, on 7pm

Opening times: Wed,  Fri. , Sat 15–19 and  Thu 16–20 Uhr
Kolonie weekend:   Fri: 19–22 ,  Sun: 14–18

Find attached the Kolonieflyer with all open spaces on the Kolonie Weekend


Kim Somervuori (b. 1975) represents his own unique style, swimming against the current of contemporary Finnish painting. The themes of his artwork draws widely from art and culture; alongside Modernist history of painting, there is a presence of both classic Western poetry and alternative hits of popular music. His gritty painting style has been honed to perfection. The strokes are skilful, as if they were made effortlessly. The composition falls into place as if by itself. And yet, everything is carefully crafted: The materials and handiwork are present. They are not hidden but they are still discreet. The artwork can be viewed without being aware of the presence of the artist. Consequently, Somervuori doesn’t charge his paintings with angst, doesn’t delve in action painting nor aestheticizes by reduction. The mainly good-humoured artworks rife with cultural references are rich and thoughtfully painted. The titles of the artworks matter, should the viewer want to find context offered by the artist, but this is by no means necessary. The weave of visual elements is sure to offer something for everyone.

Curator and gallerist Veikko Halmetoja has been working with Kim Somervuori for already a decade. Somervuori has held four solo exhibitions at Halmetoja’s gallery, but the collaboration between the curator and the artist has also proved fruitful in other exhibitions and projects. Somervuori’s exhibition at Toolbox is his first solo exhibition in Berlin. It has been organized by the artist in collaboration with Gallery Halmetoja.

Kim Somervuori’s art has been acquired in numerous significant Finnish art collections. The largest series of Somervuori’s artworks can be found in Kiasma, in the collection donated by Seppo Fränti to the Finnish National Gallery. Somervuori has graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki after previous art studies in Stockholm.

Photo artwork

Kimi Somervuori, Crysis, 2023
acrylics, ink on canvas
30 x 25 cm


Galerie/Projektraum TOOLBOX
Koloniestraße 120
13359 Berlin-Wedding
U-Bahn Osloerstraße

Wed, Fri-Sat 15-19, Thu 16-20
An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed

artwork

Elina Försti & Wolf Hamm | 01–22.10.2022

Paintings and Drawings

Vernissage: Fri, 30.09.2022, 7pm

Exhibition: 01.–22.10.2022

www.elinaforsti.fi

www.wolfhamm.de

artworks:
top: Elina Försti: “Drying Barn From Tarvola”, 2020–2021, 180×280 cm, oil on canvas

down: Wolf Hamm: “In The Same Boat, Till the End”, 2022, 24×18 cm,  ink on paper

 

Galerie/Projektraum TOOLBOX
Koloniestrasse 120
13359 Berlin-Wedding
U-Bahn Osloerstraße

Mi-Sa/Wed-Sat 15-19
An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed

artwork illka sariola

TOOLBOX Berlin anniversary
exhibition | 27.08–24.09.2022

10 Jahre TOOLBOX Berlin 2012-2022
10 years anniversary exhibition

27.8.-24.9. 2022

Artists: Maija Helasvuo, Sampsa Indren, Mika Karhu, Niina Räty, Ilkka Sariola, Juha Sääski, Andreas Wolf

Austellungseröffnung / Vernissage: Freitag / Friday 26.08. 2022,  19:00
Performances 20:00: Ilkka Sariola, Rag Elnyg, Kainulainen&Latva

The exhibition takes place on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Finnish-German project space Toolbox in Berlin.

Time scedule

The Light and the Dark

Wed 24.08.2022, 7pm, location: Gallery Wolf &Galentz
there’s a third exhibition celebrating the 10 Years Anniversary of Toolbox Berlin. This exhibition is a return-exhibition to the Särkyvää | Zerbrechlich (‘fragile’ in Finnish and German) organised by Toolbox, currently on display in Riihimäki (FI), with works by Berlin and Finnish artists in an old glass factory.

Hannelore

Thu 25.08.2022, 7pm , location: Gallery Wolf &Galentz
Concert Hannelore (Catherine Lorent and Tom Früchtl)

Performances

Ilkka Sariola, Rag Elnyg, Kainulainen&Latva

Fri 26.08.2022, 8pm, Location: Toolbox

artwork: Illka Sariola: Brazen Bull, 115 x 150 cm, lyijykynä paperille / pencil on paper, 2021

Galerie/Projektraum TOOLBOX
Koloniestrasse 120
13359 Berlin-Wedding
U-Bahn Osloerstraße

Mi-Sa/Wed-Sat 15-19
An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed

Artwork Niina Räty

Seating – 27.05–18.06.2022

Niina Räty

Painting, Installation | https://cargocollective.com/niinaraty

Toolbox Kabinett:
Tanja Vetter (Mannheim), paintings
https://www.tanjavetter.de/

Vernissage: 27. 05. 2022, 19 h

27.05.–18.06.2022
Öffnungszeiten / Opening hours: Mi–Sa 15–19 h
Kolonie Weekend: Sun 29. 05. 2022: 14 –18 h

An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closedting


Seating

A good poem has an empty seat, it is for the reader.

Caj Westerberg

I too try to offer a seat for the beholder of my paintings. I outline a chair, a stool, I portray an armchair.

Toolbox

Juha Sääski, Kenneth Pils, Lotte Nilsson-Välimaa, Kabinett: Esther Horn | 29.04.–21.05.2022

Vernissage: 29. 04. 2022, 19 h
Eröffnungsmusik von Harri Sjöström (Saxophon)
Opening music by Harri Sjöström (saxophone)

29.04.–21.05.2022
Öffnungszeiten / Opening hours: Mi–Sa 15–19 h
Kolonie Weekend: 01 05. 2022: 14 –18 h

An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed


Lotte Nilsson-Välimaa (Stockholm)

Lotte Nilsson-Välimaa

“Diana”. Ich weiß nicht, ob es das Licht war, das ihr seltsam in die Augen fiel. Aber ich erinnere mich, wie berührt ich war, als ich in ihr blau-meliertes Rund, ihre Iris, sah. Und der Blick wurde weiter in die dunkle Pupille gezogen. Das monumentale Gemälde entstand in einer performativen Situation 2022.

 

 

Kenneth Pils (Stockholm)

Kenneth Pils

Von Kindheitserinnerungen inspirierte Aquarellbilder in einer Mixed-Media-Installation.
Von der Bildwelt in den physischen Raum – ein Kunstwerk, das man umrunden und lesen kann wie eine 3-dimensionale Collage und dabei totalen Szenenwechsel erlebt. Ein wenig, als ob man sich erst streitet und dann Freunde wird.

 

Juha Sääski (Helsinki)

Juha SääskiDie Mixed-Media-Arbeiten auf Papier beschäftigen sich mit der Frage: Was ist ein gutes Leben in einer Atmosphäre von Unsicherheit oder gar Angst? Ist es möglich, die schlimmen Vorfälle auszublenden, die in unsere hoffnungsvollen Gedanken, in unser
glückliches Zuhause eindringen? Ist es Eskapismus?

www.juha-saaski.fi

Esther Horn (Berlin)

SEsther Horn

Danke, ich komme nun mit der Dunkelheit zurecht. Tatsächlich kann sie wahnsinnig schön sein. Es kommt auf das Licht an, das man setzt, um sie zu erkennen.
Aus: „A Ghost song und die Wahrhaftigkeit der Collage“, blog Artikel Esther Horn vom 22.12.2021

www.estherhorn.de

 

Andreas Wolf artwork

Bild Raum | Image Space
25.03.–23.04.2022

In collaboration with Anna E. Wilkens the artist Andreas Wolf has created a walk-in non-representational image at the Finnish-German Art Space Toolbox. During the exhibition, the artist s probably will continue working on the space-image structure.

Vernissage: 25. 03. 2022, 19 h
27. 03.–23. 04. 2022
Öffnungszeiten / Opening hours: Sa 15–18 h
Kolonie Weekend: 27. 03. 2022: 14 –17 h

Der Künstler Andreas Wolf hat in Zusammenarbeit mit Anna E. Wilkens im Finnisch-Deutschen Art Space Toolbox ein begehbares ungegenständliches Bild im Raum installiert. Im Laufe der Ausstellungsdauer wird das Raum-Bild-Gefüge möglicherweise noch verändert.

An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed

www.andreaswolf.net

 

Neustart-KulturLogo

Jukka Suhonen

Introspection | 25.09.–23.10.2021

Exhibition with works by the finnish artists
Jukka Suhonen (paintings) | Harri Turunen (sculptures)

Vernissage: 24 September 2021, 7pm

25.09.–23.10.2021
Opening Times: Mi–Sa 15-19 h

An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed


Jukka Suhonen

I was born in 1963 in Joensuu, Finland, where I live and work to this day.
I studied arts for three years (1985- 1988) at Kankaanpää art school. I am a member of Finnish painters association, and also a member of Joensuu art association.
My works are in Finland state collection, city of Joensuu collection and health care district of Joensuu area. Also, they can be found in many private collections.
Art exhibition activities: 28 solo exhibitions, 54 group exhibitions and 12 Finland state art group exhibitions.
During my artistic career I have used many kind of painting methods. I’ve painted with oil colors, water soluable aquarelles, acrylic paints, and also drawings liquid inks in many colors.
Nowadays I am using acrylic paint on canvas and drawing black ink pens on paper.

I paint figurative works. Often on my canvases you can see only one or few body details: one leg, legs, head, or many heads and so on… I use also hints of other living creatures, like animals, or pieces of built environment by humans.

Maybe I want to describe tensions between individuals, temporal nature of life and also how fragile it is in many ways. Maybe there are also thoughts about hatred, love, and absolute evil which surround us sometimes.

Artwork: Jukka Suhonen, The King is Dead

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Harri Turunen

I am Harri Turunen, a sculptor from North Karelia.
Herbarium is a collection of plant samples.
The samples may be whole plants or parts thereof and they may be stored dried and pressed.
The material of the flora is painted iron wire. The significance of nature and human diversity is present (in the work). On a larger scale, the lack of intra-species diversity is a threat.

Karen Koltermann Voice in the night

The Voice In The Night
Stimme in der Nacht | 30.10–21.11.2020

Exhibition and book launch |

Karen Koltermann

Berlin-based artist Karen Koltermann presents her wonderful and disconcertingly eerie interpretation of William Hope Hodgson’s famous story The Voice in the Night (1907) as a graphic novel.

Die Berliner Künstlerin Karen Koltermann hat eine gleichermaßen wunderbare wie verstörend unheimliche Interpretation der berühmten Geschichte The Voice in the Night (1907) von William Hope Hodgson als Graphic Novel vorgelegt.

Book published by  artbear books

Toolbox Kabinett: Soyoung Shon, paintings

http://shon.creatorlink.net


 

Welcome: Vernissage / Opening: Friday / Freitag  30.10.2020, 7pm

Open on Sunday 01 November, 2020, 2–6pm

Ausstellungsdauer / Exhibition: 30 October– 21 November 2020
Öffnungszeiten / Opening hours: Saturday 7.11. and 14.11. 3-7pm
Saturday 21.11. on  3pm Finissage

An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed

Saimi Suikkanen

Having the Time of My Life

Saimi Suikkanen


Toolbox Kabinett:

Archi Galentz, Berlin


Welcome: Vernissage / Opening: Friday / Freitag  31.01.2020, 7pm

Open on Sunday 02 February, 2019, 2–6pm

Ausstellungsdauer / Exhibition open: 02 –22 February 2020
Öffnungszeiten / Opening hours: Wed–Sa 3–7pm

An Feiertagen ist die Toolbox geschlossen
On Bank holidays Toolbox is closed


Saimi Suikkanen’s exhibition Having the time of my life displays paintings from a series called “Self-portraits at home”. In the series Suikkanen confronts the viewer with painted pictures of herself imitating the aesthetics and lifestyles of women on social media platforms. As opposed to the often perfectly composed photographs on Instagram, her paintings depict the mundanity of ordinary life with cluttered and messy surroundings. Through imitation and repetition Suikkanen brings the absurdity of selfie culture and the obsession in being on display to the forefront. Her detailed and colourful large scale paintings emphasise humour. Through the series Suikkanen explores her own thoughts and preconceptions related to the ideal of womanhood and being on display. Suikkanen’s work is a mirror of what is seen as normal and appropriate behaviour for a young woman today.

Saimi Suikkanen (b.1994) is a Finnish painter who creates images of the contemporary life of a young woman in the age of social media. In her art she examines current viewpoints on the female body, sexuality and gender roles through a series of non-literal self-portraits. She is currently studying her Master of Fine Arts degree at the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki.

https://saimisuikkanen.com

artwork: Self-portrait drinking (cheap) wine, oil on paper, 135 x 175 cm


ToolboxCabinet: Archi Galentz

Archi Galentz, 2014, AquatintaArchi (Harutiun) Galentz was born in Moscow in 1971 in a family with a long artistic history. In 1988 he got his A-level in Moscow and in 1989 entered the State University of Arts and Theater in Yerevan, Armenia. In 1992 he was invited as a guest student to Berlin University of Arts (UdK Berlin) and studied free art till 1997 obtaining a Master degree. He lives and works in Berlin, Moscow and Yerevan.

A recurrent theme that is central to his artistic work is the question of Armenian identity, especially in relation to political factors such as the demise of the Soviet Union and the resurgence of Armenian awareness. Artwork Archi Galentz: Portrait Jovan Balov, aquatint and  line etching reworked with watercolor 24.5 × 16 cm