FEELS LIKE HOME – Collection Exhibition

Curated Group Exhibition
Jan 12th, 2024 – Jan 12th, 2025
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
2nd and 3rd floor


© Jefunne Gimpel


© Jefunne Gimpel


© Jefunne Gimpel


© Jefunne Gimpel

Curators:
Saara Hacklin, Satu Oksanen and Saara Karhunen

Artists:
Titta Aaltonen, Petri Ala-Maunus, Ahmed Al-Nawas, Farah Al Qasimi, Elina Brotherus, Berlinde de Bruyckere, Otto Byström, Samira Elagoz & Z Walsh, Veli Granö, Marjatta Hanhijoki, Mona Hatoum, Maarit Hohteri, Henna Hyvärinen, Joonas Hyvönen, Inka-Maaria Jurvanen, Tellervo Kalleinen & Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen, Essi Kausalainen, Hertta Kiiski, Elle Klarskov Jørgensen, Jannis Kounellis, Mikko Kuorinki, Raakel Kuukka, Runo Lagomarsino, Jouni S. Laiti, Jouko Lehtola, Niina Lehtonen Braun, Henrietta Lehtonen, Susanna Majuri, Olof Marsja, Cildo Meireles, Anneli Nygren, Frida Orupabo, Kalervo Palsa, Anu Pennanen, Emma Peura, Jaakko Pietiläinen, Tiina Pyykkinen, Sepideh Rahaa, Bita Razavi, Jani Ruscica, Azar Saiyar, Anastasia Sosunova, Kaarlo Stauffer, Nestori Syrjälä, Lesia Vasylchenko, Danh Võ, Laura Wesamaa

Exhibition catalogue:
Kuin kotonaan / Feels Like Home, A Museum of Contemporary Art Publication 180 / 2024
The catalogue explores notions of home and belonging in contemporary art
© Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, authors, translators, photographers, ISBN 978-952-7371-70-1 


The exhibition showcasing works from the Finnish National Gallery collection, leads the audience into the themes of home and belonging.

Feels Like Home exhibition reflects on the theme of home and belonging through contemporary art. Belonging is linked to identity – to who we are and where we come from. The featured artworks show that home can be a physical place, a community, or a state of mind. Home can also be found in a language or culture.

But how does it feel not to belong? The exhibition shares experiences of how it feels when home is lost or far away, whether by choice or force of circumstance. War and exile can sever ties with loved ones and beloved places. Loss and longing can be passed down through generations. As the artworks show, individual experiences are intertwined with social change and broader historical events.

Home and belonging are important topics of discussion in today’s Finland. Many of us are touched on a personal level by migrations and diasporic transitions. Finland has grown more diverse, and Finnish artists, too, come from a growing variety of cultural backgrounds. A museum is a place for coming together and understanding each other, and art can offer a means of understanding the past and imagining the future.

The artworks featured in this exhibition are from the collections of the Finnish National Gallery.

https://kiasma.fi/en/exhibitions/feels-like-home/


Artwork:
Lewdness of Disintegration (Hajoamisen irstaus), 2019-2020, 250 x 360 x 4 cm, Pencil on Plywood, Steel tube