Hans-Peter Schütt: Anima

Portraits of hitherto unknown creatures, assumed to be animals, painted on jigsaw puzzles.

The works in the Anima exhibition depict creatures that are assumed to be animals and have been made from second-hand jigsaw puzzles. There is something familiar about the creatures, but they do not represent any animals that we know. What we think we know and feel is transformed into something new and strange. The unknown is present, but it can be faced safely.

Through their animal theme, the works deal with facing a non-human world, reflecting on the opportunities that we humans have to influence the quality of these encounters through means such as sensitivity, imagination and patience. How could we better understand and take into account other ways of being and living in the world, ways that are different from our own?

Opening event on 26 March at 17.00–19.00 – hope to see you there!

The exhibition was selected for the programme through an open call at Annantalo. During the spring of 2025, Annantalo received 230 applications, from which the Annantalo student jury selected six artists for the second floor galleries and the joint exhibition downstairs.