Rauha Mäkilä: Tara

The artist’s own life and the artworld merge in Rauha Mäkilä’s exhibition, Tara, which concludes the gallery's spring season. 

Mäkilä’s recent paintings speak about humanity, being an artist and being together. She takes the themes of her works from her own world of experience and living environment, showing how things that are near and mundane have value and are worth painting. Family members, loved ones, pets, art objects and household items form mutually surprising compositions. 

A central feature of the show is the immediacy of everyday life, encountering it as your own, as yourself. Equally essential is materiality, the quintessence of the paint.
 

Helsinki Contemporary

18.5.–2.7.2023

Wed-Fri 12.00-18.00

Sat-Sun 12.00-16.00

Free entry