ÉLODIE ANTOINE
ROSALÍA BANET
WIEBKE BARTSCH
BARBARA BERNSTEINER
TANIA CANDIANI
BARBARA CAVENG
LADA CERAR
ANDREJKA ČUFER
JOCHEN FLINZER
CLAUS FÖTTINGER
ZUZANNA JANIN
METKA KAVČIČ
JUSTYNA KOEKE
MICHAEL KOS
EDUARD LESJAK
MARTIN LÖFFKE
POLONA MAHER
ISA MELSHEIMER
JANET MORTON
ALEN OŽBOLT
SANDRINE PELLETIER
MARIJA MOJCA PUNGERČAR
IRIS SCHIEFERSTEIN
SAŠO SEDLAČEK
CHIHARU SHIOTA
KEI TAKEMURA
ANDRÉ TEMPEL
ANU TUOMINEN
JULIA VAN KOOLWIJK
MARJOLIJN VAN DER MEIJ
PETRA VARL
PATRICIA WALLER
SILKE WAWRO

Anu Tuominen


Like, 2001 – 2007 (different cookery utensils, cotton thread and other objects)

In the installation entitled Like (a play on words meaning "to like" and "as"), thread is used as a sculptural material, while its variegated colours openly point to the painting aspect of mixing paints. In the work Like, the form and colour of thread play similar roles as colour and form once played in the works of High Modernism, with its characteristic self-engrossment in colour, form and dimension. The form, i.e. a long, thin structure of thread, and colours, which often blend into new hues, have been used in a highly inventive and humorous manner, which is further underpinned by the eloquent emplacement of objects in the so-called kitchen context. Tuominen connects and combines a crocheted cotton thread, a typical useful and creative material of our households, with cookery devices found at flea markets or, occasionally, in different apartments. The orange thread on the grater represents grated carrots; yellow-and-white threads enwrapping the fork are spaghetti; a white crocheted "doily" with thread coming from the churn is spilled milk; a similar object – only in black – is connected to the pepper mill and represents pepper, of course, spread on the table. The highly sophisticated humour radiating from the Like installation has been inventively created from everyday objects and materials, and it culminates precisely in the nut grinder mixing colours and creating curved forms – just like a classical painter and sculptor do in their creative process.

Born in 1961 in Lemi (Finland). Between 1984 and 1992 she studied at the department of interior design and furniture of the University of Art and Design in Helsinki. Between 1990 and 1995 she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki.

Solo exhibitions (selection):

2006 Kitchen, Art-U room, Tokyo
2005 Sur le chemin de l´école, Finnish Institute,/Paris
2005 Galleri Mårtenson&Persson, Båstad
2004 Atelier 340 Muzeum, Brussels
2001 Galerie Anhava, Helsinki

Group exhibitions (selection):

2007 Everyday Lines, Gallery 51, MCLA, Massachusetts
2006 Art, Life & Confusion, 47th October Salon,/Belgrade
2004 Ars Fennica 1991-2003, Marble Palace, St. Petersburg
2002 Fluxus und die Folgen, Wiesbaden
2002 Basic Elements, Biennale Balticum, Rauma Art Museum

www.anhava.com
www.arsfennica.fi/2003/tuominen-fi.html