On Behalf of Nature
Exhibition at Kouvola Art Museum 2 June - 30 August 2020
Image © Heino Art Foundation
Petri
Ala-Maunus, Axel Antas, Elina Brotherus, Erno Enkenberg, Bo Haglund, Ilkka
Halso, Heli Hiltunen, IC-98, Jouna Karsi, Arto Korhonen, Markku Laakso, Juhani
Linnovaara, Pekka Luukkola, Susanna Majuri, Jyrki Parantainen, Sami Parkkinen,
Tamara Piilola, Kimmo Pyykkö, Markus Rissanen, Topi Ruotsalainen, Kim
Simonsson, Reidar Särestöniemi, Kristiina Uusitalo, Marjukka Vainio.
Image © Heino Art Foundation
On Behalf of Nature presents different ways of portraying the landscape and nature through modern art techniques. It highlights a theme that is becoming more and more timely: the complex and contradictory relationship between humans and the environment. Viewing these works can make us think about what we can and should do on behalf of nature.
The Heino Art Foundation's collection is one of the most important contemporary art collections in Finland. Commercial counselor Raimo Heino, Mrs. Raini Heino, and their son Rauli Heino, gallerist and art historian, assembled the collection. The art collection was based on the Heino family's acquisitions and personal tastes. Their motivation lay in their passion for love of art. The Heinos primarily view art as a kind of spiritual capital rather than an investment.
The exhibition is curated by Mari Lehtosalo and jointly produced by the Kouvola Art Museum Poikilo and the Heino Art Foundation.
About the Exhibition at Kouvola Art Museum website
