Tag

Tag

Opening : 10.01.26, 13:00

Keskpuur is pleased to present Tag, a two person exhibition by Aala Nyman and Rosa-Maria Nuutinen, bringing together two practices that explores states of neglect, decay and memory through the life cycle of objects and buildings.

Cast aluminium knots recall the foam insulation pipes left behind at construction sites. A forgotten woollen sweater wraps around a pipe on the floor, two different materials are joined together as if two people are hugging each other. A drawing extends its firm onto steel plates corroded by chemical acid, forcing its imprint onto an industrial material that forms an image of human-like shapes fusing together. Glass vessels are scattered around the gallery which function as the organs. The works draw attention to the history of the site itself. A once popular market is now a semi-abandoned market that will soon be demolished. The building itself is a relic of the past, its veins are leaking but still pumping to keep traces of memory alive.

Rosa-Maria Nuutinen is a Tallinn based Finnish multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the juxtaposition of the physical and the digital by questioning our collective relationship towards technology, asking how our inventions mould our society and personal experiences of place

Aala Nyman is a Helsinki based artist whose work emphasizes the temporality, unfinished state and accidental nature of everyday objects and materials. Nyman's work is often based on a process of discovery, where things take shape through gathering.

This exhibition is supported by Estonian Cultural Endowment