The Museums of Lappeenranta 2015 2 South Karelia Museum and South Karelia Art Museum Joint Exhibition
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Hugo Simberg, Sheep Girl, 1913. Tampere Art Society Museokuva. collection. Photo: Tampere 1913. Sheep Girl, Hugo Simberg, THE MUSEUMS OF LAPPEENRANTA 2015 2 SOUTH KARELIA MUSEUM AND SOUTH KARELIA ART MUSEUM JOINT EXHIBITION 26 April 2015 – 10 January 2016 Barefoot: 10 Lives in the Karelian Isthmus The museums at the fortress of Lappeenranta will host an exhibition displaying various perspectives of the Karelian isthmus, opening in the spring. Barefoot: 10 Lives in the Karelian Isthmus is a joint exhibition situated in both the South Karelia Museum and South Karelia Art Museum. The exhibition will be constructed round ten narrators. The narrators are real people. They represent various milieus and regions, various socioeconomic Leonid Andreyev and Anna Andreyeva in groups, women, men and children. Each the garden of the house at Vammelsuu. of them brings with them diff erent kinds Leeds University Library, Special Collections. of historical periods and events. They also bring a timeline to the exhibition which is organic and generational – not dictated on the State level or by political history. The individuals are new acquaintances to visitors to the museum and – presented in this new connection – they are surprising. They make a deep impression and rouse emotional reactions. Each person and his/her milieu are presented in the exhibition by means of short biographical text together with Janne Muusari, From the Harbour. photographs, as well as a wide variety of South Karelia Art Museum. objects, related collections and works of art. As a result, the exhibition does not compartmentalize the style of narration in the manner of art collections and historical collections: rather, the various types of ”evidence” in the exhibition are able to complement each other. The exhibition architecture is also adventurous: the scale extends from robust artefacts to immaterial works. Harppulinna villa (“Harp Palace”), Kellomäki. The ten narrators are completed by the South Karelia Museum. isthmus – above all, by the fates of the Terijoki villas (for instance, Harppulinna (the “Harp Palace”) and Penaty). The exhibition presents, in photographs, a few villas whose various stages make them ‘persons’ in their own right. The stages of the villas illustrate how Russian summer paradises were rendered after 1918 into tourist destinations for the Finnish middle class. The interests aff ecting the encounter between the two nations, land ownership and tourism were partly Practising: a smuggler on the Sestra (Rajajoki) River. parallel but also contradictory. Border Museum. 3 Väinö Rautio, A View from Vyborg (Viipuri), 1919. South Karelia Art Museum. As one part of the exhibition, “Kinolinna” Two narrators always share one (“Picture Show Castle”) provides the museum room. Two people and their visitor with the opportunity to view livelihoods, contrasts and connections photos, short fi lms, documentaries, provide new insight in unison in the fi ctional fi lms and multimedia as well as visitor’s mind. learn about the literature on the Karelian isthmus. The visitor can also record memories of the isthmus related to his/ her family or tell about a person from the Karelian isthmus who is his/her “eleventh isthmus”. Matti Taskinen, Old Tree in Torkkelinpuisto Hilma Ylä-Outinen holds a sheep in her lap. Park,1936. South Karelia Art Museum. Photographer: Hugo Simberg, 1913. Finnish National Gallery. Swimmers on the shores of Kuokkala, 1935. South Karelia Museum. 4 SOUTH KARELIA MUSEUM South Karelia Museum is located at Kristiinankatu 15, the northernmost tip of the Fortress of The Fortress of Lappeenranta Lappeenranta in a warehouse that was Tel. +358 5 616 2255 originally built as an artillery depot. The Tel. +358 5 616 2261 museum buildings are different from the neoclassical brick garrisons of the fortress, as they were constructed using local stone. The ongoing exhibition Three Karelian Cities relates the central chapters in the history of Lappeenranta, Vyborg, and Opening hours Priozersk, which has been affected by Winter season: 2 January – 7 June their location along accessible routes on and 25 August – 30 December Tues-Sun 11 am – 5 pm the border of East and West. Like many border towns, multiculturalism has Summer season: 8 June – 23 August been the defining aspect of these three Mon–Fri 10 am – 6 pm cities as well. As Three Karelian Cities Sat–Sun 11 am – 5 pm is a large ongoing exhibition, it offers things to see and learn for more than Admission just one museum visit. Combination ticket for the Fortress Museums Adults €7 Pensioners, students, the unemployed €6 There is also a miniature model of Free admission to those under the age of 18 the town of Vyborg in the ongoing exhibition. It presents Vyborg as it 10 March – 25 April was on September 2, 1939. There are Free general admission to the South Karelia screenings of films about the life in Museum: permanent exhibition opening Lappeenranta, Vyborg, and Priozersk hours. in the museum cinema. The aim of the Free admission on ’Museum Fridays’: exhibition is to provide information and Spring season: experiences concerning the history of 2 Jan, 6 Feb, 6 Mar, 10 Apr, 8 May South Karelia for all ages. There is also a Autumn season: 4 Sept, 2 Oct, 6 Nov, 4 Dec mini exhibition for children and a play area with Pekka – the toy barge. South Karelia Museum is closed on the following dates: 1 January, 3–4 April, 6 April,1 and 14 May, The collections of South Karelia 19–20 June, Museum include items and 6, 24–26 and 31 December photographs from Lappeenranta and the rest of the South Karelia region, The Museum Shop is open during the as well from the Karelian Isthmus that opening hours of the museum. is now part of Russia. The collections are showcased both in ongoing and changing exhibitions. In addition to exhibitions, the South Karelia Museum organizes guided tours, various events and workshops. SOUTH KARELIA MUSEUM’S CHANGING EXHIBITIONS 5 IN 2015 Until March 1, 2015 Everyday Alphabet Everyday Alphabet depicts the most ordinary things from A to Ö, the last letter of the Finnish alphabet. Twenty-nine alphabets provide the first letters to words that take the story of the exhibition to different places and times. In this exhibition, the visitors can try and test all kinds of things to experience and understand what life used to be like. The storyline of the exhibition is aimed at children and its protagonists are two siblings – a school kid and a preschooler. The exhibition is produced by The Finnish Labour Museum Werstas. A shop from the 1950’s at the Everyday Alphabet exhibition. Until March 1, 2015 The 80’s This exhibition of photographic artist Sari Poijärvi paints an image of a colourful decade through the eyes of a photography student, photo journalist, and a photographic artist. It narrates the atmosphere of the 80’s and the emerging city culture with its events, parties, clubs and countless peace marches. Through Poijärvi’s versatile art, the cultural turning point in Finnish photographic art can be detected, whilst the history of the 80’s photography is being made. The decade also witnessed the breakthrough of many Sari Poijärvi: Katarina Boijer, female photographers – Sari Poijärvi being among the 1986. first ones. Sari Poijärvi: 80’s Fashion, Sari Poijärvi: Sam Yaffa, Michael Monroe / Hanoi Rocks, 1982. 1983. 26 April 2015 – 10 January 2016 Barefoot: 10 Lives in the Karelian Isthmus (see pp. 2–3) 6 SOUTH KARELIA ART MUSEUM Admission Kristiinankatu 8-10 Combination ticket for the Fortress Museums Adults €7 The Fortress of Lappeenranta Pensioners, students, the unemployed €6 Tel. +358 5 616 2256 Free admission to those under the age of 18 Tel. +358 5 616 2261 Free admission on ’Museum Fridays’: Spring season: 2 January, 6 February, 6 March, 8 May Autumn season: 4 September, 2 October, 6 November, 4 December Opening hours Winter season: 2 January – 8 March, 26 April – 7 June South Karelia Art Museum and 25 August – 30 December is closed on the following dates: Tues-Sun 11 am – 5 pm 1 January 7–16 January (change of exhibition) 9 March – 25 April (change of exhibition) Summer season: 8 June – 23 August 1 and 14 May, 19–20 June, Mon–Fri 10 am–6 pm 6, 24–26 and 31 December Sat–Sun 11 am–5 pm The Museum Shop Sulotar is open during the opening hours of the museum. The South Karelia Art Museum, which is the Regional Art Museum of South-Eastern Finland, is located in the Fortress of Lappeenranta in yellow neoclassical barracks opposite the Orthodox Church. These yellow barracks were built in 1798. Art Museum presents a versatile overview of artistic phenomena. The main focus is on Finnish contemporary art, but the history of art is featured regularly too in exhibitions of art from the past. One of the museum’s priorities is to showcase art from South-Eastern Finland, but every now and then international exhibitions are arranged as well. The museum collection is primarily composed of Finnish art from the 19th century to the present day. The largest and the most important single collection was accumulated by Viipurin Taiteenystävät ry (Vyborg Friends of Art). The contemporary art collection focuses on art from South-Eastern Finland. In addition to changing exhibitions, the Art Museum offers supplementary programmes, such as guided tours, events and workshops. Together all museums of Lappeenranta have a customer panel and a museum club. SOUTH KARELIA MUSEUM’S CHANGING EXHIBITIONS 7 IN 2015 Until January 6, 2015 Different Styles – Dialogues in Time and Space 17 January – 8 March 2015 Five rooms – Maija Helasvuo, Helinä Hukkataival, Johanna Ilvessalo, Anni Rapinoja, Anne Tompuri and Annu Vertanen The Five rooms exhibition presents works of art by artists who have six individual voices and are of various ages.