Riiko Sakkinen
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Riiko Sakkinen (born 1976, Helsinki) is visual artist living and working in Cervera de los Montes, Toledo, Spain.
Sakkinen creates small drawings about consumer culture and politics. Often he exhibits the drawings on site-specific wall paintings. The origins of Sakkinen’s drawings and installations are in product catalogues and advertisements. Many of the figures in his works come from the shelves of the super market or from TV commercials. They receive new meanings from the texts the artist attaches to them. Observations on intercultural conflicts, market economy, nationalism, globalisation and current political questions have been dressed up in cartoon or advert - like costumes.[1]
His works are included in the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Amos Anderson Art Museum and Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki.
Riiko Sakkinen is currently represented by Bourouina Gallery, Berlin and Galerie E.L. Bannwarth, Paris.
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[edit] Solo exhibitions (selection)
2009 Jani & Riiko's Free World, Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki
2008 Consommateur, applaudissez, le spectacle est partout, Bourouina Gallery, Berlin
2007 Let's Happy Life - Sparkling Girl Brings about a Revolution, Korjaamo, Helsinki
2006 More Mustard Gas and Tomato Ketchup (My Very Best Friendly Fire), Mechelen, Belgium
2005 Small Boys Units South Beach Diet, Galleria Krista Mikkola, Helsinki
2004 Everything I Don't Understand Must Be Sin, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York
2003 Riiko Sakkinen's Express Kebab Pizza, Transit, Mechelen, Belgium
2002 Jani Leinonen Vs. Riiko Sakkinen, Kluuvin Galleria, City Art Museum, Helsinki
[edit] Group exhibitions (selection)
2009 The Man Who Fell to Earth, curated by Raul Zamudio, Beijing 798, Biennale, Beijing
2008 From the Arctic to the Prairie, Golden, Chicago
2007 Zoo, Galerie Anhava, Helsinki
2006 Steiler Konter – Die Ausstellung, Magazin4, Bregenzer Kunstverein, Bregenz, Austria
2005 Democracy Was Fun, White Box, New York
2003 Biennale of Young Artists of Europe, Collaboration with N. Luoma And K. Tukiainen, Athens
2001 Kommen Sie Nach Hause, Gereonswall 27, Cologne
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.riikosakkinen.com/info/texts/?id=9 Text by Pirkko Siitari, published on artists website accessdate 2009-10-14
- Text by Leevi Hapala, originally published in catalog SERENDIPITY, 2006
- Riiko Sakkinen's Page on Gallery Bourouina
[edit] External links
- Official Artists Website
- Bourouina Gallery
- The Saatchi Gallery: London COntemporary Art Gallery
- Galerie E.L. Bannwarth
- German Article in DIE WELT 2008-05-23
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