Will and Vision - Maire Gullichsen Art Foundation Collection 50 Years
[30.04.2021 - 26.09.2021]
Hall

The year 2021 marks the passage of 50 years since the establishment of the Maire Gullichsen Foundation and 40 years since the inaugural exhibition of Pori Art Museum. The exhibition Will and Vision - Maire Gullichsen Art Foundation Collection 50 Years celebrates these landmark events by presenting a selection of Finnish and international art from the foundation's collection.
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Lara Almarcegui, Kipras Dubauskas, Valentina Karga, Flo Kasearu, Michèle Matyn, Andrej Polukord, Asbjørn Skou, Urban Fauna Lab, Jon Benjamin Tallerås, Ore.e Refineries
Performing the Fringe
[30.04.2021 - 26.09.2021]
WING

Performing the Fringe evolved over the artists' and curators' collective hikes in three different contexts in the rural–urban fringe areas of the cities of Pori, Stockholm and Vilnius. Hiking unfolded as a common activity that combines walking, observation, talking and engaging with regional specificities while also serving as a tool for researching and understanding local contexts. Experiences in these environments and the artists' research processes that evolved from the hikes have materialised into artistic commissions.
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Noormarkun Käsityöt - Norrmark Handicraft  
[30.04.2021 - 26.09.2021]
Project Room

Maire Gullichsen (1907–1990) and Bertel Gardberg (1916–2007) founded the handicraft company Norrmark Handicraft in 1961. Maire Gullichsen was striving to preserve the handicraft tradition of her home region, as well as to promote the Finnish applied arts industry and the manufacturing of quality handicraft items in Finland.
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Printing an Art Experience – Collaboration with the Robotics Academy
[01.06.2021 - 26.09.2021]
PROCESSwall

A collaboration between the Pori Art Museum, the Robotics Academy at Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, and the Satakunnan näkövammaiset association for the visually impaired, the project explored the potential of 3D technology to enhance the accessibility of art. The result was touchable 3D print of Carl-Gustaf Lilius's bronze sculpture From Series Woman with Bird's Wings (1966). The sculpture is part of The Collection of Maire Gullichsen Art Foundation.
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