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BOYS’ GAMES JARMO MÄKILÄ [15.06.2012 - 02.09.2012] HALL, WING, MEDIApoint, LOBBY The art museum will be taken over by Jarmo Mäkilä’s new installations, sculptures and paintings: a group of boys romping about making mischief, searching for their adulthood and growing a shield against the world. These rites of initiation involve risks. The world of young boys is tinged by violence, most relevantly the threat of violence. Their reality is made of subjugation and submission. The happiness of childhood is a taboo one is forbidden to question. On the way to the world of small boys, to the twilight zone between dream and wakefulness, the viewers encounter the artist and also their own memories of childhood and youth.

STREET ART – THE NEW GENERATION Blu, Bujahuli, C.Finley, Dolk, Egs, Eyesaw, Frank, Icy & Sot, Invader, Jussi TwoSeven, Magda Sayeg -Knitta, Please, Lapro & Xeugux (Multicoloured Dreams), LA-Tino & P.A.Roni, M-city, Mentalgassi, Otto Maja, Toasters, Slinkachu, Anton Wiraeus [10.02.2012 - 27.05.2012] HALL, SCULPTURE GARDEN, LOBBY, public spaces Street Art – The New Generation is an exhibition and a public art project showcasing street artists who operate on a global scale. Among the featured talents are top names in European street working in Berlin, London and Paris, as well as artists from Italy, Norway, the United States, Iran, Poland, Sweden and Finland. They will create works in the galleries of the Pori Art Museum as well as public artworks in both indoor and outdoor spaces around Pori. Some of the works will be made in collaboration with local actors, such as people from youth and recreational services of the city. In co-operation with: Amnesty International Finnish section, Andipa Gallery (London), Asunto oy Porin Antinkatu 12, Make Your Mark Garage / Gallery (Helsinki), Myymälä2 (Helsinki), Finnish–Norwegian Culture Institute (Helsinki), Royal Norwegian Embassy (Helsinki), Youth Workshop of the City of Pori, City of Pori – Town Planning Division, City of Pori - Technical Services Centre, Porin Puuvilla/Renor, Veikko Lehti Oy, VR. Media release>>

BRUEGEL VARIATIONS Sándor Vály [10.02.2012 - 25.03.2012] MEDIApoint Sándor Vály has studied the paintings of Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel (1525-1569) discovering in them sounds, rhythm and notes. Together with composer-musician Nikoletta Máté they notated the paintings, creating an audiovisual work from them. The premiere of the work was in the Temppeliaukio Church in Helsinki in 2008. The composition was interpreted by Éva Polgár on the piano and artist Sándor Vály on the sampler. The Bruegel Variations exhibition is an audiovisual installation comprising a video of the concert, a documentary on Pieter Bruegel, and the notations.

MONDRIAN VARIATIONS Sándor Vály [30.03.2012 - 27.05.2012] MEDIApoint For the painter Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) music was a source of inspiration. He loved dancing, and often the rhythms of music and dance found their way into his paintings. One of his most famous paintings is Broadway Boogie-Woogie. Artist Sándor Vály and composed-musician Éva Polgár have notated Mondrian’s paintings, creating an audiovisual work from them. The premiere of the work will be performed at the Pori Art Museum in May 2012. The composition will be interpreted by Éva Polgár on the piano and artist Sándor Vály on the sampler.

OP – POP – POST. THE MAIRE GULLICHSEN AND MODERNISM SERIES [10.02.2012 - 27.05.2012] PROJECT ROOM Op Art creates optical illusions of vibrant movement with abstract forms and the juxtaposition of colours. It had a considerable influence on the imagery in popular culture, such as fashion and album covers. Pop Art broke boundaries between art and popular culture and pioneered many phenomena in contemporary art. Post-modern attitude broke even the last boundaries of art. It is characterized by irony, play and allusions to the history of art. The works in the exhibition are selected from the collections of the Pori Art Museum. In co-operaition with: Maire Gullichsen Art Foundation Media release>>

Works selected from the collections of the Maire Gullichsen Art Foundation [15.06.2012 - 02.09.2012] PROJECT ROOM

SELECTED LIFE Sándor Vály [10.02.2012 - 27.05.2012] WING