“Exit Paradise” The Miettinen Collection in Sacrow

OPENING 11th JULY 5p–MIDNIGHT

AMOAKO BOAFGO Body Politics 1, 2016, Acrylic on canvas, 120 cm x 120 cm

To mark the 650th anniversary of Sacrow, the Ars Sacrow eV (Association for the Protection of Cultural Monuments) is presenting works from Timo Miettinen’s internationally renowned collection as part of its annual Museum for a Summer event. This year, Sacrow House, together with Berlin, Düsseldorf and Helsinki will be venues for the Miettinen Collection, which comprises around 2,000 works of modern and contemporary art. The series celebrates the 70th birthday of collector Miettinen.

ZØØBS Smoke (Self portrait), Digital C-print on Dibond, 150 cm x 100 cm

Curated by Michael M. Thoss

Over 50 international artists, whose works explore themes ranging from eroticism to alienation and revolt to ritual, present diverse sensual, political, and surprising perspectives.

Emma Ainala, Alexander Basil, Wolfgang Betke, Amoako Boafo, Louise Bourgeois, Nils Ben Brahim, Cecily Brown, Elina Brotherus, Karim Boumjimar, Werner Büttner, André Butzer, Peter Duka, Rainer Fetting, Zohar Fraiman, Jiri Geller, Paris Giachoustidis, Lennart Grau, Thomas Groetz, Nelsa Guambe, Terike Haapoja, Viljami Heinonen, Rinaldo Hopf, Pieter Hugo, Paul Hutchinson, Ulla Jokisalo, Eemil Karila, Jürgen Klauke, John Kleckner, Jessica Nam Kim, Ola Kolehmainen, Ville Kylätasku, Brandon Lipchik, Adam Lupton, Kirsi Mikkola, David Moses, Richard Mosse, Maximilian Mucha, Idowu Oluwaseun, Murat Önen, Janne Räisänen, Aurora Reinhard, Jyrki Riekki, Achim Riethmann, Julian Röder, Emma Sarpaniemi, Samuli Suonperä, Iiu Susiraja, Barthélémy Toguo, Tommi Toija, Ivana Vladislava, Andy Warhol, Sonja Yakovleva, Hamid Yaraghchi, Zoobs.

TOM OF FINLAND

RINALDO HOPF

Exit Paradise conveys the changing understanding of corporeality, its representations and rituals against the backdrop of a lost natural context. Identity discourses, somatic narratives and a progressive “profilicity” in social media lead to new role models and body concepts, group affiliations and gender attributions, which are taken up and interpreted by the artists in the exhibition in a variety of ways.

Rinaldo Hopf and Simon Williams at the opening

Friday 11a–6p
Saturday 11a–6p
Sunday 11a–6p