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I spent a very windy day in Helsinki, and what could be nicer than visit a couple of art exhibitions. Apparently my expectations were too high in Ateneum's Modigliani exhibition. Portraits of long-faced women were already quite familiar, and several sketches and drawings didn't open any new views. Amadeo Modigliani's (1884-1920) style is very personal, recognizable, a bit melancholy, anguished, beautiful colours. The National Museum of Finland's exhibition of The Renaissance on lone from Italy was delightful. The paintings were colourful, portraits elevated and stately beautiful. If the endless plumb Jesus children are repeated, in the background there are opening heavenly landscapes and still-lifes. I even found a cat in one painting under the table. Then I popped at the small tm-gallery in Tomi Dufva's and Matti Kallio's exhibition, which was also a performance: "Discussions with a Machine". Matti Kallio's large ink drawings on the walls were flooded by forms and people. Contrasts to the profusion were Tomi Dufva's small machines, and their technique was not hidden any way. The pens of the machines draw continuing line softly humming. Matti Kallio was drawing on the floor on a large white paper lines together with a small circling and moving round pen machine. It's so human to draw a line, was it done by a machine or a man.
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