Emma Jääskeläinen
Subtitle: proper omelette
By: editor, Satu Oksanen ; translations, Anna Rawlings
Contributors: Nykytaiteen museo (Helsinki, Finland)
Publisher: Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Helsinki
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
ISBN-13: 9789527371121
Subjects: Exhibitions
Other titles: Proper omelette
Description: Emma Jääskeläinen's (born 1988) choice of materials is guided by strong mental impressions. The machine blade sinks into travertine like into cheese, and rose marble is reminiscent of fatty sausage. Chewing gum, earplugs, a cap, dried fruit are used as material for the artworks alongside stone.00Emboiedness of the practice is a central part of the work. Often, also Jääskeläinenþs works themselves depict body parts. The commission Proper Omelette is a sculpture family comprising stone, bronze, and textile pieces. The parts of the artwork refer to an agign body, a body weary from childbirth, fingers worm from playing an instrument, or limbs tired from sculpting, as well as the experiences embedded in the human body. The starting points are personal, parts of everyday life ? family members, a hippopotamus-shaped souvenir, and grandmotherþs collection of potholders. Proper Omelette consists of the idea of birth, maturing, and the mixing of diverse things.00Exhibition: Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland (02.06.2020 ? 10.01.2021).
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, June 2-November 22, 2020.