Who Is an Animal? Start date17.05.2024End date18.08.2024 The exhibition Who is an Animal? invites visitors to stop and look at the animal as a source of artistic fascination down through the years, while remaining mysterious and inexplicable. Esko Männikkö: Untitled (detail), 2005. HAM Helsinki Art Museum. Photo: Yehia Eweis Who Is an Animal? draws attention to how artists strive even more to break the power structure between humans and other animals, and make visible what unites us. Its 80 works are grouped into themes that serve as points of discussion for various topics, such as how animals are depicted, their habitats, mistreatment, coexistence, and agency. The exhibition is located in one of HAM´s grand arched halls and is primarily based on HAM’s art collection – property of all Helsinki residents. The featured artists are Jasmin Anoschkin, Mikko Carlstedt, Helge Dahlman, E. Dupre, Eeva-Leena Eklund, Gabriel Engberg, Hilda Maria Flodin, Terike Haapoja, Mikko Haiko, Mari Hallapuro, Jussi Heikkilä, Leila Hietala-Hämäläinen, Reino Hietanen, Maiju Hukkanen, Paula Humberg, Kati Immonen, Appu Jasu, Anja Juurikkala, Esko Kaarakka, Ismo Kajander, Sanna Kannisto, Kaija Kontulainen, Anne Koskinen, Aura Kotkavirta, Paula Lehtonen, Maija Luutonen, Lotta Mattila, Esko Männikkö, Lotta Määttänen, Heikki Nieminen, Pirkko Nukari, Tuula Närhinen, Dennis Oppenheim, Roland Persson, Anna Retulainen, Liisa Ruusuvaara, Stiina Saaristo, Pentti Sammallahti, Joakim Sederholm, Verner Thomé, Heli Tiitinen, Frans Toikkanen, Ritva Tuomi, Gunnar Uotila, Thom Vink, Hanna Weselius, Victor Westerholm and Helena Öst. Who Is an Animal? is curated by HAM’s curator Sanna Juntunen. Featured artworks Hanna Weselius: Rockafella in His Upstairs Room, 1999. HAM Helsinki Art Museum. Photo: Marja Pursiainen. Verner Thomé: Bull, 1901. HAM Helsinki Art Museum. Photo: Hanna Kukorelli. Gabriel Engberg: Magpie (undated). HAM Helsinki Art Museum. Photo: Sonja Hyytiäinen. Ritva Tuomi: Carnations, 2005. HAM Helsinki Art Museum. Photo: Hanna Kukorelli. Eeva-Leena Eklund: Pim, 2003. HAM Helsinki Art Museum. Photo: Yehia Eweis. Joakim Sederholm: Kajsa, 2000. HAM Helsinki Art Museum. Photo: Martiina Mäkinen.
