Kuvasto Work on the wall of Kivelä Hospital Lars-Gunnar Nordström Sibeliuksenkatu 12–14, 00260 Helsinki Indoor Sculpture Lars-Gunnar Nordström (1924–2014) was interested in the interplay of space, architecture and image, and this comes across in the work he designed for a wall of the Kivelä Hospital. Six metres high and four metres wide, the work is a dominating presence in the hospital foyer. It comprises five coloured rectangles made up of smaller rectangles. Four glossy blue rectangles are installed on the wall in an ascending composition that echoes the nearby stairs. In the centre is a diamond shape made up of pale blue and black components. Mounted slightly off the wall, it overlaps geometric sections of three of the blue rectangles. The various layers and the space between them are also expressed by the colours. The entire installation is a fascinating and playful use of geometry. A passionate jazz fan, “Nubben” Nordström once commented on the connection between music and his art: “I construct art mathematically, as happens in music. I make music for the eye – it has harmony and rhythm, which are based on the colours’ own innate mechanisms.” Nordström was one of the pioneers of concretism in Finnish art. Concretism is a form of abstract art that employs clearly delineated colour areas, geometric shapes and lines. Tension and rhythm are important characteristics of concretist compositions. The work was produced under the Percent for Art programme, and it belongs to the collection of the City of Helsinki, managed by HAM Helsinki Art Museum. At map