Pilvi Takala News

BOOK is OUT!

Pilvi Takala

Just when I thought I was out … they pull me back in

Published by Hatje Cantz

Edited by Silke Opitz, texts by Rael Artel, Mika Hannula

German/English

2012. 208 pp., 292 color ills.

24.50 x 30.00 cm
hardcover

pub. date: March 2012

ISBN 978-3-7757-3352-6

Pilvi Takala (*1981) deals with the constitutions and limits of social groups and communities. Her videos, books, and installations are based on interventions in (semi- public spaces and this first monograph documents most of her work since 2005. The design of the publication reflects Takala’s artistic strategies and the narrative nature of her work. Video works are illustrated with still sequences, and one of her early artist books is reproduced entirely. The book includes essays by Mika Hannula and Rael Artel, as well as an artist’s interview. It accompanies the first extensive solo exhibition of the artist, held at Kunsthalle Erfurt.

Exhibition schedule: Kunsthalle Erfurt, February 5–April 9, 2012

www.hatjecantz.de

Fat Birds don't Fly at Netwerk

Fat Birds don't Fly

Sat 24 March → Sun 13 May 2012

Preview Sat 24 March 20:30

David Bergé / Holly Davey / Greet De Gendt / Ieva Epnere / Karin Hanssen / Hou Chien Cheng / Johanna Lecklin / Charlotte Lybeer / Bie Michels / Ingrid Mostrey / Emilie Pitoiset / Sonia Si Ahmed & Maya Dalinsky / Pilvi Takala / Caecilia Tripp / Els van Riel

The group exhibition Fat Birds don’t Fly is about people and their (de)constructed identities. The exhibition shows how artists look at an individual or a community. the artists offer a vision of individual or collective identity, with attention to what happens in the margins and by using different means of expression such as painting, texts, photography and video, dance and performance.

In the context of the Louis Paul Boon year, the exhibition is intertwined with audio clips with quotes from Louis Paul Boon’s 90 People and The Paradise Bird. The kaleidoscopic and timeless body of work of this Aalstborn writer still provides a fascinating look at how individuals and communities build their identity.

On the opening Maya Dalinsky and Sonia Si Ahmed will perform together with the audience Use and Discard, an outlet for our desire to dominate. They will also premiere The Parade, a tribute to our heroes.

www.netwerk-art.be

NETWERK center for contemporary art

Houtkaai z/n

9300 Aalst

Belgium

De Hallen Haarlem: Recent Acquisitions

RECENT ACQUISITIONS - New in De Hallen Haarlem
16.03.2012 - 03.06.2012

This spring a selection of recent acquisitions from the collection of De Hallen Haarlem will be shown for the first time. Works by, among others, Pablo Pijnappel (F), Maaike Schoorel (NL), Pilvi Takala (FIN) (winner Prix de Rome 2011), Hans Scholten (NL), Guido Geelen (NL) and Ritsue Mishima (J) can be seen from 16 March until 3 June 2012. The exhibition contains both audiovisual work and photography, the two main focal points in the collecting policy since 2000, as well as paintings and various (glass) objects. During this exhibition De Hallen Haarlem will also present solo exhibitions by Charles Atlas and Hamid el Kanbouhi.

More info at www.dehallen.nl

Grote Markt 16, Haarlem

The Netherlands

T +31 (0)23 511 5775

Open Tuesday-Saturday 11.00 - 17.00

Sundays and bank holidays 12.00 - 17.00

Mystery Show in NYC

Artprojx Cinema & AV-arkki, The Distribution Centre For Finnish Media Art presents :
“Mystery Show” - featuring Four Finnish Artists:

Liisa Lounila, Erkka Nissinen, Pilvi Takala, Timo Vaittinen

Saturday March 10 at 7pm and 8pm.

Program lasts 45 minutes (played twice). With a tasty reception and meet the artists.
Supported by the Consulate General of Finland in New York, The Finnish Cultural Institute in New York and The Finnish Cultural Foundation.

at

SVA Theatre: 333 West 23rd Street (between 8th and 9th Avenues), New York, NY 10011.

More details and event information:

ARTPROJX www.artprojx.com

and www.av-arkki.fi

"The Ungovernables" in New York Times

review in this link

"The Ungovernables" New Museum Triennial

Second New Museum Generational Triennial
"The Ungovernables" will open to the public February 15,
Exhibition Features Thirty-Four Artists, Groups, and Temporary Collectives

New Museum
235 Bowery
Hours:
Wed–Sun 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(Thurs 7–9 p.m. Free Admission)

newmuseum.org

The 2012 New Museum Triennial is the only recurring exhibition in the United States devoted to presenting young artists from around the globe. Opening to the public on February 15, the Triennial will feature thirty-four artists, artist groups, and temporary collectives, born between the mid-1970s and mid-1980s, many of whom have never before exhibited in the US. This second New Museum Triennial, titled"The Ungovernables," is curated by Eungie Joo, Keith Haring Director and Curator of Education and Public Programs, with Ryan Inouye, Curatorial Assistant. The exhibition will be on view throughout the entire Museum until April 22, 2012. For a full list of participants visit: newmuseum.org/ungovernables.