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novas perspetivas sobre o artesanato contemporâneosiphosa ilitha elitsha kwezobugcisa bale mihlanykyajan käsityötaito uudessa valossa為當代工藝注入新的光芒コンテンポラリークラフトの新たな解釈为当代工艺注入新的光芒casting a new light on contemporary craft현대 공예에 새로운 빛을 던지다un nouveau regard sur l'artisanat contemporainein neues Licht auf das zeitgenössische Handwerk werfenuna nueva visión de la artesanía contemporáneabelyser det samtida hantverket på ett nytt sätt

Marianne Huotari, Finland

Ananasakäämä

2021

Ceramics, metal

570 × 470 × 700 mm

A creative response to Ananasakäämä by Brad Phillips

There was a type of berry, orange, we used to throw at each other after school. Big handfuls, clumps of unknown berries that stained our shirts. When our parents got home the streets were stained with their juice. Years later, way out west, I saw hats in museums, the enormous, gravity-defiant headdresses of people long wiped out. I saw how the games we played then weren’t games. Or they were games we played, unaware of the real rules. I don’t pick berries anymore.

Ceramic and textile artist Marianne Huotari is best known for her delicate ceramic works, which she creates at Arabia Art Department Society in Helsinki, Finland. She has been exhibited around the world with a particular focus on Japan and awarded at several international competitions. Her works can be found in museum collections and as part of public installations.