{"id":1843,"date":"2021-08-17T13:16:50","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T10:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.espoonkuvataiteilijat.fi\/?post_type=nayttelyt&#038;p=1843"},"modified":"2021-08-17T17:10:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T14:10:53","slug":"anna-leena-vilhunen","status":"publish","type":"nayttelyt","link":"https:\/\/www.espoonkuvataiteilijat.fi\/en\/nayttelyt\/anna-leena-vilhunen\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna-Leena Vilhunen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Machines and People<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Like the excavators in her paintings, Anna-Leena Vilhunen digs deep into her memories and perceptions to create her art. Her expressive and vibrant works combine themes of parenthood, play and danger with various machines \u2013 such as asphalt milling machines, snow ploughs, lorries and baby prams \u2013 in a highly enigmatic way. By painting the unearthed material, Vilhunen not only modifies her surroundings but also surrenders to an unpredictable interaction with her audience. Layer by layer, she seeks to make room for the less obvious and, in doing so, to reach deeper into \u201can incandescent reality\u201d.<br><em>Jussi A. Saarinen, a philosopher interested in artistic creativity and painters\u2019 experiences of painting.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Visual artist and painter Anna-Leena Vilhunen lives and works in Helsinki. She graduated with BA(hons) in Fine Art from the Finnish Academy of Fine Art in 1990 and with MFA in 2002. Vilhunen has been active with many private exhibitions since 1992 and has participated in numerous group exhibitions, e.g. organized by Finnish Painters\u2019 Union. She has works in the State Art Deposit Collection, Helsinki Art Museum and in many private collections. Vilhunen is a member of Finnish Painters\u2019 Union and Helsinki Artist Association.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Artwork above: Anna-Leena Vilhunen, The White Asphalt Milling Machine, oil paint on canvas, 150 x 160 cm, 2021, photo: Noomi Ljungdell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anna-leenavilhunen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.anna-leenavilhunen.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/visualartist_annaleenavilhunen\/\">#visualartist_annaleenavilhunen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espoonkuvataiteilijat.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Vilhunen_CV.pdf\">Anna-Leena Vilhunen, CV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espoonkuvataiteilijat.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Vilhunen_Haastattelu_Dialogi_Fin_Eng_short-1.pdf\">Machines and People\u200a\u2013\u200aDialogue<\/a><br>Visual artist Anna-Leena Vilhunen (answers) and Jussi A. Saarinen (questions).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1845,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-1843","nayttelyt","type-nayttelyt","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Anna-Leena Vilhunen - Espoon Kuvataiteilijat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espoonkuvataiteilijat.fi\/en\/nayttelyt\/anna-leena-vilhunen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Anna-Leena Vilhunen - Espoon Kuvataiteilijat\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Machines and People Like the excavators in her paintings, Anna-Leena Vilhunen digs deep into her memories and perceptions to create her art. 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