Welcome to the final days of Rock-Finlandia exhibition!
We are closing the exhibition with a panel discussion on portrait photography on Saturday the 7th of May at 3PM. Join us and Jouko Lehtola’s teacher and friend Stefan Bremer and business partner Pentti Hokkanen for an interesting discussion on what makes a great portrait photographer.
Saturday 7.5. 3-5PM. Welcome!
*** Jouko Lehtola (1963–2010) was celebrated as a photographer especially for his series of photographs depicting young people and youth culture, as well as social issues. Lehtola first gained a reputation as a magazine photographer, and today his name is associated with the biggest stars of Finnish rock. “Jönssi” became a trusted photographer of the artists, and his art can be admired in hundreds of album covers and artist and band images.
Rock-Finlandia exhibition features Lehtola’s iconic rock photographs and is based on the new book Rock-Finlandia.
Kalle Ahola, known as the singer of Don Huonot, has interviewed artists appearing in the pictures in the Rock-Finlandia book, such as Ville Valo, Maija Vilkkumaa, Teemu Brunila, Jonna Tervomaa, Sielun Veljet, Amorphis and Kolmas Nainen. Journalist Ville Hartikainen has written the interviews as articles. The interviews tell the stories of the rise of Finnish rock music both domestically and internationally.
The title of the book, Rock-Finlandia, refers to the art photography book Jouko Lehtola’s Finlandia (2004), whose images crystallize something essential about Finnishness. Lehtola’s documentary paintings of Finnish youth were of an international standard and gained widespread worldwide attention in the 1990s.
“This book is a tribute to Jouko Lehtola. His passion for rock music was seen, smelled and tasted in his photographs. The images were not overlooked. They have not been forgotten.” – Kalle Ahola
Glasshouse Helsinki gallery is a place for art, design, new ideas, thoughts and innovations.
Glasshouse Helsinki gallery Aleksanterinkatu 13, 1st floor, 00100 Helsinki
This year, the main events Helsinki Design Week 2021 will take place at Glasshouse Helsinki Aleksanterinkatu location taking over the second, third and fourth floors.
Ismo Hölttö – Goldsmith of Finnish photography exhibition features Hölttö’s celebrated photos from the 1960s. The iconic Helsinki photos together with powerful portraits taken in the Finnish countryside capture the essence of the social transition and evolution of the 1960s. These images embody the spirit of a nation on the threshold of inevitable change that altered the face of many countries throughout the 19th and 20th centuries: post-war melancholia and sorrowful nostalgia at the loss of agrarian lifestyle, tempered with the optimistic hope of a people transitioning to an urban society.
Presenting Julia Lohmann‘s Japanese sea monster Hidako Ohmu, Megan McGlynn‘s Geo-clouds, Kostas Murkundis‘ dress installation and a 3D animation by IC-98
Jouko Lehtola: Rock-Finlandia 27.4.–7.5.
Jouko Lehtola – Rock-Finlandia
Exhibition 27.4.–7.5.
Welcome to the final days of Rock-Finlandia exhibition!
We are closing the exhibition with a panel discussion on portrait photography on Saturday the 7th of May at 3PM. Join us and Jouko Lehtola’s teacher and friend Stefan Bremer and business partner Pentti Hokkanen for an interesting discussion on what makes a great portrait photographer.
Saturday 7.5. 3-5PM.
Welcome!
***
Jouko Lehtola (1963–2010) was celebrated as a photographer especially for his series of photographs depicting young people and youth culture, as well as social issues. Lehtola first gained a reputation as a magazine photographer, and today his name is associated with the biggest stars of Finnish rock. “Jönssi” became a trusted photographer of the artists, and his art can be admired in hundreds of album covers and artist and band images.
Rock-Finlandia exhibition features Lehtola’s iconic rock photographs and is based on the new book Rock-Finlandia.
Kalle Ahola, known as the singer of Don Huonot, has interviewed artists appearing in the pictures in the Rock-Finlandia book, such as Ville Valo, Maija Vilkkumaa, Teemu Brunila, Jonna Tervomaa, Sielun Veljet, Amorphis and Kolmas Nainen. Journalist Ville Hartikainen has written the interviews as articles. The interviews tell the stories of the rise of Finnish rock music both domestically and internationally.
The title of the book, Rock-Finlandia, refers to the art photography book Jouko Lehtola’s Finlandia (2004), whose images crystallize something essential about Finnishness. Lehtola’s documentary paintings of Finnish youth were of an international standard and gained widespread worldwide attention in the 1990s.
“This book is a tribute to Jouko Lehtola. His passion for rock music was seen, smelled and tasted in his photographs. The images were not overlooked. They have not been forgotten.” – Kalle Ahola
Glasshouse Helsinki gallery is a place for art, design, new ideas, thoughts and innovations.
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