In the early 90s, Henry Grahn Hermunen evaluated how to explain complex connected structures in the most primary minimalistic way, relating only two symbols, the circle and square. Add movement and spin to these symbols, and they become/are equivalent; at the same time, they are opposite, representing (+) and (-). This binary system might be extended with another dimension to become a sphere and a cube, also in movement. A metaphor for a possible extensive language, with no limits.
Come 2023 and Grahn Hermunen is joined by Swedish poet and writer Rikard Larsson. Coming from a different background, Larsson brought new layers to the forms of circles and squares: text, words, and syllables, and a sense of mistrust regarding perception. The resulting appeal urges you to question what you know, to expect what is not expected, and thus connect to that which was previously unconnectable.
Henry Grahn Hermunen and Rikard Larsson
International open call artist / Finland/Helsinki | Sweden/Stockholm
Henry Grahn Hermunen
Contemporary Artist researching and operating intentionally through various methods. He received a master’s degree in art after studying at The Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden and The Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland. Taking a poetic approach to environmental ecology, he has undertaken socio-political projects nationally and internationally since 1992. He makes work about and studies the division of body and soul—life after life . One example of this is his images in several transparent sequences/layers
Important exhibitions connected to the Tokyo Biennale include: “Center Is Everywhere” at The Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Art Museum in Turku, Finland, and “In The Meanwhile Garden” at the WAM Turku City Art Museum, Finland.
Kick me Gently was shown as part of the art installation Water Table in a Renaissance Garden shown at The Art Pavilion in London, UK, and later at The State Hermitage Museum and The Experimental Art Biennale at the Main Exhibition Hall of St. Petersburg, Russia.
Rikard Larsson
Swedish poet and writer with an inclination for the odd and unexpected in a philosophical sense. During 2023, he has teamed up with contemporary Finnish/Swedish artist Henry Grahn Hermunen for the ongoing art-project “Perspectives Lyriques.”
Henry Grahn Hermunen and Rikard Larsson have been friends for 30 years and wanted to celebrate that through this artwork. They integrated Japanese, English, Finnish, French, Latin and the Swedish languages with Braille in a squarish form. The “particle” dots are not a coincidence, and they suggest Braille to be the universal way to write for us all until we can connect in other necessary ways.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Grahn_Hermunen
Contemporary Artist researching and operating intentionally through various methods. He received a master’s degree in art after studying at The Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden and The Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland. Taking a poetic approach to environmental ecology, he has undertaken socio-political projects nationally and internationally since 1992. He makes work about and studies the division of body and soul—life after life . One example of this is his images in several transparent sequences/layers
Important exhibitions connected to the Tokyo Biennale include: “Center Is Everywhere” at The Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Art Museum in Turku, Finland, and “In The Meanwhile Garden” at the WAM Turku City Art Museum, Finland.
Kick me Gently was shown as part of the art installation Water Table in a Renaissance Garden shown at The Art Pavilion in London, UK, and later at The State Hermitage Museum and The Experimental Art Biennale at the Main Exhibition Hall of St. Petersburg, Russia.
Rikard Larsson
Swedish poet and writer with an inclination for the odd and unexpected in a philosophical sense. During 2023, he has teamed up with contemporary Finnish/Swedish artist Henry Grahn Hermunen for the ongoing art-project “Perspectives Lyriques.”
Henry Grahn Hermunen and Rikard Larsson have been friends for 30 years and wanted to celebrate that through this artwork. They integrated Japanese, English, Finnish, French, Latin and the Swedish languages with Braille in a squarish form. The “particle” dots are not a coincidence, and they suggest Braille to be the universal way to write for us all until we can connect in other necessary ways.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Grahn_Hermunen
Henry Grahn Hermunen and Rikard Larsson
International open call artist / Finland/Helsinki | Sweden/Stockholm
Henry Grahn Hermunen and Rikard Larsson have been friends for 30 years and wanted to celebrate that through this artwork. They integrated Japanese, English, Finnish, French, Latin and the Swedish languages with Braille in a squarish form. The “particle” dots are not a coincidence, and they suggest Braille to be the universal way to write for us all until we can connect in other necessary ways.
Henry Grahn Hermunen
Contemporary Artist researching and operating intentionally through various methods. He received a master’s degree in art after studying at The Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden and The Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland. Taking a poetic approach to environmental ecology, he has undertaken socio-political projects nationally and internationally since 1992. He makes work about and studies the division of body and soul—life after life . One example of this is his images in several transparent sequences/layers
Important exhibitions connected to the Tokyo Biennale include: “Center Is Everywhere” at The Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Art Museum in Turku, Finland, and “In The Meanwhile Garden” at the WAM Turku City Art Museum, Finland.
Kick me Gently was shown as part of the art installation Water Table in a Renaissance Garden shown at The Art Pavilion in London, UK, and later at The State Hermitage Museum and The Experimental Art Biennale at the Main Exhibition Hall of St. Petersburg, Russia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Grahn_Hermunen
Contemporary Artist researching and operating intentionally through various methods. He received a master’s degree in art after studying at The Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden and The Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland. Taking a poetic approach to environmental ecology, he has undertaken socio-political projects nationally and internationally since 1992. He makes work about and studies the division of body and soul—life after life . One example of this is his images in several transparent sequences/layers
Important exhibitions connected to the Tokyo Biennale include: “Center Is Everywhere” at The Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Art Museum in Turku, Finland, and “In The Meanwhile Garden” at the WAM Turku City Art Museum, Finland.
Kick me Gently was shown as part of the art installation Water Table in a Renaissance Garden shown at The Art Pavilion in London, UK, and later at The State Hermitage Museum and The Experimental Art Biennale at the Main Exhibition Hall of St. Petersburg, Russia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Grahn_Hermunen
Rikard Larsson
Swedish poet and writer with an inclination for the odd and unexpected in a philosophical sense. During 2023, he has teamed up with contemporary Finnish/Swedish artist Henry Grahn Hermunen for the ongoing art-project “Perspectives Lyriques.”
Swedish poet and writer with an inclination for the odd and unexpected in a philosophical sense. During 2023, he has teamed up with contemporary Finnish/Swedish artist Henry Grahn Hermunen for the ongoing art-project “Perspectives Lyriques.”
