Jenny Grönholm
Past Plans
29.4.-22.5.2022
Our house, which also includes my studio, was sold to us with furniture and other items still in it. The previous resident did not take much with them. All the furniture, dishes, clothes, books, collections, mementos, letters, photographs and even cars from the past decades were left there. As we moved in, we carried out the previous life of the house and brought in our own lives.
When I removed an old non-functional clock from the wall, it suddenly started to work again. I left it on the wall. I burned most of the books in the fireplace, but I also came across a little short story booklet “Menneisyys suunnitelmat” (“Past plans”) that had been placed inside a history book.
The remaining items eventually blended in with our own items. The same happens to memories. They get mixed up with each other and, in the end, our minds are filled with obscure, disconnected and often irrelevant haunting situations. For this exhibition, I have worked on memories, past plans and flashes.
Jenny Grönholm (b. 1988) is a visual artist based in Estonia. She mainly works with painting. She earned her master’s degree at the Estonian Academy of Arts in 2018. She has had solo exhibitions in Estonia and participated in joint exhibitions in Finland. The exhibition at Galleria Huuto is her first solo exhibition in Finland. Grönholm mainly works with public art. Her works are included in the Estonian state collections.
The exhibition has been created with the support of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and a Covid-19 grant from the Arts Promotion Centre Finland.
