Anna Estarriola
RELATED TO GLORY
Galleria Huuto Jätkäsaari
14.2.-1.3.2015
Humans search ways to reach some kind of renown, praise, honor and immortality, through their physical and intellectual achievements. The affection for glory can be strong, and in order to obtain it, many can undertake tasks with great effort, risk and sacrifice.
This exhibition of media installations includes visionary contemplations, and speculations on how some divine things could work, in both hyper realistic and altered proportions. The installations reflect on how intimate and universal topics are perceived and categorized, on mankind’s desires to embrace and conduct reality, as well as on one’s limited power and helplessness.
As a collection of short stories, Related to Glory is composed by a set of self contained scenes, which wonder and react to timeless concerns such as the search for ultimate meaning, the pursuit of gratification, the sense of curiosity, the inevitability of isolation and the inescapability of death.
Anna Estarriola was born in Catalonia, and has lived and worked in Helsinki since 2004. She has a Master of Fine Arts degrees from both the University of Barcelona, sculpture department (2004) and the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Time and Space department (2009). In addition, she has done studies on contemporary dance. The themes of her work often revolve around perception, individual and communal behavior and communication. Her work has been showed in galleries and theaters, both in Finland and abroad.
The exhibition has been kindly supported by The Arts Promotion Centre Finland, The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Helsinki City and Frame.
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