Everything is ephemeral at Erkkola's summer exhibition
Haihtuvaista (Transient) is a joint exhibition by three artists, Emmi Kallio, Katja Tukiainen and Kirsti Tuoko, which examines the transience of life and the impermanence of everything. The theme of the exhibition, which opens in Erkkola on 10 June, deals with the diversity of transience: whether it be the tragic approach of the end, melancholy or a deep understanding and respect for the fleeting nature of life. The exhibition highlights the cyclical dialogue between joy, sorrow and the thirst for life.
The artist trio Kallio, Tukiainen and Tuokko each offer their own perspective on the beauty and fragility of life, celebrating moments and their uniqueness. Their works invite the viewer to pause for a moment and reflect on how time and emotions shape our experiences, and how everything that is beautiful is also fleeting.
Cry, girl!
Emmi Kallio’s expressive paintings, such as Cry, Girl! and Road to the Heart, penetrate skin and flesh, taking the viewer deep into the world of emotions. Her works are colourful and full of exuberant vitality, but at the same time they reflect the fleeting nature of emotions and moments and the impossibility of grasping them. Kallio’s works are like a wistful gaze into the past and the future – something that can never be fully attained.
The horror and beauty of impermanence
Katja Tukiainen’s body of work emphasises a poetic and fairy-tale-like approach to the finiteness of life. Her colourful paintings, often in shades of pink, are playful and at the same time invite reflection on the end of life.
Tukiainen’s sculpture, reminiscent of a Mexican sugar skull, invites the viewer to delve deeper into the theme of death – literally to push their head inside the carnivalesque sculpture and look out at death from within. This combination of joy and melancholy reminds us of the fragility of moments and how the pleasures of life and art are bound to time.
In Tukiainen’s paintings, the impermanence of our lives is reflected in thin soap bubbles that float for a moment as a source of joy. As a little girl, Tukiainen tried to freeze soap bubbles to preserve their beauty.
Ageing is not for the faint-hearted
Kirsti Tuokko’s paintings deal with transience, particularly through fashion and performance. She explores the constant change in fashion and the associated experience of transience, which is accompanied by despair and guilt about following it. Tuokko also reflects on ageing and the new dimensions it brings to life – a future adventure that is not for the faint-hearted. Her works reveal self-observation and reflection, in which the viewer also reflects on their own being, perhaps feeling uncertainty but also curiosity about what the future will bring.
Volatile – Emmi Kallio, Katja Tukiainen & Kirsti Tuokko
10 June–31 August 2025
Erkkola
Rantatie 25, Tuusula
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Open
10 June–31 August, Tuesday–Sunday 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Admission
fees €8/€6/€0 Free
with Museum Card and Kaiku Card
Further information
Minna Tuominen
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