Rauma Biennale Balticum 2008 Flower Power

14.6. - 21.9. 2008
Rauma Art Museum
Kuninkaankatu 37
26100 Rauma
Finland

The opening of Rauma Biennale Balticum 2008, arranged by the Rauma Art Museum, takes place on the 13th of June. This year Minna Hint, Jasper Zoova and Krista Leesi represent Estonia. It is an overview exhibition of topical contemporary art, which has was expanded to cover the Baltic Sea region in 1985. This year's theme is Flower Power, one slogan of the 1960s. Rauma Biennale Balticum 2008 curators: Janne Koski and Henna Paunu.Artists: Teija-Tuulia Ahola (Finland), Maija Albrecht (Finland), Lise Blomberg Andersen (Denmark), Dogan Dogan (Germany), Hadassah Emmerich (Germany), Alya Esipovich (Russia), Unni Gjertsen (Norway), Tue Greenfort
(Denmark), Teuri Haarla (Finland), Kalle Hamm & Dzamil Kamanger (Finland & Iran), Minna Hint (Estonia), Ieva Iltnere (Latvia), Auste Jurgelionyte (Lithuania), Matti Kallioinen (Sweden), Boris Kazakov (Russia), Jukka Lehtinen & Marko Suomi (Finland), Agnes Meyer-Brandis (Germany), Malgorzata Markiewicz (Poland), Lutz Mommartz (Germany), Björn O.Olsson (Sweden), Satu-Minna Suorajärvi (Finland), Aija Zarina (Latvia), Jasper
Zoova (Estonia).

Design Extras: Coffee Bar/Tom Gustafsson (Finland), Graphics/Sanna Paananen (Finland), Play Time/Krista Leesi (Estonia) and special programme during opening evening (Kallionia/Sweden,Pep-See/Russia), traditional Rauma Lace Week (Frida Berntsson, Mimi and the Dancing Bear etc.) and Blue Sea Film Festival

The official patron of the Rauma Biennale Balticum 2008 is Mr Stefan Wallin, Finland's Minister of Culture.

More: http://www.raumantaidemuseo.fi/rbb08/rbb_08_eng.htm