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Seppo Tanninen

Seppo Tanninen
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Saatchi Online Gallerywww.seinajoki.fi/taiteilijaseura/taidelainaamosjtann@gmail.com

Basic information

b. 1948, Alavus
Residence: Seinäjoki

Contact information

Phone number: +358504631348
Email: sjtann@gmail.com

Artist's Statement

A MORNING OVER THE ROOFS

A deserted gallery
in the afternoon's burning light,
row of empty glasses on a table,
a bunch of flowers and
muted paintings on strange walls.
Darkness falls into
a narrow street abyss just before
the streetlights start to shine
and the ragged shadows
cover the square.
A breeze enters
through high windows,
the smell of a city,
the sounds of cars and heels
as the gallery fills with
people and their voices.
Just a moment ago
there was a despaired silence,
nowhere to escape
but a single lamp over plaza
and the lonely tree under
its bow of yellow light.
The eternal hum
of Grand Via expands
deafening riot of shouts,
sirens, street music and the
never-ending noises of the traffic.
It reflects from walls
higher and higher and rushes
into a small attic room through
the wide open balcony door.
Ghost lights are flaming
on windows, a blood-red loom
of the extinguished sun paints
the sky like a crazy expressionist.
The night is conquered
by mythic aliens and when
the dawn comes the odd figures
are still riding furiously
over the roofs.

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Works from the artist

Name of the work: Oblivion
Oblivion
Name of the work: Causa Sui
Causa Sui
Name of the work: Nimbus (Yellow Cloud)
Nimbus (Yellow Cloud)
Name of the work: Apeiron
Apeiron
Name of the work: Pale Fire
Pale Fire
Name of the work: Sivas
Sivas
Name of the work: Last Year at Charlottenlund I
Last Year at Charlottenlund I
Name of the work: Last Year at Charlottenlund II
Last Year at Charlottenlund II
Name of the work: Rosenborg Park
Rosenborg Park
Name of the work: Madrid
Madrid
Name of the work: Lumen naturalis
Lumen naturalis
Name of the work: Aeroporto di Firenze
Aeroporto di Firenze

Bio

Painter, Writer, Critic
Born 9.6.1948, Alavus
Artistic debut: Helsinki 1968

RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

”Gothenburg Series”, Seinäjoki 2001.
”Essential Objects”, Vaasa 2003.
”Cool Setting”, Helsinki, 2004.
”Painted World”, Seinäjoki, 2006.
”Mundo Pintado”, Madrid, 2006.
”Painted World – Orbis Pictus”, Helsinki 2008.
”Return”, Seinäjoki 2011.

RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

”Orbis Pictus – Scandinavian Art”, Silkeborg 2002.
”Storm og Stille”, Munkaljungby 2003.
"Selection of Finalists", Lexmark European Art Prize, London 2003.
"Friends of Iceland", International Exhibition Touring in Iceland 2002-2004.
”7 Künstler aus Finnland”, Hamburg 2004.
”Art from Finland”, Budapest 2005.
”Festival de Arte Finlandia”, Porto 2007.
”From My Studio”, Lapua 2007.
”Vanishing Horizon”, Joensuu 2007, Seinäjoki 2007.
”Hidden Horizon”, Jyväskylä, 2008.
”Oldenboys”, Vaasa 2008.
”PLAY”, Salo 2009–2010.

PUBLICATIONS

Poems, Anthology Vuosirengas, WSOY 1976
Krunoja, Visual Poems, WSOY 1976
Italy Diary, Travel Poems, Kalenteri 84, Weilin & Göös 1983
Ariel, Poems, NAB 2003
Korpus, Poems, NAB 2005.
Paluu, Poems & Photographics, NAB 2011
Articles and Art Critics 1977-2011

Tellervo Lahti - Seppo J. Tanninen:
ME – WE, Seinäjoen Taiteilijaseura 40' , Exhibition Book, STS, 2000.
Alpo Keturi, Tärkeintä on olla maalari, Artist's Biography, STY, 2005.

Juha Ilvas - Tellervo Lahti - Tuukka Tanninen - Seppo J. Tanninen:
Seppo-Juhannus Tanninen – Maalattu maailma – Painted World, NAB, 2009.

BLOGSITE
seppo-zen-selallaan.blogspot.com
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