Petri Ala-Maunus and Mauno Markkula: Blazing Sky

Separated by half a century, both reach beyond visible reality to create scenes that evoke not a place but a state of mind.

HAM’s new collection space is set to present its art collection, which belongs to all residents of Helsinki, in a more extensive and innovative way. The space is based on the Bäcksbacka collections, whose key artists include Mauno Markkula. In this new exhibition, Markkula’s works from the 1940s and 1950s enter into an interesting dialogue with Petri Ala-Maunus’s paintings from the 2010s and 2020s. The exhibition takes visitors to surreal landscapes amid colour storms.