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Eino Ruutsalo1969
Eino Ruutsalo in 1969. Detail. Photo: Exhibition Archives of Amos Anderson Art Museum / Amos Rex.
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Eino Ruutsalo
Eagle1962
Eino Ruutsalo: Eagle (1962). Detail from the film. Finnish National Gallery / Ateneum Art Museum.
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Eino Ruutsalo
kinetic light piece Nova 21970
Eino Ruutsalo: kinetic light piece Nova 2 (1970). Finnish National Gallery / Ateneum Art Museum. Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Hannu Pakarinen.
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Eino Ruutsalo
Red 6071967
Eino Ruutsalo: Red 607 (1967). Finnish National Gallery / Ateneum Art Museum. Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Hannu Pakarinen.
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Eino Ruutsalo
Kinetic Poem1967
Eino Ruutsalo: Kinetic Poem (1967). Private collection. Kuva: Kansallisgalleria / Hannu Pakarinen.
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Eino Ruutsalo
Box 5041967
Eino Ruutsalo: Box 504 (1967). Finnish National Gallery / Ateneum Art Museum. Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Hannu Pakarinen.
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Eino Ruutsalo
Kinetic Pictures1962
Eino Ruutsalo: Kinetic Pictures (1962). Detail from the film. Finnish National Gallery / Ateneum Art Museum.
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Eino Ruutsalo
Kinetic Pictures1962
Eino Ruutsalo: Kinetic Pictures (1962). Detail from the film. Finnish National Gallery / Ateneum Art Museum.
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Exhibition Eino Ruutsalo’s experimental 1960s at the Fokus GalleryPhoto: Finnish National Gallery / Hannu Pakarinen.
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Exhibition Eino Ruutsalo’s experimental 1960s at the Fokus GalleryPhoto: Finnish National Gallery / Hannu Pakarinen.
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Exhibition Eino Ruutsalo’s experimental 1960s at the Fokus GalleryPhoto: Finnish National Gallery / Hannu Pakarinen.
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Exhibition Eino Ruutsalo’s experimental 1960s at the Fokus GalleryPhoto: Finnish National Gallery / Hannu Pakarinen.
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Exhibition Eino Ruutsalo’s experimental 1960s at the Fokus Gallery.On the left Flora (1969), on the right Nova 2 (1970). Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Hannu Pakarinen.
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Exhibition Eino Ruutsalo’s experimental 1960s at the Fokus GalleryOn the left Multicosmos (1968), on the right Colorado 2 and 3 (1970). Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Hannu Pakarinen.
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Exhibition Eino Ruutsalo’s experimental 1960s at the Fokus GalleryColorado 2 and 3 (1970). Lahti Museum of Visual Arts Malva. Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Hannu Pakarinen.
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Exhibition Eino Ruutsalo’s experimental 1960s at the Fokus GalleryLight Eye (1968). Mikkeli Art Museum. Photo: Finnish National Gallery / Hannu Pakarinen.
Fokus Gallery: Eino Ruutsalo’s Experimental 1960s
14.9.2021–27.3.2022
Visual artist and filmmaker Eino Ruutsalo (1921–2001) was one of Finland’s leading experimental artists in the 1960s. He often created his works in collaboration with musicians, poets and dancers. Ruutsalo’s film Kinetic Pictures (1962) won international praise and earned him the reputation of a pioneer in Finnish experimental cinema. This single-gallery exhibition celebrates the centenary of the artist’s birth.
