Mari Rantanen
1.12.2018-19.1.2019
Vernissage on Saturday 1st December the whole day

She has implemented several public works both in Sweden and Finland. Her work can be seen for examle at the subway stations of Odenplan in Stockholm, Sweden and Niittykumpu in Espoo, Finland.
Many different publications have written about her art and she has
been presented in several monographs, exhibitions and contemporary art
collections in Finland, Sweden and for example in the United States.


Odenplan Metro Station, Stockholm, Sweden 2017
When you walk down from the busy City Center in Odenplan, you find, in the middle of the corridor, an opening in the ceiling and a subtle, but notable, change in the acoustics of the space.
The travelers can enjoy the sunset/rise effusing through the patterns of a garden and forms of urban culture formed on the identical walls enclosing the space while walking on a floor patterned on the supple mimicking of the shadows of the trees.

"I want to create a sensation of the warm summer day, using the colors of the finnish summer flowers and the multicultural patterns of
architecture, mathematics and textiles found within the home. Within
this context a different color spectrum is detailed and elaborated on
each side of the platform helping travelers to orientate, as well open
up a space of diverse sensations of the season through the strong
development of patterns and subtle elaboration of tones and colors.With each change the commuter will encounter while walking on the platform
the colors and forms will combine, disperse, become faint and reassert
its vibrant nature. The motion of the traveler in the station becoming a
summer dance of sensual joy as they are moving on."