Here is a copy of the press release from Milan Design Week. My exhibition "The House of Play and Rain" was exhibited along with Aalto University students and researchers. Happily I had my own space inside Circolo Filologico Milanese. I could have not been happier.
"The House of Play and Rain is an exhibition project by designer and artist Hanna-Kaisa Korolainen. Her works are situated on the edge of textile design and fine arts. Currently Korolainen is preparing her artistic research for Aalto University.
Rugs and woven jacquards combine influences from the imaginary Paris of the 1920’s mixed up with the artist’s childhood scenery, Finland in the 1970’s and its bright colours and patterns. Design work is done as much as possible with the hands and as little as possible with the computer. Sketching is the heart of everything; it is the decisive moment of the process. Chosen materials; mohair wools and silks create a comforting and soft texture. Designs are created for use by living people rather than for sitting on the shelf in the shop.
This exhibition is the first one in series of three. Inspiration sources include various artists from French artist Raoul Dufy to German expressionist Emil Nolde. The strongest impact on the exhibition were the 1920’s textile designs by Dufy, his spirit seems to inhabit the exhibition artworks. The House of Play and Rain invites the spectators to observe what is original and what is borrowed."
