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Taisto Martiskainen (1943 - 1982)
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Kiikkujat / Swinging children |
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map | Roihuvuorentie 2, Herttoniemi |
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The `Swinging Children', also known as `School Recess', has a very dramatic background. The commissioning committee demanded changes to it and only when the esteemed sculptor Wäinö Aaltonen intervened, the artist's vision was allowed to become true. The work depicts two girls swinging. Although the figures are stylized, they still follow Classical ideals. Horizontal composition and the swinging motion lend life to the piece. The sculpture is cast in bronze and was unveiled in 1964.
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