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Helena Pylkkänen (1945 - )
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Portinvartija / Gate Keeper |
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map | Bank of Finland, yard of the old Security Printing House, Unioninkatu 33, Kruununhaka |
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The Gatekeeper of the of Printing House is a solid and humorous gnome-like stone figure, a guardian of a treasure house. The statue is surrounded by steps leading to it, simultaneously creating an impression of rings in water created by a stone post. The strong vividness and humorous details of the piece group it with Pylkkänen’s animal sculptures, elks and rhinos, and her small pea pieces. Although Gate Keeper is a large-scale commissioned piece, it retains a characteristic typical of Pylkkänen’s miniature sculptures - the integration of fragile and strong. The red granite Gate Keeper is also an installation for which the artist designed a yard plan with paving matching the surface of the piece and its base. The piece was completed in 1981.
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The artist
© Helsinki City Artmuseum
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