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Alpo Jaakola (1929 - 1997)
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Open Arms (stone bench) |
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map | Tamminiementie 6, Meilahti |
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Jaakola belongs to those artists, who became well-known in the 60s as an advocate of the new realist avant-garde. Jaakola’s avant-garde works include, among other things, works built with machine parts. He also is known to have made a series of pioneering abstract works in Finland.
The comical family depicted on the bench beckon passers-by to rest a moment in their arms. The sculpture is granite.
"Open Arms" was put on show for the Helsinki Festival and in 1977 was acquired for the Helsinki City Art Museum collection.
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Visual Artists Association
© Helsinki City Artmuseum
WWW-production: Lasipalatsin Mediakeskus Oy,
Flammable Solutions Oy 2001
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