Antidote 1 -exhibition in Berlin Germany 27.11.2010 -22.1.2011 KATARIINA KATLA Anna-Liisa Kankaanmäki (1985—) and her spouse, Katariina Katla (1983—) are excellent painters with a sick inclination towards kitschy painting styles and perverse humor. They challenge the heteronormative convictions of sexuality and explore reversals of culturally produced gender roles in a way that reminds me of Kathy Acker (1947—1997). In Anna-Liisa's big, ironic painting, Individual Freedom, a group of individuals struggle in a void, anchored only by the gravity of their mortality, and in some kind of sexual pain precisely because of the terrible, undeniable freedom they personify. Katariina's brand new cartoon album, Käytävät/Corridors, an exploration of children's sexuality and/or pedophilic fantasies of coming to age in the style of Georges Bataille (1897—1962), Kalervo Palsa (1947—1987) and the aforementioned Acker.Timo Bredenberg Tristan Chijinyman Lisa Erdman Tristan Hamel Minna Havukainen Miina Hujala Jan Ijäs Henna Inkinen Anna-Liisa Kankaanmäki Katariina Katla Jonna Karanka Jaana Kokko Tommi Lehtovirta Maija Ojanen Kukka Ranta Laura Ukkonen Susanna Vuorio Teemu Mäki w/ Perkele Collective |