The Finnish National Gallery’s virtual exhibition offers a new way to experience the works of Hugo Simberg
The Finnish National Gallery’s virtual exhibition, being launched in October 2023, takes the viewer deeper into the imaginary world of Hugo Simberg. This year marks the 150th anniversary of Simberg’s birth. This unique exhibition includes Simberg’s light-sensitive, gouache on paper works that would be difficult to exhibit traditionally.
The works on display were created in the late 1890s when Simberg was at the start of his artist journey, studying in Ruovesi under Akseli Gallen-Kallela and travelling to London, Paris and Italy. The exhibition includes Simberg’s most beloved works from the collections of the Finnish National Gallery, such as Kuoleman puutarha (The Garden of Death, 1896) and Halla (Frost, 1895). The exhibition was curated by Marja Lahelma, PhD.
For the Finnish National Gallery, the exhibition is an important step in experimenting with how artworks from the collection can be exhibited to the public in new ways in the future. A virtual environment allows for examining the details in small original works in an enlarged size and without many of the physical world’s limitations. Simberg’s original gouache works can only be exhibited for brief periods of time. The virtual exhibition allows for studying the works from the comfort of the patron’s living room.
The exhibition is built for the Oculus Meta Quest 2 VR headset, and it has also been used as the basis for a browser-based version for Digimuseo that does not require a VR headset. The world of Hugo Simberg can be explored through VR headset on the Ateneum Art Museum's free admission day December 15, 2023. The exhibition will also be on display at the Pop and Contemporary Art Museum PoCo in Tallinn from November 6 to February 29, 2024. The Finnish National Gallery has partnered with production company Donkey Hotel Ltd and animation studio Talking Animals to implement the exhibition.
Hugo Simberg is one of the most important artists of Finnish symbolism. Myths, fairy tales and the imagination provided Simberg with a new type of art language that allowed expressing complex and complicated thoughts or emotions. The meanings of the artworks, which are in part naive in style, are not reduced to one interpretation; they always contain several overlapping layers and levels.
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Tel:+358 443433999anna.laamanen@kansallisgalleria.fiJohanna EiramoDirector of the Digital National Gallery programmeKansallisgalleria / Digitaalinen Kansallisgalleria -ohjelma
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The Finnish National Gallery comprises three museum units: the Ateneum Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma and the Sinebrychoff Art Museum. The National Gallery is responsible for the State Art Collection, the management of which rests with the National Gallery’s Collections Department. The State Art Commission with its collections is also part of the Finnish National Gallery. www.kansallisgalleria.fi
The Digital National Gallery programme
The Digital National Gallery programme is a platform for new experiences with art. It tests new operational models and service concepts, pilots digitalart adventures and scouts for resulting business opportunities. The programme also investigates what block chain technology can introduce to the art field and how the opportunities that Web 3 provides can be accompanied by activities related to art, culture and museums.
Pop And Contemporary Art Museum
The world's greatest Pop Art stars, such as Warhol, Banksy, Koons, Lichtenstein, Haring, Hirst, Basquiat, Kusama, and many others are represented at the PoCo, Pop and Contemporary Art Museum, in Tallinn. The exhibition, with more than 340 works, covers a total of 1,000 m2 on two floors. The works include those from the heyday of New York pop art to the underground art of the USSR, from the streets of Bristol to today's global digital communes. The works of artists from various eras and places create a fascinating network of references and icons and provide an excellent overview of the diverse world of pop art. Alongside the past and present Pop Art icons, The Next Pop is also part of PoCo's immersive exhibition with a weekly updated selection of top artists who use AI as a tool for co-creation.
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