| THE FINNISH COMICS SOCIETY HANNARIINA MOISSEINEN POLINA PETRUSHINA GALA MARINA Incidents Comics 31.8. - 18.9.2011 Gallery Jangva The exhibition by Hanneriina Moisseinen, Polina Petrushina and Gala Marina is part of the programme of the 26th Helsinki Comics Festival. All three artists are interested in extending the means of comics storytelling by using textile art. This is a new, yet age old method of weaving narratives together. HANNERIINA MOISSEINEN "The textile materials in my works refer to undefined past times, elements of which are repeated in the present and future. At that time, one could weave their whole life story into a single image. Hand-sewn pictures somehow halt the story for a moment. They also absorb in themselves much more straightforward emotions than rapidly drawn images – one might need to stop and think for a moment longer." Hanneriina Moisseinen (b. 1978 in Joensuu) is a comics artist with a visual artist's education. She has committed her lif to seeing and experiencing beauty. Besides making comics, Moisseinen draws, paints, works on sculpture and installation, sings and travels. POLINA PETRUSHINA & GALA MARINA Polina Petrushina has worked on textile art and children's books together with her mother, Gala Marina. The works exhibited here have been created in collaboration, based on the scripts by Petrushina. The artists are fascinated by the use of textile as an experimental means of storytelling, as well as by being part of a female tradition of handicraft. Polina Petrushina (b. 1985, Moscow) is a comics artist and illustrator living in Strasbourg, France. She names Daniil Haarms as an inspiration, and has, besides here own surrealistic stories, adapted Haarms' stories into comics. A rich Russian tradition of illustration is present in Petrushina's works. A collection Isä ja minä (Sarjakuvakeskus, 2011) was recently published in Finnish. Gala Marina (b. 1954) is a Moscow-education artist residing in Paris. Through the years, she has worked on ceramics and painting as well as textiles and has been exhibited internationally.
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