Photo: Eero Aarnio’s Pastels in front of Marianna Uutinen’s painting Love.

Finnish art galleries and designers made a joint appereance at the ArtParis + Guests 2010 Art Fair. In addition to art galleries, the fair also included platforms of six geographical and cultural regions.

The theme of the Finnish exhibiton was "Stressed Beauty", which addressed the changing concepts of beauty through the works of 18 contmeporary artists and 11 designers. The curator of the Finnish exhibition was Leevi Haapala from the Museum of Contemproary Art Kiasma. The design objects were selected by industrial designer Antti Siltavuori and the exhibition design was by interior architect Ben af Schulten.

Galleries:

Galerie Anhava, Galerie Forsblom, Galleria Heino, Galleria Huuto, Valokuvagalleria Hippolyte, Gallery Kalhama & Piippo Contemporary, MUU Galleria, Galleria Sculptor

Artists:

Adel Abidin, HC Berg, Carolus Enckell, Saara Ekström, Anssi Kasitonni, Mikko Kuorinki, Liisa Lounila, Sami Lukkarinen, Pekka Niittyvirta, Pink Twins, Riikka Puronen, Harri Pälviranta , Vesa-Pekka Rannikko, Annika Rauhala, Kim Simonsson, Marianna Uutinen, Ea Vasko ja  Marko Vuokola.

Designers:

Yrjö Kukkapuro, Mikko Paakkanen, Timo Salli, Kristina Riska, Kati Tuominen-Niittylä, Simo Heikkilä, Kari Virtanen, Eero Aarnio, Shigeru Ban, Harri Koskinen ja Ilkka Suppanen.