The Retretti Art Centre 2011 Summer Exhibitions

Riitta Konttinen: Taiteilijapareja / [Artist Couples]. 191 pages. Illustrated. 26 cm. Hard cover. ISBN 9511109642 kovakantinen. Helsinki: Otava, 1991. The stunning, pioneering, magisterial work inspired Retretti's main 2011 exhibitions. Cover art: Albert Edelfelt: Ville Vallgren (1855-1940) and Antoinette Vallgren née Råström (1858-1911). Ville is creating a clay sketch for his sculpture Kaiku. Pastel on canvas. 114 cm x 138 cm. 1886. Göteborgs konstmuseum. Wikimedia Commons: Ville and Antoinette Vallgren by Edelfelt.

The Retretti Summer Exhibitions, Punkaharju, 1 June - 28 August, 2011:

1. Married to an Artist - paintings, drawings, sculptures
2. Tove Jansson & Tuulikki Pietilä - paintings, illustrations, cartoons, etchings
3. Carl Barks' Duckburg - oil paintings, cartoon drawings and paintings
4. Heli Ryhänen & Matti Kalkamo - sculptures, installations (bronze, aluminium, reinforced plastic and fabric)
5. Merja Pirilä & Petri Nuutinen - photographs
6. Art Glass from the Kyösti Kakkonen Collection: Sun Bottle, Water Lily, and Harlequin by Helena Tynell, Aimo Okkolin, and Nanny Still
7. Children's Workshop: Africa - making masks, workshop teatre Jewel
8. Punkalive - Karim Rashid's designs
9. Himmelblau Graphic Workshop - Elina Luukkanen, Miina Äkkijyrkkä, Annu Vertanen, Juho Karjalainen, Teija-Tuulia Ahola, Tiina Kivinen, Taru Innanen