Pekka Turunen was born in 1958 and currently lives and works in Kimitoön, Finland. His photographs have been shown widely in Scandinavia and abroad. Recent solo exhibitions include Villa Lande, Kemiö, Söderlångvik Museum, Dragsfjärd (2004), Finnland-Institut, Berlin (2003), Musée de Normandie, Caen (2002) as well as Kunsthaus Boskamp, Hochenlockstedt (2001) and Museum of Photography, Heslinki (1999). He took part in the 11th Sydney Biennale in 1999 and has participated in numerous group exhibitions including “Finlandia 200”, Helsinki Art Museum (2009), “Finlandia”, De Hallen, Haarlem, “Soucasná finská fotografie”, Prague House of Photography (both 2006) and “New Realities, Finsk samtida fotografi”, Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg (2003).
Galerie Nordenhake is pleased to present PEMOHT, an exhibition by Finnish photographers Esko Männikkö and Pekka Turunen. The title takes its' name from a photographic essay realised by the two artists in conjunction over a seven year period between 1989 and 1995. Previously only exhibited in Scandinavia and Russia, this will be the first time this significant series is reassembled and can be seen in its' almost integrality since shortly after its' completion. This will also be the first time both artists will be shown together in a gallery context.
The title PEMOHT refers to the Cyrillic script for the Russian word Remont – a term which can be translated as Reparation and stands as the euphemistic and tragic symbol for the collapse of a country and the subsequent failure of its' in...