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Indepth Arts News: "Olli Lyytikäinen: It’s all yours – pitäkää hyvänä" 2000-09-30 until 2001-01-24 Kiasma, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki Helsinki, , FI
Lyytikäinen’s art is set in a period
of spiritual transition, when the
political 70s-turned into the wild
80s. Internationalisation gathered
momentum and the world of grand
narratives gave way to individuality
and the story of the individual. In
his art, Lyytikäinen is the narrator
of visual tales, depicting little
things and the stories. The titles of
his works play with words and
open up new perspectives into the
images. His art constitutes its own
segment in Finnish contemporary
art, reflecting the spirit of the times
rather than harmonizing up with
the other art of the period.
Lyytikäinen took both high-brow
and low-brow culture with an equal
measure of seriousness, utilising
their imagery, styles and meanings
in his unique manner. His
production does not constitute a
uniform and stylistically coherent
entity; he often chose his means
of expression according to the
subject matter. His observations
are transformed into images in his
virtuoso drawings.
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Art and life entwine in the mythical figure of Olli
Lyytikäinen (1949–87). The self-taught bohemian artist
achieved fame thanks in particular to his watercolours
and skillful drawings. The retrospective It’s all yours –
pitäkää hyvänä offers a wonderful opportunity to
acquaint yourself with the production of this
multi-talented artist.