DEEP END OF THE CABBAGE PATCH – Fanni Maliniemi, Sanni Saarenpää

Deep End of the Cabbage Patch is a love letter from two young artists to the riches that stubbornly and magically sprout even in the midst of poverty. In the exhibition at Galleria Poriginal, the works of Fanni Maliniemi and Sanni Saarenpää meet and engage in a dialogue about the abundance that our human lives, in all their forms, demonstrate. It’s about perspectives that transform everything anew. In the depths of the cabbage patch, treasures and deep wisdom rise from the ground.

Fanni Maliniemi’s works address poverty with warmth. Cauliflower Jewellery is a series of jewelry sculptures proudly featuring the abundant family of cabbages as gemstones. In the video work One Gem Over All, the wide audience gets to see for the first time the royal cabbage necklaces and heirloom cabbages from Queen Elizabeth II’s crown jewel collection. “The paradise of the poor is behind the door of the microcosm. You have to look closely enough to find the infinite wealth,” Maliniemi explains.

In Sanni Saarenpää’s works, which combine text with painting and drawing, various maps and diagrams present the world in many different ways. They are an interpretation of humanity’s ancient need to find patterns, routes, and formulas in life – even some kind of product promise. “When chaos gains structure, it is possible to experience safe familiarity and see navigable paths ahead. My works are reality projections into situations where urgency knows no law or the neighbor’s grass undeniably starts to look greener,” Saarenpää interprets.

Fanni Maliniemi (b. 1989, Helsinki) graduated as a visual artist (BA) from Tampere in 2014 and is currently completing her studies in animation directing at Turku University of Applied Sciences.

Sanni Saarenpää (b. 1990, Helsinki) graduated with a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts at the University of the Arts Helsinki in 2016. She lives and works in Tampere.

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