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Dork Park Memory exhibition at Kyl\u00e4pirtti in Heinola<\/h1>
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”With my art, I try to create an image of the worlds I perceive. My methods are neither precise nor scientific. However, I don’t twist my view on iron wire, but preferably on an iron bar or plate, and even a used one. Usually my work includes humour, irony and farce.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is how Vesa Väänänen (b. 1949), a gardener from Heinola, describes his work in the 25th anniversary publication of the Art Center Haihatus in Joutsa. During his 40-year career as an artist, Väänänen managed to make about 600 works, many of which have been destroyed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Väänänen created an ITE art area in his hometown of Heinola, known as Dork Park<\/a>, most of the works of which have since been moved to the Art Center Haihatus in Joutsa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The village association in Heinola has acquired a small part of Väänänen’s work. The works are on display in the courtyard and café of the village house Kyläpirtti as a memory of the Dork Park that lives on in the minds of ITE art lovers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Text and photos: Päivi Kuisma<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vesa Väänänen’s artist introduction on our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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ADDRESS<\/strong> Vanhatie 34, 18300 Heinola village
OPEN<\/strong> The exhibition, located in the Kyläpirtti park, can be visited at any time of the day during the summer season.
The café at the village hall is open Mon–Fri from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sat from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There are a few of Väänänen’s works in the café.
FURTHER INFORMATION<\/strong> Päivi Kuisma, Communications Officer of the Village Association, tel. +358 40 757 9553<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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