Oskar Partanen
About the artist
Oskar Partanen (b. 1998, Helsinki) works in sculpture and performative sound art.
Exhibitions
BFA Exhibition 2025
12 September – 5 November 2025
Kuva/Tila
About the artwork
One trip make the most of it deals with the finiteness of things. ’’Käy ja kukkuu’’ (“it goes and it coos”) is a Finnish saying about a functioning engine or a healthy entity. The cuckoo is a bird whose song has been used in old folklore as a prediction of death. Nelly Furtado is a singer whose song ’’I’m Like A Bird’’ ends after 4 minutes and 3 seconds.
Endless Drop
1–17 November 2024
Kuva/Tila
On the left: Oskar Partanen, Dressed for success that never comes, 2024. On the right: Oskar Partanen, Drum Solo, 2024. Image: Petri Summanen