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Napa Gallery & Shop blog moves!

2010-11-15T01:20:00.000+02:00

Napa Gallery's shop blog moved to www.napagalleria.wordpress.com
Take a look and please sign in to our new mailing list there! Thank you!

New Kauniste tea towel design by Jenni Rope

2010-10-25T22:15:00.000+03:00

Kauniste has printed a special tea towel for Jenni Rope's painting exhibition opening on October 27th! Limited edition of 50 towels! Available only at Napa Gallery & Shop.
www.kauniste.com

Finland Family Style!

2010-10-21T10:43:00.001+03:00

The latest book from the Japanese publisher Paumes is Finland Family Style! Many beautiful homes from Helsinki designers, artists etc. Available from Napa on friday 22nd Oct!

Proximity Magazine #6 #7

2010-10-07T11:56:00.000+03:00

Proximity is a magazine dedicated to contemporary art and culture.
Our mission is to amplify discourse on local and global art ecologies. We hope to serve as a map of artists, collectives and alternative spaces to commercial galleries, museums and universities as a means of connecting and cultivating sustainable creative communities.

Issue #6 explores the idea of (An)Other Art Worlds. Check here to view the table of contents.
Issue #7 is titled “A Catalog of Strategies. Check out the table of contents here.

WMD fanzine

2010-09-30T14:32:00.000+03:00

The international post-graffiti collective WMD's fanzine (in size A3!) shows the best of the exhibition: Drawings, photos and paintings by more than 20 artists around the world including Honet, Petro, Egs etc. 48 pages in b/w

War of Words

2010-09-24T11:59:00.000+03:00

War of Words available at Napa Gallery & Shop from September 29th!

Jonas Delaborde: Ffor #7

2010-09-17T18:11:00.000+03:00

Jonas Delaborde is a french artist (Paris, 1981) working regularly in Paris and Lyon with his fellow Hendrik Hegray (they edit the nasty & absurd Nazi Knife zine together), Kerozen and Mehdi Hercberg (Shoboshobo) or with the drawing collective Frederic Magazine.
(Published by Nieves)

Ingo Giezendanner: Baku & Back

2010-09-09T11:53:00.000+03:00

Baku & Back
Ingo Giezendanner (Zurich, Switzerland)

"This summer, inspired by a cultural exchange program with the Caucasus, I travelled by land from Zurich to Baku and back. My objective was to document the journey with pen on paper. Though the culture exchange eventually did fail, the experience was intoxicating to my pen and I. The drawings capture the gradual change of scenes from Switzerland through the former Yugoslavian states, Bulgaria, Turkey and Georgia before finally arriving in Azerbaijan (to travel back again just see the book backwards). This is my statement to go out, see the world and avoid airplanes. Take your time and enjoy the view on your train ride."

Ingo Giezendanner alias GRRRR, December '09

Since 1998 Ingo Giezendanner documents his surroundings with pen on paper. He produces zines, murals, books, exhibitions, video clips and maintains a website (GRRRR.net) to create his own world.

New Tatty Devines in the shop!

2010-09-07T09:10:00.010+03:00

Here and There 9

2010-09-06T10:32:00.000+03:00

The theme of the ninth issue of Here and There is HER LIFE. It deals with the various factors that make up the many waves in a woman’s life, such as working, becoming pregnant, giving birth. The colorful stories told by Elein Fleiss, Laetitia Bena, Yurie Nagashima, Miranda July, Midori Araki and Aiko Yamada, reflect each of their lives.

Nakako Hayashi writes: “There are various lives, various moments and various emotions. I wish to capture the ripples of emotion in our daily lives as seeds, right before they turn into fluff and float away. I wish to keep observing what grows from there. I guess this may be what I want to do with Here and There.”

SANPO is a Japanese word meaning walking around without purpose. The second feature SANPO includes writing by two Japanese artists; Kanehito Koganezawa and Shimabuku.

Terhi Ekebom: Voyage

2010-08-15T22:24:00.001+03:00

Terhi Ekebom's new graphic novel Voyage (Napa Books) will be launched at Terhi's exhibition opening at Napa Gallery on wednesday September 1st from 6-8 pm. Welcome!

www.madeinhurry.com/terhi

Tommi Musturi by Le Dernier Cri

2010-08-14T09:00:00.000+03:00

We got a few copies of a super silk screen book by Tommi Musturi, printed by the marseille-based crazy book makers Le Dernier Cri. Huh-uh... come and see it for yourself!

www.tommimusturi.com/
www.lederniercri.org

ARTIST INTERVIEW / Hai Club (Jenny Suhonen, Pauli Tapola, Iiris Kaarlehto)

2010-08-10T12:18:00.009+03:00

How did the Hai Club get started?
Jenny: Me and Iiris are in the same course at Vapaa Taidekoulu, and Pauli was nearly graduated from the same school. One night we were sitting at school, trying to paint, but nothing would come. Then, we just decided to start drawing.

How do you create the collective works? Jenny & Iiris: We all start drawing at the same time. Usually we divide the pallet, and use different color markers and pencils. We draw for some time, then someone says "change", we rotate the paper in either direction and continue the work by drawing on top of one another. When the work is done, we can start a new one.

Are the results sometimes surprising, even to you? Jenny: Quite often, while we draw there aren't really any rules or instructions in mind and change during the process is perfectly acceptable.
Iiris: While working together associations arise which alone could take years to come across. Actually, collective drawing is really a game of association.

Have your works already incurred some sort of recognizable style? Iiris: These works frequently show bugs and people. Often the first to draw shows the bottom of something non-representational or a landscape, and the following artist uses that to create characters or modes.
Jenny: Drawings, which we do together, don't really bear any resemblance to any of our own individual work. In fact, they could have been made by one person. In the gallery people have asked us, who among us has done which drawings.
Iiris: While drawing we easily create a common feeling: if someone has a bad day, while drawing it can have a negative influence on the rest of us.
Jenny: But on the other hand it is often just the opposite: Draw a compelling view, and my bad feeling is forgotten.

What happens to the work after the show? Iiris: The most interesting thing about collective work is the process, so initially we thought that the completed work was not terribly relevant. Surprisingly, people have been excited about them and wanted to buy more work in varying combinations.
Jenny: For the gallery we presented work that showed world of color. Combining these works side by side has borne a fun narrative. It would be great to collect the works into some sort of book.

Hai Club exhibition was held at Napa 21.7.-1.8.2010

Coming up: Iiris Kaarlehto, Jenny Suhonen, Enni Suominen and Riika Saarinen at B-galleria, Turku, 5.2. - 27.2. 2011

Interview: Verna Kuutti
Translation: Edna Nelson

NAPA POP-UP VINTAGE CAFE is open!

2010-08-07T16:26:00.004+03:00

Menu
Cappucino 2EUR
Espresso 1EUR
Pralines 1,30EUR
Box of Pralines 5 EUR

Lots of beautiful Finnish vintage glass, coffee cups and pots and fabrics for sale...

Open only for one month until 28.8.

Chocolate by www.chjoko.com

Napa appears in Wallpaper Helsinki Guide!

2010-08-06T15:57:00.003+03:00

Kauniste kitchen towels

2010-07-22T14:07:00.000+03:00

Kauniste makes beautiful kitchen textiles with prints designed by Matti Pikkujämsä and Leena Kisonen. Handprinted in Finland!

www.kauniste.com

Science Poems by OK Do

2010-07-03T23:56:00.001+03:00

Science Poems book by the Helsinki-based design think tank OK Do explores the borderland between science, art and design.

The book includes e.g. the following stories:

- Interviews with MoMA design curator Paola Antonelli, director of Palais de Tokyo Marc-Olivier Wahler as well as designer duo Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby
- A talk about art with a philosopher of science on the topic of aesthetics of science
- A sci-fi short story by Maria Candia
- Articles about the Science Poems exhibitors
- OK Do's interpretation of natural science from the perspective of art and design
- Many illustrations and photos by emerging artists and designers

Science Poems Launch Party at Napa Gallery on 10th July from 6-8pm! Welcome!

www.ok-do.eu

Free magazines! No Past Today & Kuti 16

2010-06-14T09:56:00.008+03:00

No Past Today is a brand new magazine in English and Finnish tackling the questions and issues that workers in the art and culture field are confronted with in their local and translocal environments. The magazine offers insider and outsider views on current dynamics that affect the culture system as a whole, and daily life in its details. No Past Today is a true science fiction. Supported by HIAP and Goethe-Institut Finnland.

http://windferreira.blogspot.com

KUTI16 / Summer 2010
Featured artists: Sami Aho (FIN), Marie-Pierre Brunel (FRA),
Manuel Gomez Burns (PERU), Roope Eronen (FIN),
Jyrki Heikkinen (FIN), Helmut Kaplan (AUT),
Yong-Deuk Kwon (KOR), Raine Liimakka (FIN),
Milla Paloniemi (FIN), Kari Sihvonen (FIN),
Edda Strobl (AUT), Mikko Torvinen (FIN),
Ville Vuorenmaa (FIN), Amanda Vähämäki (FIN),
Mikko Väyrynen (FIN) & Emelie Östergren (SWE).

http://www.kutikuti.com/

Spesial Nord Art Magazine

2010-06-11T13:17:00.000+03:00

Spesial Nord, art magazine presenting artists from the Nordic countries. The artists in this #2 issue are: Karlotta Blöndal, Laura Wesamaa, Anna Rokka, Andreas Gavell-Mohlin, Viktor Rosdahl, Serina Erfjord, Victor Boullet and Ultra Grön. Editors: Christina Leithe Hansen and Iselin Linstad Hauge.

Graffiti books collection

2010-06-04T15:30:00.005+03:00

We have a nice collection of graffiti books on our shelves now! The New York Street Art Coloring Book, Graffiti Tattoo: Kings On Skin etc. and this big one:

Beyond the Street
The 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art

Definitive book on street art featuring 100 key figures from around the world in their own words and images.

Beyond the Street is comprised of interviews with 100 key players in street and urban art from around the world, each of which is richly illustrated with inspiring images. Its impressive list of participants, as well as the unique diversity of their perspectives, makes the book an authoritative manual on these genres. For the first time, this 400-page tome brings together the direct points of view of leading artists and the most important sales outlets for street art as well as key commentators, collectors, and enthusiasts. Combined, these separate and distinct outlooks create a uniquely authentic collective portrait of street and urban art that is captivating, informative and entertaining.

Urban Interventions (Gestalten)

2010-05-29T12:48:00.002+03:00

Urban Interventions
Personal Projects in Public Spaces

Evolving from graffiti and street art, urban interventions are the next generation of artwork to hit public space. Using any and all of the components that make up urban landscapes, these mostly spatial works bring art to the masses. They turn the street into a studio, laboratory, club, and gallery and challenge us to rediscover our environment and interact with it in new ways. This is the first book to document these very current, personal art projects in a comprehensive way. It shows the growing connections and interplay of this scene with art, architecture, performance, and installation as it turns public spaces into surprising and provoking individual experiences.

EGS T-shirts & bags

2010-05-28T12:06:00.004+03:00

To celebrate the EGS exhibition, Grey Market teamed up with EGS to create a set of collaborative gear. The EGS pack includes a white tee shirt and tote bag featuring black ink EGS piece.

Kotori Kawashima: Mirai-chan

2010-05-28T11:35:00.007+03:00

Tokyo-based artist Kotori Kawashima has made a really cute photo book of her daughter Mirai-Chan. We love it. www.kawashimakotori.com

Adios III

2010-05-27T17:23:00.001+03:00

Edited by Konsta Ojala, Adios is a an artanthology that embraces wild street art, brutal fanzine culture and art as an alternative way of doing, experiencing and living. Artists: Germes, Mark Kuivanen, Janne Martola, Tommi Musturi, Samu Nyholm, Konsta Ojala, Sauli Sirviö, Timo Vaittinen ja Vilunki3000.

New Flipbooks from FLBLB (FR)

2010-05-24T12:11:00.002+03:00

http://www.flblb.com

ARTIST INTERVIEW / Emmi Jormalainen & Reetta Niemensivu

2010-05-19T10:30:00.011+03:00

Name: Emmi  Jormalainen
Age: 30  
I live in: Helsinki  
I work in: Panama Studio in Kallio  
When I grow up I will be: A Cat Lady  
Things I like: bunnies, summer cottages, books
Things, which I do not like: hot weather, beer, evil  
The exhibition soundtrack is: Aksu, Eleanoora Rosenholm, Timo Räisänen   

Describe Reetta's comic book in three words:
 Reetta's album is powerful, beautiful and emotional.   

Continue the sentence: I draw comics, because ...  ... It fascinates me how images and words co-create a story  in the reader's mind.   

Why is it worthwhile to present a comic book at the gallery?  Since cartoon characters also want to get outside from the book.   

How much does the story in this comic book draw from your own experiences?  How were you able to empathize with a child's world?  As a child I moved to a new place, and before I got good friends, I began to write letters. My foreign pen friends always sent cool stickers and photos that were not yet available in Finland. I learned to draw so I could send them images in return.  I think it is easier to look back in life than to write about the present moment.   

What are your sources of inspiration?
The comic books are rarely a source of inspiration when making comic books.  Rather the inspiration comes from, literature, life and the surrounding visual  culture.

  What binds Veera-Anneli and Lempi stories?  Longing for love and acceptance.   

And what unites Reetta and Emmi?  We had been school friends for almost 10 years and drawing,  drawing and drawing.   

Name: Reetta Niemensivu
 Age: 30
 I live in: Lahti
I work: Evenings  
When I grow up I will be: Veterinarian (Reetta 6 years old)  
Things I like: Un-hurried mornings, objects arranged according to color, stories
 Things I don't like: Being in a rush, loud noise, wasps.  
The exhibition soundtrack is: Lonely accordion sounds from the dance pavillion and self recorded worn out c-cassettes.   

Describe Emmi's comic book in three words:  Fluffy, sweet and sad.   

Continue the sentence: I draw comics, because ...  ... Pictures and words can be combined to tell stories that can not be shared in any other way.   

Why is it worthwhile to present a comic book at the gallery?  At the gallery our comic book will get a new kind of reader / viewer. In a bookshop the book could get lost among all the other books.

 How does the story get played out, it seems that the events described and the people are real?  
With storytelling I have set some limits: the reality-based beginning and end. In between I can improvise. The background material helps to provide inspiration and helps so that there is no need to invent everything from scratch.

  What are your sources of inspiration?  My inspiration comes from the process of working with seen, heard and found treasures.

 What's binds Veera-Anneli and Lempi stories?  Both are made with love.   

And what unites Reetta and Emmi?  We both have birthdays in September. Maybe all the connecting factors, and similar items of interest can be explained!

Interview: Verna Kuutti
Translation: Edna Nelson

Toshiyuki's Coffee

2010-05-11T10:37:00.003+03:00

The popular coffee pots by Toshiyuki Fukuda are available again! Kawaii!

Emmi Jormalainen & Reetta Niemensivu

2010-04-28T15:05:00.004+03:00

The debut graphic novels by Emmi & Reetta were published last night at the opening of their exhibition at Napa. Congratulations girls! The books are now available at Napa, check them out.

Furniture Bondage and other rare books

2010-04-27T10:12:00.003+03:00

Melanie Bonajo: Furniture Bondage (Kodoji Press)
In literal (and often hilarious) interpretations of women burdened by housework, Dutch artist Melanie Bonajo photographs nude women whose bodies are so encumbered with household junk that they’re reduced to sculptural supports.

ARTIST INTERVIEW / Toshiyuki Fukuda

2010-04-23T12:42:00.004+03:00

Name: Toshiyuki "Kappa" Fukuda

Age: 43

Occupation: Illustrator

Hometown: Tokyo

I work in: a studio in Tokyo

Things I like: Walking, feeling playful, vintage shops.

Things I do not like: being idle.

Your paintings have an exciting texture: as if they had been made from recycled paper. What technique you have used to create them?
The works are painted with acrylic paint on canvas, on top of which are distributed paper handkerchiefs. Also on top of the painting, is a surface layer which is a handkerchief. Since the chemical varnishes are awfully strong to me, I varnish the surface with instant coffee, or sometimes even soy sauce. Using this varnish the same new painting begins to give an antique impression. Antique goods are my favorite thing, and one of the largest sources of inspiration.

You have illustrated children's book plate covers and ads, created textiles and tableware designed and painted unique works. Do you see yourself more as a designer, illustrator or artist?
I consider myself first and foremost as an illustrator who tries to fulfill client requirements and exceed their expectations. I also like to create unique products and I like exhibitions, but through my products I can bring creativity into the lives of ordinary people - and encourage them to create something of their own. Art and design should not only be a hobby for wealthy individuals.

What does it mean to you to have an exhibition in Finland?
I would never have imagined having an exhibition in Finland. Finland and Finnish design is of enormous interest to the Japanese: in this way it is a bit of an idealized country for us. I think it is great to see how design in Finland is a natural part of people's everyday lives.

Interview: Verna Kuutti
Translation: Edna Nelson

Painting eggs with Toshiyuki

2010-04-05T20:32:00.004+03:00

Thank you for all the painters and visitors on saturday!

Japanese illustration & art books!

2010-03-29T11:33:00.005+03:00

www.misatoban.com
www.himaa.cc
www.asmhtr.com
www.noritake.org
www.shiokawaizumi.com

ARTIST INTERVIEW / Hertta Kiiski

2010-03-23T13:31:00.003+02:00

Name: Hertta Kiiski 
Age: 36
 Lives in: Turku, Finland 
I Work: nearly always when not in school or playing with the daughters
 I think I will grow up to be: a photographer 
Things I like: pastéis de nata, diamonds, wool, Monica Fagerholm, old seaside villas, family and friends 
Things I dislike: routines 
The soundtrack to this exhibition is: Childhood by Beach House & Cemetary Party by Air

What makes Heartta Kiiski panic?  
Just about anything. Horror films, of course, but also swimming pools, which are built underground, bubble arenas, sewers, birds, stuffed animals, sleep walking children.  

How did you decide to work with images of terror?  
There are so many movies that I would like to see, but I know that I can not watch them without being traumatized. For example, Lars von Trier's “Antichrist” attracts me constantly, but I know that I would never get those images out of my head. I saw ”The Shining” by Stanley Kubrick about fifteen years ago, and the bloody hotel room walls and twins in the end of the corridor are still troubling me.

  I am interested with the appeal of horror, such as how small details can create a sense of horror. These pictures were born of the memories created by popular culture. Images with something familiar and something indefinable.  

An infant, hair, or winding bush mycelium in themselves are not anything terribly horrible. Which photographic methods create horror effects?  
I wanted to make images of things that in themselves are not anything awful or scary. I create a framework for these stories in everyday places. The most horrifying is never what we see, but what we don't see. Each story creates its own frightening image in the viewer's mind.  

What kind of horror pictures are you drawn to? Why do we seek to see images that are appalling and disgusting?
  Louise Bourgeois' spiders, Hieronymus Bosch and Caspar David Friedrich's works have something hypnotic in them. Petros Chrisostomou's photos and Jake & Dinos Chapman's figures give me shivers. Hair and things magnified to an unrealistically large scale always resonate!   Beauty quickly becomes boring, but horrors interest tends to be longer. And I guess it works as a cathartic purifying effect.  

The images of your Horreur exhibition have a kind of serenity and cool aesthetics despite the frightening atmosphere. Can you find beauty in the most extreme splatter images?  
Sure, say, Kill Bill is a visually spectacular! But the bloody guts as such do not scare me or touch. Quiet psychological horror is more the unattainable target of my passion. The deranged beauty that has a story to tell.

Interview: Verna Kuutti
Translation: Edna Nelson

Frank Koolen: United Colors of + Faund #5 Dogs

2010-03-19T17:11:00.006+02:00

Dutch artist Frank Koolen's book United Colors of. Designed by Bart de Baets.
www.frankkoolen.com

Faund #5 Dogs, A catalogue of 1000 dog images found on the internet by multiple finders. Only 100 copies edition.
www.faund.net/post/248281815/faunddogs

Heidrun Holzfeind: Mexico 68/CU

2010-03-08T10:51:00.003+02:00

The two-volume book combines two closely related art projects by Heidrun Holzfeind:

Mexico 68 investigates the impact of the ’68 student movement on Mexican society, politics and culture in general, and on the lives of the participants in particular. Conducted almost forty years after the fact, the 18 interviews with activists offer a diverse range of personal accounts, political and social analysis as well as reflections on the events that took place during that mythic year.

CU, Mexico City, August 2006 is a personal portrait of “Ciudad Universitaria”, the National University’s Mexico City campus. The carefully composed shots of exterior and interior views, architectural details, and eerily unpopulated hallways, class rooms and walkways highlight Holzfeind’s interest in aging modernist structures, the conceptualization of the campus as a modern “city” and the use of functionality in the Mexican modernization project.

www.mexico68.net

We have the card machine!

2010-03-03T17:11:00.004+02:00

Finally we take Visa, Mastercard, Electron, all of them! Thanks Edna for posing.

der:die:das:

2010-03-03T09:52:00.001+02:00

der:die:das:
is a brandnew monothematic magazine made in Zurich,
which examines items, objects and various „things“ from everyday life,
trying to get to the bottom of their meaning to newly orchestrate them.
Next to their meaning in everyday life the items will be put in an art- and
design-discourse, in order to reveal the bizzare and the established all at once.
www.derdiedas-magazin.com

ARTIST INTERVIEW / Tuija Markonsalo

2010-02-22T16:46:00.009+02:00

Name: Tuija Markonsalo, "Törky", "Mummo"
Age: 40
Lives in : Helsinki Toukola
I Work: at home
I think I will grow up to be: a gardener, landscape architect, florist, student counselor, teacher, therapist or gallerist
Things I like: cats, kids, grannies, sauerkraut, London
Things I dislike: Reality TV, mosquitoes, crises and setbacks
The soundtrack to this exhibition is: Mrs. Mc Ginty`s Dead by Agatha Christie BBC Audiobooks

Please tell us more about one of the exhibition works:
I have recently had much interest in textile art, and followed the international textile art magazines. In my view, textile art, themes and styles feel sensitive, feminine - and also a bit boring. I wanted to find something new. Being in a new place makes it possible that we may also find entirely new perspectives.

During the time I was an exchange student in London, and often admired in East London Brick Lane for graffiti. I went to the opening of an exhibition there a few years ago and took pictures of the same street graffiti. The topic was then left brewing, and finally at the end came the "No parking" work.

I have acquired on Huuto.Net old, ripped tapestries, and painted, entangled, and worked on them further. The end result is a kind of legal graffiti. I hope the work is especially appealing to children and adolescents, although the method of treatment is a bit like a grandma.

You wouldn't want to compartmentalize your work as jewelry, a small picture, or art work in progress. Why do you avoid being categorized?
I must have always been difficult to find a seat at the visual arts and crafts resources. I have started with the jewelry, but tried to struggle out of the artist's jewelry and shed the title of a craftsman. I do not want to make earrings for grandmas.

I played with these titles for years. Now, however, on some level, I have gone back and accepted the Craft. The English term "modern craft" seems especially to speak to power. I hope that during the exhibition, the viewer does not make a vain effort to think as to what my work should be called. My pieces are free to have a temper. I do not want to blow glass vases, which are intended to please 90 percent of the audience.

Do you plan your work in advance or are they produced using a more spontaneous creative process?
I've never been able to draw a draft on paper in advance of my work. I go into the material, I find my articles and I wonder what this would bring about. The process is an integral part of my art, in the process of working is meditation, cleansing and taking off. It's the process of adopting the crafts, emphasized. I feel the same as a typical crafts person, but that comes with a touch of madness.

My idea of art is down-to-earth. My themes of work convey the idea that "art is for everyone" or even "art without a brain." By that I mean that to me art has more to do with the feeling than the philosophy.

You are a kind of everyday goods in the world explorer. What are the best places to hunt for materials?
Now that my kids are small, I do not have as much time to scour flea markets. I buy quite a lot of goods on Huuto.Net. Fortunately, seven years ago at a flea market in Hietsu (a well known flea market in Helsinki) I bought enough material to continue my work from an old man who got his stuff from and old chemist store. The work has been for me also about cleaning and emptying the warehouse.

What type of art you are interested yourself in the moment?
Joel-Peter Witkinin's black and white images: they are dark and physically crude, but very beautiful and well constructed. I also like Gilbert & George, and Marc Ryden's photographs and paintings. All of the above artists are artists whose art is a lot of grip on craft, the technical image of a building. More generally, I am interested in Gothic art, textile art, DIY-art, folk art and street art.

Tuija Markonsalo: Updates
Exhibition at Napa Gallery 3. – 27.2. 2010

Interview: Verna Kuutti
English translation: Edna Nelson

Tatty Devine Spring 2010

2010-02-08T13:16:00.001+02:00

Zines from Hungary

2010-02-05T09:07:00.000+02:00

Hungarian independent zines publisher Innen has 4 new zines at Napa: Shoboshobo, Révész László László, Szilagyi lenke and Furedi Tamas.
http://www.innenzines.com

Books by Bongout

2010-01-31T23:16:00.000+02:00

Ghanavision / Hand-painted movie posters from Ghana
Since the 1980's Ghana has found a home for moving pictures within moving cinemas. The African cities, towns and villages are the backdrops to these traveling productions, which include a TV, a VCR, an electric generator and a truck to take them there. The success of these movies are greatly influenced by the grandeur of their posters. These advertisements entice you by their portrayals of monsters, superheros, half naked women, gore and violence. You will find high action Hollywood productions, Kung Fu movies out of Hong Kong, as well as local debuts from African filmmakers. The numerous poster artists, at times, have to naively create fantasy spaces from seeing only a few film stills. They are painted on used flour sacks, usually two stitched together.

Laurent Impeduglia: Bora Bora
Laurent Impeduglia (Belgium, 1974) is left-handed and was born on a Friday 13th, just after midnight. Living in Liège, and is a painter. His contemporary paintings are narrative, popular, symbolic and will always include humor and spirituality. On a dirtied white background, alchimic and theological references are juxtaposed with B movie monsters and super heros.

Published by Bongout

ARTIST INTERVIEW / WeAreFunnyPeople

2010-01-27T14:17:00.000+02:00

My Name Is: WeAreFunnyPeople
I am : 4 years old
I live in: Turku, Finland
I work: Often
When I grow up I will be: A little bigger
Things that I like: Music, technology, nature, ideology
Things that I do not like: busy
The exhibition is soundtrack is: Music For Airports, by Brian Eno.

Please specify one of the exhibition works:
One of the works has been made using a the "waffle technique" which is taught in primary school, we used a towel with a string passing through it. The initial plan was to do the work with cross-stitching. All the necessary tools for cross-stitching had already been purchased, but little by little we lost our faith and resorted to a more familiar and faster technique. The end result is really nice, and we have already received a couple of assignments using the same technique.

Can I laugh at the gallery? What kind of art is fun art in WeAreFunnyPeople's opinion? Laugh. Fun Art sounds like suspicious term, but it is perhaps the best, and often unintentional and honest.

Did Team Hetfield's image appear like a revelation, or vision to you, or how did you get him into your life? It has gradually found it's form, initially, in theory, and finally ready in figure. The first Team Hetfield project is a portrait made out of plywood hanging in the window, and it was on display at the last show. Team Hetfield character's name is perhaps a bit misleading. It's a bit like name of a sports team. In fact, it would be a pretty good name for a sports team.

The exhibition displays Hetfield traveling extensively around the world. Is it challenging to try to stay behind him? What kind of relationship is formed between you? We do not really need to move, Team Hetfield manages it for us. Our relationship is a humble and respectful on both sides. It is important to cooperate.

Will we perhaps still hear from Hetfield and the Team? Certainly, and in unexpected places.

Are some TH-products more popular than others? Pillows, we have been asked for a lot, but we have not had time to prepare enough of them.

Interview: Verna Kuutti
Translation: Edna Nelson

Souvenirs from Berlin! (Part 1)

2010-01-26T18:23:00.001+02:00

After a visit at Motto Berlin last weekend, we've got so much new cool & rare books from small publishers around the world that we're going bonkers.

Some of the very special things pictured above: Dan McCarthy (Hassla Books, NYC), THE MEANING OF EVERYTHING. Vol.1 by Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri (Paraguay Press, Paris), Girls Like Us Magazine (Amsterdam)... and more coming up!

Apartamento Magazine!!

2010-01-26T11:33:00.000+02:00

Finally we have it! Apartamento - an everyday life interiors magazine. Our favourite one! More info here

Tatty Devine Sale! -20%

2010-01-07T14:25:00.001+02:00

Ulrika Ylioja: Rankkasade

2010-01-07T14:20:00.000+02:00

Rankkasade / Downpour is comics for adults - it's sweat, melancholy and superimposing monsoon. www.ulrika.fi

Katri Inkeri -lettikorut!

2009-12-22T13:51:00.001+02:00

King Nosmo Cookbook in Kaleva!

2009-12-17T20:00:00.000+02:00

http://www.kaleva.fi/plus/Keittokirja-ilman-resepteja/830060

Vaadin jewellery

2009-12-16T10:26:00.001+02:00

www.vaadindesign.com

Krooh Pyyh Titityy

2009-12-14T20:59:00.001+02:00

Calendars for 2010!

2009-12-12T18:33:00.000+02:00

Finnish illustrator Sami Saramäki's new pin-up wall calendar "Hard Times for Hamsters 2010" is here. And we have others too: Stencil graffiti wall calendar, Calendar tape, Diario...

Misaki Kawai: Blueberry express

2009-12-10T18:39:00.000+02:00

Blueberry Express is a collection of images from New York based / Japanese artist Misaki Kawai. The book features Kawai's larger scale paintings, sculptural installations and snapshots of her working in her New York studio over the past two years.
www.misakikawai.com

Bruno Munari's childrens books from the 40's

2009-12-10T18:09:00.000+02:00

www.munart.org

Päivi Raivio jewellery

2009-12-10T18:06:00.000+02:00

www.raivio-kulju.com

Megatron Braineater: Lonkeron aika 1-3/3

2009-12-10T17:56:00.000+02:00

Flamongo Sanomat Erikois-sarja:
Megatron Braineaterin "Lonkeron aika" kolmiosainen sci-fi jännitysnovelli!
1/3 Mustien kukkien salaisuus
2/3 Oppineiden kirjeenvaihto
3/3 Maailmoiden sota

New Serrote Notebooks + Calendar

2009-12-10T16:40:00.000+02:00

www.serrote.com

All City Writers!!

2009-12-10T16:00:00.000+02:00

www.allcitywriters.com

More Tatty Devine!

2009-12-10T15:27:00.000+02:00

Napa's Seaview posters!

2009-12-07T11:50:00.000+02:00

Seaview posters originally made to The Helsinki Design Week 2009 exhibition, are now for sale at the Napa webshop Posters by: Jenni Tuominen, Kasper Strömman, Kati Rapia, Ilja Karsikas, Jukka Pylväs, Jenni Rope, Pauliina Mäkelä, Jaakko Pallasvuo and Terhi Ekebom. The posters are printed on very durable canvas material, and there is only 5 copies of each!

Napa Christmas Shop 2-23. December!

2009-11-30T16:45:00.000+02:00

In December Napa is open every day from 12-6 pm!

Martí Guixé: Blank Book & Tattoo book

2009-11-30T15:46:00.000+02:00

Martí Guixé was born in 1964 in Barcelona. He studied Interior design in Barcelona and Industrial design at the Politecnico in Milan.
He lives and works “on living matter” between Barcelona and Berlin, dedicating himself to the invention of “bright and simple ideas made of a curious seriousness”; he considers himself an “ex-designer” and works for firms such as Camper, Chupa-Chups, Desigual, Droog Design, Saporiti and Watx. He has exhibited at the MoMA in New York, the Design Museum in London, the MACBA in Barcelona and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Tattoo book is his third book for Corraini after Toy weapons and Blank book.

New Gestalten books!

2009-11-30T15:42:00.000+02:00

Build-On. Converted Architecture and Transformed Buildings
Papercraft. Design and Art with Paper
Beyond Architecture. Imaginative Buildings and Fictional Cities

Paul Cox: A Book of Lines

2009-11-30T15:32:00.000+02:00

From the unlimited fantasy of Paul Cox, one of the most appreciated French artists, comes "A book of lines". Instead of making the classic colouring book, Paul has prepared a reverse one: on paper there are not lines but only colours to which you can give shape, outline, sense. And more: there's also space for words and stories that can come out from those that seem only simple spots. Napa has now also some copies of "Intanto" (Meanwhile...) by Paul Cox. Published by Corraini in Milan.

Artists' Studio books from Paumes, Tokyo

2009-11-11T18:37:00.000+02:00

"Artists' Studios book series take a look at Stockholm, London and Paris' finest studios, of all shapes and sizes! Big, small, minimalist, colourful, neat and tidy, bursting to the brim! Anything goes! The only similarity to be seen is the image that these studios give of the artist's mind and creativity - the way he or she works, their inspirations, prototypes, aspirations... By taking a peek at these wonderful studios, a creative world is unveiled to you."

Taro Gomi: My Friends & The Doodle book 2

2009-11-11T18:28:00.000+02:00

Latest additions to our Best Children Books Ever -collection! Taro Gomi is one of Japan's most prolific children's book illustrators and writers. He has published over 400 books in Japan and his work has been widely translated into other languages.
www.gomitaro.com

Paperback Magazine arrived!

2009-11-05T20:00:00.000+02:00

"Paperback is comparable to the 'Art' section in a used bookstore; a place where artists of disparate disciplines, movements, geographies, and time-periods share common ground."

www.paperbackmagazine.com

Napa Flip Book Competition winner is here!

2009-11-05T19:16:00.001+02:00

The winner of the 2nd Napa Flip Book Competition is... Renaud Perrin from Marseille, France! Congratulations! We've printed new editions of the last year's winners too: Stine Illum and Elina Minn. Available at Napa Gallery & Shop, Napa webshop, and other fine bookshops.

Kasino A4 #10

2009-11-05T19:00:00.000+02:00

They say it's the farewell issue of Kasino A4.
Coming up 2010 - The perfect follow-up.
www.wearekasino.com

Vargen som ville vara känd

2009-11-05T18:57:00.000+02:00

The latest children book by the Strömman siblings!
www.kasperstromman.com
www.norastromman.com

Eric Carle: The Very Hungry Caterpillar

2009-10-26T22:57:00.000+02:00

We're building up our children's book collection and here's a perfect start! The legendary Eric Carle: The Very Hungry Caterpillar, 40 year anniversary edition, lovely. More children's books coming up for Christmas!

Keksijä Punainen ja hatun varjo

2009-10-25T23:36:00.000+02:00

The new ventures of illustrator Ilja Karsikas & writer Heimo Hatakka includes this beautiful children's book, Keksijä Punainen ja hatun varjo. Read more about it here

Proximity Magazine #5

2009-10-25T23:19:00.000+02:00

Proximity magazine issue 5 flip thru from lumpen on Vimeo.

The latest issue of the great Chicagoan contemporary art & culture magazine, Proximity, came in fresh. It's the photography issue!
proximitymagazine.com

Our favourite Pop-up Books now available!

2009-09-29T12:11:00.000+03:00

ABC3D by Marion Bataille
600 Black Spots by David Carter

New books by Musturi and Rapi!

2009-09-24T17:19:00.000+03:00

Tommi Musturi: Samuelin matkassa
Aapo Rapi: Naaburger

www.huudahuuda.com

Tatty Devine AW 2009

2009-09-10T12:06:00.001+03:00

New books from Picturebox in NY

2009-08-26T17:06:00.000+03:00

Yuichi Yokoyama: Travel
“Few cartoonists of the moment are weirder or more original than Yuichi Yokoyama — his work obsessively diagrams architecture and design … TRAVEL is remarkably entertaining.” — Douglas Wolk, The New York Times Book Review

Ben Jones: New painting and drawing
A gem-like catalog produced in conjunction with Ben Jones’ first solo show in Athens, Greece. Ben Jones, a member of the art collective Paper Rad, makes fantastic cartoon surrealist paintings one part Stanley Kubrick and one part Andy Warhol.

Brian Belott: Wipe that clock off your face
Brian Belott’s first book is a compendium of all his disparate artistic practices–including collage, drawing, found photography and sound mixing–and it is also his first CD. The original CD/DVD included here offers the acclaimed Found Images, a digital slideshow of over 2000 photos with an exclusive full-length soundtrack of original sound collages.

Onni shoes arrived! Wow!

2009-08-21T10:37:00.000+03:00

New accessories by Onni

2009-08-02T15:03:00.000+03:00

Rag necklaces and keyrings by Finnish designers Onni (Tuula Pöyhönen & Susan Elo). Available at Napa gallery shop in the beginning of August! www.onni.eu

6 Animations / Jenni Rope

2009-06-14T15:35:00.000+03:00

The second very small edition of the DVD that collects Jenni's 6 animations from the years 2000-2008. See a taster on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/jennisofia

Sketchbook by Hanna Kaikula!

2009-06-14T15:31:00.000+03:00

Le Dernier Cri - lots of cool silk screen books arrived!

2009-06-12T09:35:00.001+03:00

Fonal records at Napa!

2009-06-04T12:41:00.001+03:00

The newest Fonal records available at Napa now! Both vinyl and cd.
ES: Kesämaan lapset, Kiila: Tuota Tuota, Shogun Kunitoki: Vinonaamakasio, Risto: Sähköhäiriöön, Paavoharju: Laulu laakson kukista...

www.fonal.com

Michael Swaney: The Performances

2009-05-27T13:07:00.000+03:00

Michael Swaney is a Canadian artist, based in Barcelona. Swaney's newest book is a great collection of his newest drawings and collages.
www.michaelswaney.com/

New books from Japan #2: Benoito by Toshiyuki Fukuda

2009-04-29T16:44:00.000+03:00

Toshiyuki Fukuda is an illustrator (b. 1967) from Osaka. His book Benoito shows visual and abstract pictures, lots to wonder about! See more of his playful works at www.to-fukuda.com

New books from Japan #1: Paper Foods by Yuko Yamamoto

2009-04-29T16:29:00.000+03:00

Yuko Yamamoto is an illustrator (b. 1977) from Tokyo, Japan. Her works consist mainly of collages and drawings. This book "Paper Foods" shows pictures of vegetables, fruits, beans and plants, made by cutting colored paper. See more of her beautiful paper plants at www.yukoyamamoto.jp

One more Tatty Devine

2009-04-29T16:28:00.001+03:00

More Best of Tatty Devine

2009-04-22T21:55:00.001+03:00

Krooh-Pyyh-Titi-Tyy!

2009-04-17T15:44:00.000+03:00

New handmade jewelry by Krooh-Pyyh-Titi-Tyy: "My timetables"

Kasino A4 Issue #9

2009-04-17T14:55:00.000+03:00

New Egs poster!

2009-04-09T13:18:00.001+03:00

Since all the Egs prints were sold out so fast, we decided to print an offset poster of a cool photo of Egs' studio! Size 50x70 cm. It's available at Napa on saturday 11.4. onwards. These should last a bit longer. We ship these abroad too, more info from napagalleria@gmail.com

Tuukka Kaila: Based on Truth

2009-04-06T12:43:00.001+03:00

Tuukka "Deeli" Kaila is best known from the Numero magazine and his skate photographs for Kingpin etc. This book compiles his work as a photographer with a much wider view. It's printed on thin tabloid paper, nice!

Best in Helsinki!

2009-04-01T22:12:00.000+03:00

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=118295225434895911633.000464cb399677cfad52b&cd=2&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=13

Silk screen prints by Egs!

2009-04-01T15:33:00.000+03:00

Napa Gallery hosts an amazing exhibition by Egs in April. Now we've got some exclusive silk screen prints from Egs for sale! 3 different b/w prints, size 70x50cm, only 15 copies of each! (edit. 4.4. only a couple copies left, be quick!!)

Jaakko Pallasvuo zines

2009-03-26T00:23:00.000+02:00

Jaakko Pallasvuo is a young and talented busy bee artist from Helsinki. I thought this is his latest work, but we got another zine from him today! Also Jaakko's previous book Megaverse (with Julia Selin) will get its second edition by Medium Rare soon, and will be available at Napa not too much later.
www.jaakkopallasvuo.com

Margaret Kilgallen: In The Sweet Bye & Bye

2009-03-20T14:10:00.000+02:00

A compilation of works by the influential San Francisco Bay Area painter Margaret Kilgallen (1967-2001). Kilgallen's unique re-sourcing of sweetly familiar and non-hierarchical everyday places, markings and people was in large part inspired by the wandering culture of immigrants, railway workers and dreamers.

Os Gemeos: The Flowers In This Garden Were Planted By My Grandparents

2009-03-20T13:59:00.001+02:00

“The Flowers In This Garden Were Planted By My Grandparents” is the latest publication from famed Brazilian identical twins Os Gemeos. Os Gemeos come from São Paulo, Brazil, they started painting graffiti in 1987 and gradually became a main influence in the local scene, helping to define Brazil's own style.

New books from Nieves

2009-03-18T12:06:00.000+02:00

Here & There # 8
An independent art magazine by author Nakako Hayashi and art director Kazunari Hattori. The new Here and There 8# is the "Loneliness issue", and features photos by Takashi Homma, texts by Miranda July and Mike Mills to name a few. The previous issues can be also found at Napa.
Chris Johanson / Jo Jackson: Peaceable Kingdom
Peaceable Kingdom is the first book of collaborative work by the two American artists Chris Johanson (1968, San Jose) and Jo Jackson (1972, Springfield), partners in life and art. All paintings feature a mix and match of both artists' styles, from Johanson's political, social themes and color patterns, to the oneiric, provocative and ambiguous side of human identity represented by Jackson's softer tones.
Holly Stevenson: Mexican Love Story
Holly Stevenson (1978) is one of New York City young and upcoming illustrators, her work blend pure simple drawings with highly refined and subtle taste. She is inspired from the little things in her everyday life like old photographs and books, and for Mexican Love Story she wanted to share with the viewers her fascination for Mexican culture and their festive approach to death as well as to life.
www.nieves.ch

GLÖMP X

2009-03-18T11:59:00.000+02:00

10th issue of Glömp is a trip to 3-dimensional comics, last book edited by its founder Tommi Musturi. This is also +10-years-anniversary issue of the anthology - big bang, colourful hardcover baby that features 15 Finnish artists. The book features a CD with exclusive soundtrack by Amon Düde, Nuslux, Kiiskinen, The Hoopo and Fricara Pacchu.
www.boingbeing.com

Serrote sketch books

2009-03-18T11:56:00.001+02:00

www.serrote.com/

Stefan Marx Coloring book

2009-03-18T11:52:00.000+02:00