Puusisto2024
At the moment, works by more than 20 artists can be found in the fruit garden of Kuusisto manor - in the middle of snow and rain, in the fog, on a beautiful moonlit night and as part of a nature tour on a bright summer day, whenever you need it, all year round. During Puusisto2024, from July 29th to August 7th, 2024, new works will be created again. The number of works in the Wood Sculpture Garden will probably be closer to 50. The public is welcome to watch the old deciduous trees that used to grow in the area turn into works. During Puusisto2024, About Decay exhibition and Villikahvila will be exceptionally open every day.
About Decay exhibition and Puusisto2024
Maija Helasvuo, Mika Helin, Kim Jotuni, Timo Kokko, Henning Lemcke, Rina Charlott
Lindgren, Leena Reittu, Ruben Risholm, Milja Salonen and Hanna Vahvaselkä
A decade ago ...
Kimmo Peltola's sculpture 'I'll make you whole again' 2014 was the first one that was completed while passers-by marveled at the artist's work, and in which the main idea was that the sculpture is allowed to change over the years under the conditions of nature. At that time, the action plan of the Art Manor was in the 'time of water' and we were building ideas for entities dealing with the future. Kimmo used the large stump by the side of the road as the starting point for the sculpture and the trees that grew next to it and became part of the work.
Nature beautifully shaped and embroidered it, species became more diverse, photo 2018. Today, the work lies on its side.
Over the years, there have been several dozen works placed outdoors. The works and their locations have been chosen in such a way that they will hopefully surprise, stop, amaze and perhaps make you look at, see and observe what is around us – a little differently. The Art Manor's Wood Carving Garden lives and grows.
Andrei Bakharev's work invites you to rest for a while and you can even take out your lunch (photo bellow).
In recent years, the rugged wildness of the eastern tip of Kuusisto island has disappeared. A spacious, lively and diverse cultural landscape has now been brought to the fore. The view from the manor to the direction of the ruins of the Bishop's Castle reminds us of their shared history.
According to an old map, even at the turn of the millennium there was a cultural trail between the shed visible even from the parking lot, the Kuusisto manor. Now it guides the wanderer to the works of the Art Manor's Wood Sculpture Garden.
Tapani Kokko, Kaarina, 2022
