Animals at Beatrice Lang Galerie

“ I, as a human, have been trained to love limitations and directions, definitions and categories, that which has been designed and constructed. Animals are forever. They live in, so called, ‘Harmony’. But it is not Harmonious, because it does not have a beginning, an ending or a direction. It just is, now and forever…” 

-Leena Krohn in Humans Clothing 


Animals have been represented in art and culture for millennia. Ranging from personal talismans to astrological birth signs, we humans have employed animal characteristics to guide and describe ourselves ever since we began to believe that we are not one of them. ANIMAL is an art exhibition that explores our relationship with animals through the works of ten jewellery artists. Each artist endeavors to use reflection, analysis, compilation, and debate to further understand meanings, materials, and/or characteristics of animals. 

When a human is called 'a dog', 'a horse', or 'a snake', we know what this means.
But what does it mean to a dog, a horse, or a snake to be called 'a human'? …

Mia Maljojoki

-2016-2016