Yrjö Kukkapuro – Magic Room
EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo
- 1.3.2023–28.1.2024
EMMA is proud to present the colourful, imaginative and experimental oeuvre of an influential pioneer of Finnish design, Yrjö Kukkapuro.
Yrjö Kukkapuro – Magic Room is an exhibition marking the occasion of the designer’s 90th birthday, presenting his iconic designs alongside his greatest long-term source of inspiration – art.
Magic Room highlights parallels between Kukkapuro’s designs and modern and postmodern art. The designer's most enduring source inspiration was his spouse, the printmaker Irmeli Kukkapuro (1934–2022). The exhibition architecture is based on the Magic Room concept developed by Kukkapuro in the 1980s, which displays furniture in the form of an installation using various structures and lighting effects.
Alongside Yrjö Kukkapuro’s designs, Magic Room also features works by his contemporaries and present-day artists: Timo Aalto, Jacob Dahlgren, Beryl Furman, Esa Laurema, Vladimir Kopteff, Kristian Krokfors, Irmeli Kukkapuro, Matti Kujasalo,Jussi Niva, Lars-Gunnar Nordström, Kristiina Nyrhinen, Tarja Pitkänen- Walter, Airi Snellman-Hänninen, Mari Sunna and Osmo Valtonen.
Museum exhibitions
Museum events
- Friday free evenings
- EMMA Talks: Expert Meeting at Pierre Huyghe's Chimeras Exhibition
- Art Run
- Ilmaisillan yleisöopastus: Saastamoisen säätiön kokoelmanäyttely
- Open Art Workshop – Draw What You See
- Art Run
- Ilmaisillan yleisöopastus: Yrjö Kukkapuro – Taikahuone
- Open Art Workshop – Drawing with Tricks
- Yleisöopastus: Collection Kakkonen
- Art Break
- Art Break
- Art Break
- Art Break
- Ilmaisillan yleisöopastus: Pierre Huyghe – Chimeras
- Open Art Workshop – Drawing with Tricks
- Yleisöopastus: Pierre Huyghe – Chimeras
- Art Play for Babies
- Ilmaisillan yleisöopastus: Muotoilua EMMAssa
- Open Art Workshop – When the Walrus Went Swimming
- EMMA Talk: Artist Meeting at the Katarina Reuter – Black Crow Blues Exhibition
- Open workshop – Light up the dark!
- Yleisöopastus: Katarina Reuter – Black Crow Blues
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Museum contact details
EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art
Ahertajantie 5, 02100 Espoo
043 827 0941
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EMMA - Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Ahertajantie 5, 02100 Espoo
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Admission fees
20/10/0 €
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Opening hours
| Mon | Closed |
| Tue | 11:00-17:00 |
| Wed | 11:00-19:00 |
| Thu | 11:00-19:00 |
| Fri | 11:00-19:00 |
| Sat | 11:00-17:00 |
| Sun | 11:00-17:00 |