Pamela Brandt's First French Solo Exhibition at In extenso

Pamela Brandt, who was born in 1950 in Helsinki, is holding her first solo exhibition in France at In extenso in Clermont-Ferrand. The show, named 'Falling Towards a Hole', features paintings that often include puzzle pieces, exploring themes of time, structure, and existentialism. Brandt, a graduate of the Free Art School in the 1970s, taught there from 2013 to 2017, and uses a unique symbolic language to reinterpret art history, incorporating everyday objects like clocks and tools. A film by Georg Grotenfelt, also from Helsinki, shows her freeing a bumblebee with a copy of Cennino Cennini's 1437 manual. Her artwork employs bone-based gesso on aluminum-mounted canvas, utilizing colors influenced by Finland's dramatic seasonal light. Previous exhibitions include Kohta Kunsthalle and the Finnish-Norwegian Culture Institute. Her pieces are housed in several notable collections, including the Art Museum of Helsinki.