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		<title>Mediatiedote: Nocturne - Sampo Kaikkosen maalauksia Galleria Myötätuulessa 4.-29.11.2008</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.sampokaikkonen.com/nocturne_kutsu.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin-left:10px; width:25%; border:none;" src="http://www.sampokaikkonen.com/nocturne_kutsu.jpg" /></a><b>Tietoa näyttelystä</b><ul><li><a href="/press/mediatiedote.doc">mediatiedote.doc</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sampokaikkonen.com/nocturne_kutsu.jpg">Kutsu avajaisiin</a></li></ul>
<b>Teoskuvia medialle</b>
<ul><li><a href="/press/danae.jpg">Danae, öljy kankaalle, 2007, 90 x 110 cm</a></li><li><a href="/press/philosopher.jpg">Filosofi, öljy kankaalle, 2007, 56 x 40 cm</a></li><li><a href="/press/portrait_of_piia.jpg">Muotokuva, Piia, öljy kankaalle, 2008, 54 x 81 cm</a></li><li><a href="/press/selfportrait.jpg">Omakuva, öljy kankaalle, 2008, 11 x 20 cm</a></li><li><a href="/press/she.jpg">Hän, öljy kankaalle, 2008, 30 x 30 cm</a></li><li><a href="/press/wanderers.jpg">Vaeltajat, öljy kankaalle, 2008,65 x 60 cm</a></li></ul>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Nocturne exhibition 4.-29.11.2008</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.sampokaikkonen.com/nocturne_kutsu.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin-left:10px; width:50%; border:none;" src="http://www.sampokaikkonen.com/nocturne_kutsu.jpg" /></a>Welcome to the opening of the "Nocturne" exhibition in Gallery Myötätuuli on 3rd of November 2008 at 6pm. 

Sampo Kaikkonen's solo exhibition will be held in the city of Raahe in Norhern Finland. The exhibition represents about twenty recent works by the painter including some larger canvases that have not been exhibited before. <ul><li><a href="http://www.sampokaikkonen.com/nocturne_kutsu.jpg">Invitation (in Finnish)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.raahe.fi/default.asp?link=2323.5" target="_blank">Gallery Myötätuuli</a></li></ul>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Self Portrait exhibition</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sampo Kaikkonen will take part in a group exhibition called "Self Portrait". The juryed exhibition of Oulu artists association takes place in the O. Jauhiainen Art Museum in Kiiminki, Finland. The exhibition time is 3rd September to 4th October 2008.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
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		<title>200 Croquis Drawings by Sampo Kaikkonen</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
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		<title>Three Fates in  opera It Must Be Fate</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chip Clark's <i>It Must Be Fate</i> opera is about three sisters dealing with their role in a modern world. Sampo Kaikkonen's work <i>Three Fates</i> (2005) illustrates both the programme and the stage. The preview performance of the new opera is on 4th June at the Edinburgh Central Hall.

<a href="http://interchangingidioms.blogspot.com/2008/05/it-must-be-fate-synopsis.html" target="_blank">Twinstar Music</a>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
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		<title>Essay Published on World Wide Kitsch</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sampo Kaikkonen's essay 'From Ars to Art and back' is published on the <a href="http://www.worldwidekitsch.com/cgi-bin/nyheter/visnyhet.cgi?id=59&menu=nyheter" target="_blank">World Wide Kitsch website</a>.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Kitsch Interview in Kaleva</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sampo Kaikkonen was interviewed in the Finnish newspaper Kaleva. Read his ideas about Kitsch in <a href="http://www.kaleva.fi/plus/juttu718554_page0.htm" target="_blank">Kaleva.plus online newspaper</a> (in Finnish only).]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Kitsch Biennale 2008 in Munich</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sampo Kaikkonen's work <a href="http://www.sampokaikkonen.com/gallery/?year=2007&id=64">Hidden</a></i> will be presented in the <i>Kitsch Biennale 2008</i> exhibition in Germany.

The Kitsch Biennale will be held in Pasinger Fabrik, which is a culture house directed by the city of Munich. The juried international exhibition represents some of the best kitsch painters today.
<ul><li><a href="http://www.sampokaikkonen.com/press/hidden.jpg">Press photo "Hidden"</a></li><li><a href="http://www.worldwidekitsch.com/" target="_blank">World Wide Kitsch</a></li><li><a href="http://www.pasinger-fabrik.com/" target="_blank">Pasinger Fabrik</a></li></ul>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Upcoming solo exhibition in Gallery Myötätuuli</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sampo Kaikkonen's solo exhibition will be held in November 2008 in the city of Raahe in Norhern Finland. The exhibition represents about twenty recent works by the painter including some larger canvases that have not been exhibited before. <ul><li><a href="http://www.raahe.fi/default.asp?link=2323.5" target="_blank">Gallery My&ouml;t&auml;tuuli</a></li></ul>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>From Ars to Art And Back - An essay on art and kitsch</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[An essay on art and kitsch by Sampo Kaikkonen was published. The essay presents the events of art history that have lead to the current concept of art. It also introduces the alternative kitsch philosophy presented by Odd Nerdrum as a solution to restore the respect of traditional art and skill.

<a href="http://www.sampokaikkonen.com/articles/">Read the article</a>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Artist of the Month January 2008</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kaikkonen is presented in Gallery 5 as the Oulu Artists' Association's artist of the month.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Libriars and Tabloid-exhibitions 2007</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kaikkonen will take part in two group exhibitioins in October 2007. Libriars abd Tabloid are juryed exhibitions of Oulu artists association the former taking place in Oulu and the latter in Kiiminki.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
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		<title>EMMA Exhibition in Austria 14.4.-6.5.07</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sampo Kaikkonen will participate the "European Masters of Modern Art" -biennal in Austria. Each European country will be represented by two artists. The exhibition takes place in Burgau's Water Castle 14.4. - 6.5.2007.<ul><li><a href="http://www.drapela-artprix.com/" target="_blank">Drapela Foundation</a></li><li><a href="http://tgi19.telekom.at/portal/page?_pageid=471,83397&amp;_dad=portal&amp;_schema=PORTAL" target="_blank">Burgau</a></li></ul>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Exhibition in O.Jauhiainen art museum</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kaikkonen's private exhibition "Moment and eternity" will be held in Oskari Jauhiainen Art Museum, Kiiminki, Finland 14.3 - 5.4.2007.<br><br>The opening is on 14.3.07 at 6.00 pm. <ul><li><a href="http://www.jauhiaisenmuseo.fi/" target="_blank">O. Jauhiainen Art Museum</a></li></ul>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Exhibition in Rovaniemi 23.4. - 10.5.2007</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kaikkonen's private exhibition "Moment and eternity" will be held in Gallery Kilo, Rovaniemi, Finland 23.4 - 10.5.2007.<ul><li><a href="http://www.ulapland.fi/?deptid=17171" target="_blank">Gallery Kilo</a></li></ul>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Dec 2006 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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		<title>Kitsch Annual 2006</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="gallery/?year=2005&id=40" style="float:right;"><img src="http://www.artnstuff.net/galleria/teoskuvat/40_s.jpg" border="0" style="margin-left:10px;" /></a>Sampo Kaikkonen's work <i>Three Fates</i> was presented and sold in the <i>Kitsch Annual 2006</i> exhibition in Norway.<br><br>The juried exhibition also represented one of the latest paintings by the worldfamous Odd Nerdrum.<ul><li><a href="http://www.artnstuff.net/kitsch/kohtalottaret_media.jpg">Three Fates</a> (for media 660kb)</li><li><a href="http://www.worldwidekitsch.com/" target="_blank">World Wide Kitsch</a></li><li><a href="http://www.nerdrum.com" target="_blank">Nerdrum.com</a></li></ul>]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
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