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I think dreams and imagination are inescapably melancholy, either openly or secretly. They offer a space for devotional exercises, just as many artworks do. Our active, creative, busy selves sometimes need a place of retreat, a room of our own, a mental space of silence and focused meditation.

-Ville Andersson

Helsinki Contemporary's third exhibition of the year is Undertones by Ville Andersson, focusing on drawing. Undertones highlights the medium of drawing as a mode of being present and observing oneself and how one’s relationship with one’s surroundings keeps changing. The exhibition …