A vibrant new roof for Helsinki’s Underground Museum
Yinka Ilori: Transparent happiness opens in Helsinki Amos Rex Museum as a lively public art commission Finish Capital to resume your urban places. Unveiled on June 20, 2025, large -scale work is attached archiveSignature mounds, turn them into a place that is interactive and accessible. Through the project, Elorei rebuilds a popular urban site, which brings a feeling of happiness and communal feeling to the Lasipalatasi square, one of the best streamlined places in Helsinki.
The annual range of transparent happiness is the first time public The commission organized by Amos Rex, an institution that is known to activate its unique urban settings through art. The work of the Illori is the smooth, unlike the smooth, minimal lines of the modernist architecture of the museum, which offers the environment designed to reflection and play. The installation has a variety of functional places, including a playground, a pedestrian and a skateboarding trail, a basketball court and a ping pong table, which all encourage public interactions. Through this change, Ilorey breathed a new life in the urban class, making it a destination for people of all ages.
Picture © Micah Huamensman / Amos Rex
Amos Rex’s fickle rearring of Yinka Ilori
Inspired by the vibrant colors and cultural narratives of its Nigerian heritage, the establishment of Yinka Ilori in the Amos Rex brings life’s childhood memories of playgrounds in London. Transparent happiness is a place not only to play physical but also for collective story tell. Visitors are invited to interact with space, engage in playful activities that bounce memories and anecdotes, creating an atmosphere that feels both indifferent and fresh. Establishment indicates artistIt is believed that public art should be capable, joyful and capable of having a relationship between individuals of diverse backgrounds.
archiveThe mission of activating the lustomizing square with dynamic arts and events align with the approach to the public space as a place for the community. As the artist’s first public sector project in Northern Europe, the work raises questions about the identification and access of public places.
Yinka ILORI: Transparent Khushi replaces the iconic mound in Amos Rex in Helsinki
Establishment art for community
The establishment of Yinka Ilori in Amos Rex is a celebration of the power of art to promote social connections. Visitors will find themselves immersed in an environment that encourages conversations, sports and sharing of personal stories. Since the installation persists through 2025, it brings an opportunity for the people of Helsinki to experience public art and contribute to the space through their presence and engagement.
,Which identity is welcome in the public sector, which is efficient, well maintained?Kiran, the director of the museum, asks Long, echoes the underlying subjects of Ilori work. Through this joyful installation, the ILORI opens a dialogue on the role of public places in promoting connections, community and related.
Ilori work has a playground, skateboarding trail, basketball court and ping pong table
Large -scale Public Arts Commission encourages dialogue and sports at Laspiel Square
Establishment is the first in a series of annual public art commissions in Amos Rex
