Independent Collectors
Dreamaholic
An exhibition on display at Weserburg’s Museum of Modern Art, featuring works from the Miettinen Collection in Berlin and Helsinki, that presents insights into the contemporary art scene in Finland.
![AURORA REINHARD, Flowers, 2006. © 2017 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn](/site/assets/files/24768/2023-06-12_09-18-38_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg?v=1858337652 640w, /site/assets/files/24768/2023-06-12_09-18-38_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg?v=956705224 1024w)
The exhibition title “Dreamaholic” took its name from the a painting by Jani Hänninen that describes the inventive power of art as well as the deep passion with which Timo Miettinen, together with his wife and his three sisters, assembled the Miettinen Collection. Presenting a total of 800 works by Finnish and international artists, “Dreamaholic” exhibits a curated selection of works and emphatically embodies the creed of the collector Timo Miettinen.
Around seventy works from the collection of thirty-two Finnish artists are shown, with each of the works mirroring the lively diversity of contemporary Finnish art and demonstrate the high level of independence with which these artists have responded to international trends and participate in artistic debates. “Dreamaholic” features established artists such as Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Jiri Geller and Robert Lucander, as well as a number of young and emerging Finnish names.
![VAULA SIISKONEN, Landscape, 2002](/site/assets/files/24772/2023-06-12_09-19-24_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24772/2023-06-12_09-19-24_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![VAULA SIISKONEN, Landscape (detail), 2002](/site/assets/files/24772/2023-06-12_09-19-24_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24772/2023-06-12_09-19-24_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
In my collection activity, I do not see myself as an "ambassador" of contemporary Finnish art despite the close relationship to my home country. Internationally at the focal point of the art scene, I attach great importance to this and with every extension of the Miettinen Collection, I try to do it justice.
TIMO MIETTINEN
![LARS-GUNNAR NORDSTRÖM, Composition. © 2017 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn](/site/assets/files/24775/2023-06-12_09-20-15_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24775/2023-06-12_09-20-15_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![ELINA BROTHERUS, Landscapes and Escapes VI, 1999. © 2017 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn](/site/assets/files/24775/2023-06-12_09-20-16_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24775/2023-06-12_09-20-16_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
I understand myself as a world citizen with Finnish roots. This is reflected in the collection's as a part of the collection refers to Finnish positions – something I believe are given too little attention within the international art market.
TIMO MIETTINEN
![OLA KOLEHMAINEN, Library 1, 2011](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-36_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-36_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![OLA KOLEHMAINEN, Library 2, 2011](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-36_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-36_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![EIJA-LIISA AHTILA, from the series "Scenographer’s Mind", 2002. © 2017 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery,New York and Paris](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-36_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-36_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![ISMO KAJANDER, Grand Boulevards, 2008](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-36_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-36_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.jpg 1024w)
![(top to bottom) ELINA BROTHERUS, Trois danseurs penché en avant, 2007; Trois danseurs les couronnes, 2007. © 2017 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn. Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery,New York and Paris](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-37_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-37_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![TOMMI TOIJA, Hullu Pelle, 2007](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-37_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-37_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![AURORA REINHARD, Blond Haired – Brown Haired – Black Haired Girl, 2010–2012. © 2017 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-38_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-38_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![AURORA REINHARD, Retaliation, 2013. © 2017 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-38_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-38_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![AURORA REINHARD, Eye-Dolize, 2006. © 2017 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-38_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-38_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![SECUNDINO HERNÀNDEZ, Untitled, 2016. © 2017 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-39_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-39_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![JENNI YPPÄRILÄ, Café Mimmi (city of Oulainen), 2012. © 2017 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-39_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-39_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![KAARINA KAIKKONEN, My Burden, 2012. © 2017 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-39_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-39_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![(l–r) TOM OF FINLAND, The Pits finished; The Pits finished - preparatory drawing, 1982; Preparatory Drawing, 1988; California Men ’84 print set, 1984](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-39_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-39_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.jpg 1024w)
![TOM OF FINLAND, The Pits Finished, 1982](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-39_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-4.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-39_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-4.jpg 1024w)
![JIRI GELLER, Dunkelheit VIII, 2009](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-40_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-40_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![(l–r) JIRI GELLER, Dunkelheit VIII, 2009; Noora Geagea, Against, 2015](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-40_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-40_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![PEKKA JYLHÄ, Sateenkaari, 2006](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-40_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-40_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![JANI LEINONEN, Truth or Lie, 2012](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-40_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-40_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.jpg 1024w)
![MATTI KUJASALO, FI93 1808 3000 0232 30, 2014](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-40_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-4.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-40_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-4.jpg 1024w)
![MATTI KUJASALO, Untitled, 1987](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-41_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-41_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![JIRI GELLER, Sugared IV, 2012](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-41_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-41_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![JUSSI NIVA, Blind Spots, 2003-04](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-41_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-41_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![VILLE ANDERSSON, That’s How the Light Gets in, 2015](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-41_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-41_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.jpg 1024w)
![ULLA JOKISALO, Collector, Keräilijä, 2015](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-41_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-4.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-41_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-4.jpg 1024w)
![VILLE ANDERSSON, Painting, 2015](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-42_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-42_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![VILLE ANDERSSON, 2 x Folded, 2015](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-42_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-42_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![EGS, World Map Triptych, 2014](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-42_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-42_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![NIKO LUOMA, A Depth Immaculate #8, #2, #5, 2015](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-42_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-42_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.jpg 1024w)
![KIRSI MIKKOLA, Black & White, 2013; Untitled, 2013; Untitled (Yellow Wing), 2013](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-43_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-43_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![JUSSI NIVA, Foldaway, 2014](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-43_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-43_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![JAAKKO MATTILA, Pallo / Ball, 2012](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-43_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-43_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![DENISE GRÜNSTEIN, Déjà Vu, 2014](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-44_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-44_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![HC BERG, Untitled](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-44_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-44_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![OLA KOLEHMAINEN, Geometric Light XVI, 2013; Konstruktivizm Infantil VIII – XII, 2013](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-44_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-44_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![JANNE RÄISÄNEN, Ballet Boxer, 2003](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-44_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-44_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.jpg 1024w)
![ROBERT LUCANDER, Two in One, 2011](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-45_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-45_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![JUSSI NIVA, from the series "Mime", 2014](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-45_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-45_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![VILLE VALTTERI KYLÄTASKU, Black Pussy, 2016](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-45_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-45_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![SILJA RANTANEN, Amerikkalainen yö (American night), 2005](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-45_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-45_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.jpg 1024w)
![JANI HÄNNINEN, Thinking Outside Of The Box, 2010](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-46_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-46_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![(l–r) KIRSI MIKKOLA, Untitled, 2012; Black & White, 2013; Untitled, 2013; Untitled (Yellow Wing), 2013](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-46_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-46_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
![(l–r) VILLE VALTTERI KYLÄTASKU, Black Pussy, 2016; JANI HÄNNINEN, Thinking Outside Of The Box, 2010; KIRSI MIKKOLA, Untitled, 2012; Black & White, 2013; Untitled, 2013; Untitled (Yellow Wing), 2013; SILJA RANTANEN, Amerikkalainen yö (American night), 2005](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-46_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-46_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-3.jpg 1024w)
![(l–r) JAAKKO MATTILA, Pallo / Ball, 2012; JUSSI NIVA, Blind Spots, 2003-04; KIRSI MIKKOLA, Untitled, 2012; JUSSI NIVA, from the series "Mime", 2014](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-46_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-4.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-46_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-4.jpg 1024w)
![(l–r) TOM OF FINLAND, The Pits finished, 1982; Preparatory Drawing, 1982; Preparatory Drawing, 1988; California Men ’84 print set (4 drawings), 1984; JANI LEINONEN, Truth or Lie, 2012; DENISE GRÜNSTEIN, Déjà Vu, 2014; AURORA REINHARD, Brown Haired Girl, 2010-12. © 2017 VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-47_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-47_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors.jpg 1024w)
![(l–r) JANNE RÄISÄNEN, Ballet Boxer; 2003; TOMMI TOIJA, Hullu Pelle, 2007; JANNE RÄISÄNEN, Untitled (9 drawings), 2015](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-47_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-47_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-1.jpg 1024w)
![JAN OLOF MALLANDER, The Little Red Collection, 1969](/site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-47_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.640x0.jpg 640w, /site/assets/files/24777/2023-06-12_09-22-47_dreamaholic_bmw_art_guide_by_independent_collectors-2.jpg 1024w)
Read our interview with Timo Miettinen here.
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