Wäinö Aaltonen and Juhani Pallasmaa: Muse/Memory trace

Professor Juhani Pallasmaa (b.1936) designed the Muistijälki (Memory trace) piece in honour of the centennial of the birth of Wäinö Aaltonen (1894-1966). This work consists of the sculpture Muusa (Muse) by Aaltonen and a steel structure indicating the site of Aaltonen’s former workshop. Muusa was unveiled on 30 May 1994 as part of Pallasmaa’s piece.

The sculpture indicates the place where Wäinö Aaltonen worked in 1923-1927. The workshop was damaged during the Winter War, after which it was pulled down. Aaltonen’s childhood home and his first workshop however still stand by the old bridge in Hirvensalo. Today this place is an Artists’ Home.