{"id":488,"date":"2024-04-11T20:50:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T17:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wirkkalabryk.fi\/?p=488"},"modified":"2024-04-11T20:51:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T17:51:38","slug":"the-sculptor-of-ultima-thule-a-retrospective-exhibition-on-tapio-wirkkala-opens-in-japan-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wirkkalabryk.fi\/en\/the-sculptor-of-ultima-thule-a-retrospective-exhibition-on-tapio-wirkkala-opens-in-japan-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sculptor of Ultima Thule: A Retrospective Exhibition on Tapio Wirkkala Opens in Japan 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2200\" height=\"1553\" src=\"http:\/\/wirkkalabryk.fi\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/TW-portrait-high-res-MW-2200x1553.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wirkkalabryk.fi\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/TW-portrait-high-res-MW-2200x1553.jpeg 2200w, https:\/\/wirkkalabryk.fi\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/TW-portrait-high-res-MW-1300x917.jpeg 1300w, https:\/\/wirkkalabryk.fi\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/TW-portrait-high-res-MW-768x542.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wirkkalabryk.fi\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/TW-portrait-high-res-MW-1536x1084.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/wirkkalabryk.fi\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/TW-portrait-high-res-MW-2048x1445.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2200px) 100vw, 2200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tapio Wirkkala. _ Maaria Wirkkala<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Sculptor of Ultima<\/em> <em>Thule<\/em> has been co-produced by EMMA \u2013 Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Tapio Wirkkala Rut Bryk Foundation and the Japanese company Blue Sheep. The exhibition will start in 2025 at Tokyo Station Gallery in Wirkkala&#8217;s 110th anniversary year. During the years 2025\u20132026, the exhibition will travel to several exhibition locations around Japan, to be announced later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The exhibition will feature rare archival materials, offering a glimpse into Wirkkala&#8217;s creative process and the influences that shaped his visionary designs. The Sculptor of Ultima Thule will showcase a comprehensive collection of Wirkkala&#8217;s masterpieces, including rarely exhibited plywood sculptures as well as design objects and prototypes designed by Wirkkala for Iittala, Venini and Rosenthal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":459,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized-fi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wirkkalabryk.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wirkkalabryk.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wirkkalabryk.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wirkkalabryk.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wirkkalabryk.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/wirkkalabryk.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":492,"href":"https:\/\/wirkkalabryk.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488\/revisions\/492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wirkkalabryk.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wirkkalabryk.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wirkkalabryk.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wirkkalabryk.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}