Quiet Hours

28.09 - 30.11.2025

Exhibition

Spending five days at Maison Louis Carré in the spring of 2024 allowed us to settle into a rhythm of waiting and observation. As the rain tapped gently on the windows, our gaze drifted out toward the green landscape where spring was only just beginning to emerge. The house enveloped us in a calming atmosphere of anticipation – as if it, too, had paused to listen for what might come next.

In The Quiet Hours exhibition, visual artist Karoliina Hellberg, sculptor Raimo Saarinen, and ceramic artist Tero Kuitunen respond to the Maison Louis Carré buildings quiet invitation. They create new works – paintings, scent installations, and sculptures – that attune themselves to the atmosphere of the space and reflect on the lives that may have unfolded within Maison Louis Carré, and those yet to come.

Maison Louis Carrè an Alvar Aalto masterpiece

The furniture by Alvar and Elissa Aalto brought a sense of homely familiarity, but beneath that comfort stirred a layer of strangeness, history, and a whisper of something past – something we could not fully grasp, yet felt drawn toward. The swimming pool echoed with the glamour of a bygone era, and Olga’s garments evoked the scent of Chanel perfumes and small cigars. Imagined footsteps echoed in the hallways – a library once full of conversation, a garden made for secret meetings, nights filled with celebration and the aroma of coffee.