Pekka Syrjälä: Kaunein, 2001. Photo: HAM/Hanna Rikkonen. Kaunein Artist Pekka Syrjänen Cultural Centre Vuosaari House, Mosaiikkitori 2, 00980 Helsinki Indoor Sculpture Limited access: the work is available to view for the users of the premises only. Pekka Syrjälä’s (b. 1967, Lahti) work Kaunein is installed in the library in Vuosaari House. The work consists of the word Kaunein (Finnish for “most beautiful”) written in longhand. It is made of fibreglass and coated with rhinestones that sparkle with a thousand rainbows when the light hits them. About 3.7 metres wide, the work is mounted on the wall beneath the glass ceiling of the adult section of the library. The work was produced under the Percent for Art programme, and it belongs to the collection of the City of Helsinki, managed by HAM Helsinki Art Museum. At map
