Jouko Christiansson: Metrolinjat / Metro lines, 1985. © Photo: HAM Helsinki Art Museum Metro Lines Artist Jouko Christiansson Rautatientorin metroasema, Helsinki Metro Lines is a Minimalist painting by Jouko Christiansson located above the escalator at Kamppi metro station. The work was selected as the winner from among 132 entries submitted to a competition for a public artwork for the station. The painting was unveiled on 30 October 1985. A reproduction of the painting is on the wall at the entrance to the metro depot. The work belongs to the City of Helsinki’s art collection, which is managed and curated by HAM. The ceramic wall surfaces, also at Kamppi and situated on the station platform, were designed by Terhi Juurinen and Riitta Pensanen (Seenat Oy). Read more.. At map
