Flower paintings are one factor that connects Kreeta Järvenpää's photographs and Heikki Marila's 2010s art paintings. In his works, Marila cites Dutch flower paintings from the 17th century, but at the same time he refers to the concept of the spread of diseases still prevalent in the 19th century. Miasma refers to poisonous fumes floating in the air, developing in rotting matter - such as withering flowers and overripe fruits - which I thought caused diseases.

Marila's large, strongly emotional and multidimensional works exude the physical, explosive event of painting. The works are created by painting by hand. Making by hand is also an essential part of Kreeta Järvenpää's works. Järvenpää builds storied, fairy-tale-like rich flower arrangements in his studio and captures them by photographing them.

Järvenpää's photographs are painterly, her starting point is the fading of the medium. The photos are like windows into the fantasy world of flowers. Järvenpää is fascinated by the sensitivity, transience and transience of flowers.

Sideshow, a performing art form originating from the American circus world - freak circus - can be seen as unusual elements in Järvenpää's flower pictures. Scrappy flowers that are already at the end of their life are also valuable. Järvenpää's pictures show the entire life cycle of flowers. The ecological perspective is important to Järvenpää. That's why she implements the Slow Flower philosophy in her art and Järvenpää uses as many natural pesticide-free flowers grown in open fields as possible in her flower arrangements.