Didn't catch Kasper's exhibition in Gothenburg last month? Don't worry about it, since it's travelled to Helsinki now where Myymala2 is showing eight contemporary artists “reinventing narrative art” until the 18th of July.

What's that? You're saying you're not in Helsinki? Well, maybe you should be?

“We all know Kasper likes to draw by now, but how about his photographs? Will we ever have the chance to see them in a gallery context?”

These words have actually never been spoken out loud, but we all know too well we're thinking it. Well then – now there's hope, since Kasper is exhibiting some nice pictures of sandals as part of the “Good Morning, Africa” exhibition at the Kunsthalle Helsinki, opening tomorrow and closing on August 19th.

The exhibition will be a “colourful jubilee” of everything African, complete with workshops featuring clowns – and then the sandals, of course. I'd hurry if I were you!

Dying to see some original artwork by Kasper Strömman but don't know where to go? Now's your chance – Kasper is exhibiting at Galleri Oro in Gothenburg, Sweden until the 20th of June. Nytt nordiskt arkiv shows a “rich and carefully composed variety of sequences & personal accounts from a selection of young contemporary artists ... showing various expressions and strategies found on the borders between art and literature”. My contribution to this is some pretty drawings.

There's also a Zine Symposium on Saturday the 12th, so if you're in town you'd be a fool not to go!

If you like this blog, why not try Kasper's and his sisters daily blog on Söderströms this month? Unlike this blog it's updated every day, and Kasper's even drawn an exclusive comic strip for the occasion. So now's the time to brush up your Swedish skills... and if you can't be bothered there's always the pretty pictures.

Do you like tigers? Then you really will like Kasper's new children's book, written by his sister.

Rather than drawing the tigers as wild animals Kasper has chosen to illustrate the tigers as – wait for it – people with tiger features! We believe this is something new and exciting altogether in the world of illustration.

I mean, have you ever seen an ambush of tigers watch TV in a living room? No you have not.

Of course, we couldn't recommend this book without asking for a small child's opinion first.

And wouldn't you know: the small child was really into it. Phew!

So – all in all a pretty nice book, available through all quality book stores.

Release party to be held at the Napa Gallery on the 19th of May from 5 to 8pm, to which y'all are very welcome (there could be tiger cake.) And hey, why not enjoy the playlist in advance?

The first single Eleonoora from Ilja Karsikas's forthcoming debyt album Sintti Silmusuu is out and in the air right now! Lyrics, music and illustrations by Ilja Karsikas, produced by Samae Koskinen.

The album will be published at the same time with the Sintti Silmusuu tahtoo oppia lukemaan book, that is illustrated by Ilja Karsikas and written by Juho Gröndahl.

Would you have pizza made by a Chinese (?) chef who has a cracked face (and skull), is wearing lipstick and whose left arm is badly mangled, probably in some horrible pizza-related accident?

I thought so. I just wish I had included this charming gentleman in our book.

The Kasper Stromman Exclusive Webshop is happy to announce the arrival of some new, exciting and expensive items for 2010. We have also done a thorough inventory of all old stock and raised the price of everything, sometimes as much as thousands of euros.