Relation
I had an exhibition in Poriginal gallery in Pori with three other artists. The exhibition was called Suhde (Relation) and the artists showing their works with me were Sanna Pajunen, Eeva-Maija Priha and Paula Tella. I made two new art pieces about the theme disappearing. The gallery space with its old wooden floor, supporting wooden buttresses and wooden beams gave background to my burnt wooden artworks.
the last photo Touko Hilasvuori
Departure
Lähtö (Departure) is a raven which has opened its wings and jumped to the air. Again I returned to the theme raven. I burned the pine surface to coal black. I`m interested in birds as the lords of the air and the symbolism that man sees in them. But I don`t depict the wise and social raven as a symbol of horror. In the old days raven was the animal of the wild forests. Where does the nature go, when man takes all its space?
Accident
In 2022 the war in Ukraine filled the news with its uncomprehenciple destroying of people and their culture, cities which were crushed to piles of concrete. Sattuma (Accidence) is a ceramic cube, wich has been standing on a swing, but has fallen. I used carbon black to make it sooty and broke part of it to look like an appartment building churhed by a bomb. Without me planning it the art piece fell down in the night and broke into pieces on the floor.