Snow White
Kaisu Koivisto: Snow White
Rabbit fur, steel, glass; 2009; 145 x 40 x 18 cm
The relationship between human beings and nature in all its forms, above all cultivated and restrained nature we encounter in cities, is often a starting point for me.
I focus on topics and materials which are symbolically charged: recycled leather and fur, bones, horns and other organic matter. They bear traces of wear and tear and indicate the passage of time. I am interested in an ambivalent aesthetic, the simultaneity of attractiveness and repulsiveness, the synthetic and the organic, stark geometry and the ornamental. My artistic practice spans sculptural elements and objects as well as photography, drawing and video. These diverse strands come together in the framework of installations.
Regardless of the topic or medium of the work, there has to be an undercurrent of uncertainties; something disturbing which creates tension. Intriguing, beautiful materials and images have a seductive aesthetic. It attracts the spectator, who gradually perceives other meanings - the dark side of stories - than one can see at first glance.
Rabbit fur, steel, glass; 2009; 145 x 40 x 18 cm
The relationship between human beings and nature in all its forms, above all cultivated and restrained nature we encounter in cities, is often a starting point for me.
I focus on topics and materials which are symbolically charged: recycled leather and fur, bones, horns and other organic matter. They bear traces of wear and tear and indicate the passage of time. I am interested in an ambivalent aesthetic, the simultaneity of attractiveness and repulsiveness, the synthetic and the organic, stark geometry and the ornamental. My artistic practice spans sculptural elements and objects as well as photography, drawing and video. These diverse strands come together in the framework of installations.
Regardless of the topic or medium of the work, there has to be an undercurrent of uncertainties; something disturbing which creates tension. Intriguing, beautiful materials and images have a seductive aesthetic. It attracts the spectator, who gradually perceives other meanings - the dark side of stories - than one can see at first glance.
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