2016 Customs Officer's Grip

Drawings and paintings

GALLERY KONE, HÄMEENLINNA

6.- 30.8.2016

TO THE PRESS

People demonstrate on Facebook how good they are. In my opinion, that's just suspicious. Kafka, on the other hand, does his moral duty to humanity when he imagines himself to be a cockroach.

I saw a photo where a customs officer demonstrated his grip during an arrest situation. He uses his colleague in the demonstration. There was something very tender in the picture, and it kept bothering me: the situation that appeared violent was not it. Sometimes what appears to be a normal situation is.

In my studio laboratory, I can build different scenes where representatives of the human species are social. Despite the physical struggle, they are alone and separate, and yet, inextricably linked. The destiny of humanity is common, and roles may be assigned differently tomorrow.

The exhibition also features drawings. Drawing elements, for example, the checkered paper structure can also be seen in the paintings. I think it emphasizes the hypothetical nature of the situations: This is how, in theory, a person is connected to another person.