MEETINGS – Ari Koivisto

We are on a journey. Each of us, all the time, somewhere. Our journey breaks into moments, situations filled with various encounters; real, unreal, possible, impossible. These arise through memories, imaginations, and also dream images. The latter, in particular, have influenced the paintings in my exhibition. The basic technique used is acrylic paints on canvas.

For me, painting is a way to empty and at the same time purify a mind that has been tuned to the chaos of thoughts and various images. By combining them, layered stories emerge, moving between the personal and the universal. It is easier to strip things down to images than to put them into words. My paintings are made up of fragments, the sum of which is not an answer to anything, but more of a question and the beginning of something new.

This exhibition is supported by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland / Satakunta Art Committee.

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