Johanna Pöykkö: Yrityksiä ymmärtää elämän hauraus

Completion year: 2023

Technique: Cut sheet, metal needles.

Size: 400x300x25cm

Keywords: Johanna Pöykkö, Yrityksiä ymmärtää elämän hauraus, tekstiili installaatio, lakanakangas, kangas, elämä, hauraus, oikeus, kohtuus, ehyt, rikki, lupaus

Attempts to understand the fragility of life

The idea for the work was born in early 2023. While the war of aggression in Ukraine continues and the earthquake destroys, I wonder what I want to create. A.Kuutio writes in Taide magazine 1/2023 "Does making art make sense?" The first answer he offers is "Art is the promise of a life with holistic elemental power, wholeness of life, and vitalistic emotional connection."

I study being in this time. I try to understand my need to do and at the same time question it. My work mixes materiality with the thoughts I process while working.

The work has been on display at the Oulu Artists' Association's 60th anniversary exhibition at Art Centre Mältinranta in summer 2023. The work consists of 39 pieces of sheet fabric cut into incisions. Fragments hang from thin metal sticks.

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