{"id":18487,"date":"2024-08-21T15:06:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T12:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turuntaidehalli.fi\/?p=18487"},"modified":"2024-08-21T15:47:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T12:47:21","slug":"sirkku-ketola-vitalis-%e2%88%bc-luminous-oval-6-9-27-10-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turuntaidehalli.fi\/en\/sirkku-ketola-vitalis-%e2%88%bc-luminous-oval-6-9-27-10-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Sirkku Ketola: V\u012bt\u0101lis \u223c luminous oval \/ Iso Galleria \/ 6.9.-27.10.2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

V\u012bt\u0101lis \u223c luminous oval, is a spatial visual delight bursting with vitality, fire and whispering, where repetition and interludes rhythmically intertwine. A stream of serigraphy twists the core and invites other forms of artistic representation to allegorical composition. Just a slight breeze and the meaning of the words gets blurry.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I return to a familiar exhibition space after more than twenty years, I repeat. The last time I <\/span>pressed pause. Now the movement is allowed to flow, and I with it. V\u012bt\u0101lis, vitality, is a work <\/span>that takes shape in space and time. The gallery is a momentary frame within the elements <\/span>carried inside to be arranged for viewing. In the Turku Art Hall is displayed the premiere of <\/span>a new installation, its first rhythm, the first unruly play. Hand-printed ornaments on paper <\/span>rolls drape and glow, their thematics fluctuate recklessly, as does a full life. V\u012bt\u0101lis is self-<\/span>evolved, it has been borrowing my hands surreptitiously for about five years and I will let it <\/span>to complete as long as it allows, for no vitality has an ending, no point determined by <\/span>(wo)man. V\u012bt\u0101lis is eternal waving sans eras.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The fruits of the equatorial sun exude light. Weight is the promise of sweetness. Pineapple <\/span>is pale yellow, the mango dark. The North is different, depth arises from grooves. I explore <\/span>repetition and its relationship to specific moments. V\u012bt\u0101lis lends me her mouth, I taste <\/span>multiplicity. I collect and frame seeds, grow stems, sculpt forms, paint, record. The <\/span>variations in the traces of life interest the graphic artist. I look for the intersections of <\/span>techniques the deep red condensation and its golden light, the light of the oval. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The works in the exhibition have taken shape over the last few years in Turku and around <\/span>the world in everyday performative and ritualistic repetitions, which each of them takes us <\/span>closer to the core of the understanding of life. Particularly significant for the integrality of <\/span>the work has been last winter, the time lived in Villa Karo, under the luminous light of <\/span>Benin.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sirkku Ketola (b.1973) is a contemporary printmaker from Turku, Finland, who studies <\/span>repetition and the resulting variation as part of the code of life and the beauty of diversity. <\/span>She is a civilized savage who slows down the digital image stream through handicraft <\/span>methods, trying to understand the relationship between human rhythm and matter. The <\/span>impact of the body on the image, and vice versa, never desists to fascinate her. Ketola <\/span>earned her Master of Fine Arts degree from the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts of Uniarts <\/span>Helsinki, and she has taken part in numerous Finnish and international projects and <\/span>exhibitions. Ketola’s long-term project A Body Called Paula (2017-2027) has made her an internationally renowned printmaker.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The exhibition been supported by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For more information: www.instagram.com\/sirkkuketola \/ www.sirkkuketola.com<\/span><\/p>\n

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The exhibition is on display in Iso Galleria, Kunsthalle Turku 6.9.-27.10.2024 Wed-Fri 12-18, Sat-Sun 12-16<\/strong><\/p>\n

Address: Vanha Suurtori 5, Turku\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n



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