Jyrki Parantainen (FIN)

"Orientation"


"57 Optional Spots to Crack the Bone" 2004, 63x80 cm, c-print on aluminium

D-Berlin
Reception with the Artist: Friday, June 10, 7pm

Introduction:
Dr. Andreas Vowinckel

Exhibition:
until July 22, 2005

"The viewer is lead along a radical path through new works by Jyrki Parantainen. The Finnish artist (1962) delves into the depths of the soul and excites it. Violence is the central theme; how we are confronted by it physically and psychologically. Parantainen utilizes the production, combination, and revision of the individual photo as his stylistic means. He thus creates subjective works that intrude deep into the psyche of society.

Parantainen's first solo show at sphn introduces two groups of works. The series entitled "Mystery of Satisfaction" reveals haunting and colour-rich diptychs. The artist attempts to find an answer as to how someone in today's post-religious consumer society may find everlasting gratification. Divergent symbols and pictures collide with one another and thus open a new sensuous space.

In his newest series "Orientation", Parantainen analyses human vulnerability. Pre-existing photographic works are altered. Pins mark the weak points of the body and soul. Taut red strings relegate an unknown, dominating power. These implicit visualizations of taboos and studies about the horrid and the beautiful creep under one's skin."