Glow in the Dark Ghost' (Everything I Don't Understand Must Be Sin), 2004 Ink and watercolor on paper, 12 x 8 inches Riiko Sakkinen Everything I Don't Understand Must Be Sin Priska C. Juschka Fine Art is pleased to present "Everything I Don't Know Must Be Sin", Riiko Sakkinen's first solo exhibition in the US of drawings and installation in the project room. Questioning the relationship between fiction and reality, Sakkinen intertwines the actual with the conceptual, resulting in a highly intricate body of work. His work resembles a novel, commenting inadvertently on the world we live in. It is created within the context of the artist's constant changing surroundings, moving from country to country, from the street to a workshop, from a museum to home, gathering in each location images and souvenirs, which are later used to create thought- provoking drawings and installations. Sakkinen's primary inspirations are those images most immediate to us all- the icons of popular culture- the vibrant colors of the fast food we eat, the flashy slogans of our advertisements and corporations and the lure of the sexy women on our products. The artist employs his inherent simplicity to the images, working and reworking his drawings in various locations, adding layers and often distorting them completely, at last creating a visual documentation of his experiences and intake on diverse, yet comparable environments. Riiko Sakkinen was born in Helsinki and lives and works in both Finland and Spain. He has participated in many residencies, solo and group exhibitions in Europe including the Helsinki City Art Museum, the Camden Arts Center in London, and the Fourth Triennial of Finnish Photography at the Amos Anderson Art Museum, Helsinki. Exhibition: May 21 - June 21, 2004 Gallery hours: Wed-Mon 12 - 6 pm and by appointment Priska C. Juschka Fine Art 97 North 9th Street, (between Berry Street & Wythe Ave.) USA-Brooklyn, NY 11211 Telephone 00718 782 4100 Fax 718 782 4800 Email gallery@priskajuschkafineart.com www.priskajuschkafineart.com |
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