Getting Intimate
23.5.–14.6.2020
Galleria 3H+K, Pori
Solo Exhibition | Yksityisnäyttely
Getting Intimate was a process-based wallpaper and a drawing installation. Exhibition text:
I straighten a piece of paper that has been rolled up for a long time. An odd smell spreads throughout the room, the label on the package says it’s vinyl. I probe the surface of the old wallpaper, examining patterns from decades ago. I try to communicate with the yellowish gradient and become frustrated with an impossible glass fibre lump but reach an agreement of sorts with the strange decoration and trace its shape with Indian ink until the connection is severed. Seeking counsel from a cobble stone doubling as a paper weight; I press my cheek against its cool, jagged surface. Stones are quiet. Paper waits and smells. Ink dries on the paintbrush.