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FERMENTATION
MANDALA A-K
I DO , 1998
VITAMIN POWER, 1996
PERFORMINGS
THE WHORE
THE THIEF

 

 

 

 

     
 

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FERMENTATION
2000
Installation with liquids in fermentation.

Made for the exhibition Realm of the Senses in Turku, Finland, 2000

 

     
 

I DO
1998
Installation of a sculpture of a woman in a wedding gown, vinyl plastic, metal, plaster 160 x 90 x 90 cm
On the wall next to the sculpture a painted ornament, and a photograph of a mirror which was made a long time ago by my mother.

     

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MANDALA A-K
1999, two pieces, vitamin pills, textile, glue
290x290 cm

     

detail: Phosphorus dog

installation view from Helsinki City Art Museum 2004

 

VITAMIN POWER
1996
15 sculptures, vitamin pills, porcelain,
Collection of Helsinki City Art Museum

     

installation view from Kluuvi Gallery in Helsinki 1996

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PERFORMINGS
1996, installation, mixed media
About performing and accomplishing in everyday life...
Included for example pullovers washed with too hot water, gloves that were unraveled by the public, free samples from different companies,
a list of lovers made by a friend, people trying to pronounce the word "hippopotamus",
an an attempt to sell a white rabbit

     

Installation view

detail

 

THE WHORE
1996, 20 drawings, wooden table. Collection of Helsinki City Art Museum

A table engraved with dictionary definitions for woman's sexual behaviour; next to it on the wall twenty drawings, which depict several synonyms
to the word whore: tomato, bicycle, dog, cow, biscuit, owl, fork, hat, cat...
Source: A dictionary of sexual slang and metaphor and related matters.

     
The Thief, installation view from Titanik Gallery, Turku, Finland  

THE THIEF
1996
Installation, floor drawing.
A collection of items stolen by the artist's acquaintances.
A tale of the everyday "crime" around us.