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"The Paintings of Ismo Jokiaho 2000-2005"
2005-10-14 until 2005-11-30
Sininen Talo / The Blue House Gallery
Salo, ,
FI Finland
Artist Ismo Jokiaho is painter, whose works You can see often in Finnish galleries and exhibitions around the country. Ismo Jokiaho was born 1965 in Saarijärvi, Finland. Nowadays he lives and works in Tampere and Turku. The current exhibition in the Blue House gallery gives an impression of the artists work between the years 2000 and 2005. In this exhibiton the paintings, both abstract and figurative imagery reflects a wide array of humanitarian emotions such as joy, sorrow, sensuality and beauty of life.
The exhibition reflects the insight journey into the heart and mind of the artist.
"For me to paint is like to breath; natural, effortless and free. For me all the great art today express something quite different from what words can express. When the paintig flows, the painter and the painted are the same.
"My paintings are total worlds of their own, nothing more or less and very true in their own universe. In that universe my mental images transforms into graphic form. Creativity is a spiritual, yet not religious experience for me. It´s a little bit like meditation. It is one way to respond to the questions of life."
The Exhibition include those paintings, which are "carved" from thick colormasses and pure color and paintings with sensual use of colour and lines in figurative works. The intention of the artists as a whole was to create timeless and silent scenes; scenes that contain many moments; scenes of eternity and peace.
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