{"id":3928,"date":"2023-12-22T16:50:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T14:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.espoonkuvataiteilijat.fi\/nayttelyt\/susanna-iivanainen\/"},"modified":"2024-01-09T13:52:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T11:52:14","slug":"susanna-iivanainen","status":"publish","type":"nayttelyt","link":"https:\/\/www.espoonkuvataiteilijat.fi\/en\/nayttelyt\/susanna-iivanainen\/","title":{"rendered":"Susanna Iivanainen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Poetics of Abandoned<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:800\"><strong>Welcome to the opening of the exhibition on Tuesday 30.1. from 5 to 7 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my latest paintings, there are abandoned spaces that nature has slowly reclaimed. Rooms overrun by vegetation or water are, on the one hand, mystical and strangely poetic places, but they also contain a sense of threat. The world&#8217;s political situation and the changes brought about by climate change will cause more and more migration and many will have to leave their homes to go to areas with more opportunities to continue living. In my paintings, I imagine the world that is left behind. The people are gone, but there are still traces of life in the rooms and nature decorates them in a new way over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand, spaces taken over by nature also depict the inexorable passage of time. Time passes and consumes both people and matter. Time shapes and changes everything, us people and our environment. One day we will all be trees and bushes again. This thought may seem dark, but the cycle of nature also includes the idea of hope and the continuity of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are part of nature and nature is part of us. This connection is also essential in my paintings dealing with water. I have dealt with the subject of water in my works since the beginning of the 21st century, but the approach to the subject and the technique have also varied. In recent years, I have mostly worked with ink and acrylic-based inks, painting on canvas. Ink and salt seem like natural tools to describe the moving and flowing essence of water. In my works, the underwater environment is not so much a concrete place of action, but rather a state of mind. In my works, water is above all an element of feeling. When talking or describing emotional states, for example in conversations or fiction, expressions related to water are often used. We talk about drowning, drifting, floating, flowing and so on. The flow and depths of the water reflect the levels of the mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#c2c2c2;color:#c2c2c2\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Susanna Iivanainen is a visual artist living and working in Helsinki. She mostly paints subjects related to people and nature on canvas with acrylic-based inks. Iivanainen has had several solo exhibitions, for example in Galleria Katariina and Pirkko-Liisa Topelius gallery in Helsinki and in galleries in different cities. In group and joint exhibitions, Iivanainen&#8217;s work has been exhibited, for example, in the Porvoo Art Hall and the W\u00e4in\u00f6 Aaltonen Art Museum. The exhibition in Galleria Aarni her first exhibition in Espoo.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><sup>Artwork above belongs to the series called Poetics of Abandoned (ink on canvas, 2023, 80 cm x 80 cm)<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:6px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons has-custom-font-size has-small-font-size is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-fill has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espoonkuvataiteilijat.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/susanna_iivanainen_cv_2023.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CV<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-fill has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/kuvataiteilijamatrikkeli.fi\/en\/artist\/susanna-iivanainen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Artist Register<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size is-style-fill has-medium-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/susanna_iivanainen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:33px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background\" style=\"background-color:#c2c2c2;color:#c2c2c2\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:27px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"748\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espoonkuvataiteilijat.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/teoskuva2_iivanainen-748x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Susanna Iivanainen, Teos sarjasta Poetics of Abandoned, muste- ja tussimaalaus kankaalle, 2023, 60 cm x 80 cm. Hyl\u00e4tty kaunis suuri-ikkunainen huone, joka on luonnon valtaama. Lehti\u00e4 ja kasvustoa tulvii sis\u00e4\u00e4n huoneeseen huonekalujen ylle.\" class=\"wp-image-3923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espoonkuvataiteilijat.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/teoskuva2_iivanainen-748x1024.jpg 748w, https:\/\/www.espoonkuvataiteilijat.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/teoskuva2_iivanainen-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/www.espoonkuvataiteilijat.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/teoskuva2_iivanainen-768x1052.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.espoonkuvataiteilijat.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/teoskuva2_iivanainen-1122x1536.jpg 1122w, https:\/\/www.espoonkuvataiteilijat.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/teoskuva2_iivanainen-1496x2048.jpg 1496w, https:\/\/www.espoonkuvataiteilijat.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/teoskuva2_iivanainen-scaled.jpg 1870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup>Susanna Iivanainen, painting from series called Poetics of Abandoned, ink on canvas, 2023, 80 cm x 60 cm<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"764\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espoonkuvataiteilijat.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/teoskuva3_iivanainen-1-764x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Susanna Iivanaisen teos sarjasta: Poetics of Abandoned, muste- ja tussimaalaus kankaalle. Hyl\u00e4tty uima-allas, heinittynyt piha.\" class=\"wp-image-3924\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espoonkuvataiteilijat.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/teoskuva3_iivanainen-1-764x1024.jpg 764w, https:\/\/www.espoonkuvataiteilijat.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/teoskuva3_iivanainen-1-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.espoonkuvataiteilijat.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/teoskuva3_iivanainen-1-768x1030.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.espoonkuvataiteilijat.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/teoskuva3_iivanainen-1-1145x1536.jpg 1145w, https:\/\/www.espoonkuvataiteilijat.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/teoskuva3_iivanainen-1-1527x2048.jpg 1527w, https:\/\/www.espoonkuvataiteilijat.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/teoskuva3_iivanainen-1-scaled.jpg 1909w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 764px) 100vw, 764px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><sup>Susanna Iivanainen, painting from series called Poetics of Abandoned, ink on canvas, 2023, 80 cm x 60 cm<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><sup>Gallery Aarni (Sello Shopping Centre, 3rd floor, Lepp\u00e4vaarankatu 3\u20139, 02600 Espoo)<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><sup>Tue\u2013Fri 11\u201319, Sat\u2013Sun 12\u201316, Mon closed<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><sup>Free entry! <\/sup><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3930,"template":"","tags":[194,211,203,210],"class_list":["post-3928","nayttelyt","type-nayttelyt","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-contemporarypainting","tag-inkpainting","tag-susanna-iivanainen","tag-waterpainting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Susanna Iivanainen - Espoon Kuvataiteilijat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Susanna Iivanainen - Poetics of Abandoned -n\u00e4yttely, 31.1.2024 - 25.2.2024, Galleria Aarni, Kauppakeskus Sellon 3. kerros. 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