Jesse Avdeikov
Beer, Salt Water and Relationships
Galleria Huuto Jätkäsaari, Jätkä 1
9.7.–24.7. 2016
When I was a toddler my mom left me home alone. Sometimes I wonder whether being alone was a good or bad thing for me.
I am curious but at the same time I am a loner, a globetrotter and a reclusive coward. Sometimes I love life and other times I get frustrated with it. This is how I feel about many things, like my friends for instance. I couldn’t live without those annoying objects of time wasting. Wasting time is important to me. It makes me feel I have power, power to use my time any way I wish to.
The sea was flowing before humans existed and will continue to do so after we have all died. It is salty and basically unfit for drinking, but still it is so full of life. The sea is the best metaphor for life. It is like a father who, in spite of his love, accidentally hurts everyone – only because it is in his nature, a weakness or a strength, either or both.
For the past ten years I have been learning different kinds of knots, different uses and techniques. I regret that I never learned sailing skills from my grandfather or anything else useful for that matter. I really only learned one thing from him – you can fix everything by yourself. I guess that’s important too and can be applied to anything. I once tried to fix my old boat with sausages and dough.
A person is not just one thing at a time, which is exciting. When I say “I am very funny and crazy”, I leave out all the other things that I am, was and will be. “Everything in moderation” is an annoying saying, although it is very much true. In our world there are pleasures that are divinely good.
Behind my questions I sense slight ambiguity, a big question.
The question could actually be as huge as “does anything have any meaning?” I love those people the most who don’t know that question or those who would answer “why?”
The Beer, Salt Water and Relationships exhibition features acrylic and oil paintings as well as an animation created using the stop motion technique.
Jesse Avdeikov (b. 1986) is an artist who lives and works in Helsinki. In his works he deals with everyday life, how hard and enjoyable it is. By mixing unnecessary things with important things, Avdeikov tries to find out what is noteworthy in life.
The exhibition has been supported by the Finnish Cultural Foundation and the City of Helsinki.
Jesse Avdeikov
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