Konsta Huusko
PIECE OF MOTION
22 October – 6 November 2016
Galleria Huuto Jätkäsaari, Jätkä 1
My paintings are abstract spatial images reaching towards the three-dimensional world of objects by leaving the forms of a traditional canvas. Randomness, layers, folds and distortion of perspectives are methods I use to depict the experience of being on a journey. Often a visual representation includes an optical hub that puts it in an intermediate state, in motion. The works are, in other words, halted motion, relics. The trips I have experienced leave memory fragments that I objectify with these souvenirs.
I often use a bicycle to get around and for me that is also visual thinking. Moving forward, away from what is familiar and safe, gives a bike rider the feeling of being at home. The temporary roadside accommodation, the happenings along the way and the constant presence of the body’s limitations become the way to be.
In May 2016, I took a bike trip to my old home village of Pelso. My trip was almost cut short because my Achilles tendons got infected, but the helpfulness of the people I met and painkillers allowed me to reach my destination. Once there, I went to see my old house in the prison area – or what was left of it, a pile of stone. The neighbors’ houses had met the same fate. The community center where we kids used to spend time is waiting to be demolished. I also visited a section of a railway track running across a drained swamp because the place has been in my memory for 20 years.
Konsta Huusko (b. 1982, Sotkamo) earned his Master of Arts degree from the Aalto University School of Art and Design in 2010. He lives and works in Rovaniemi. “Piece of Motion” is Huusko’s first solo exhibition.
The exhibition has been supported by Arts Promotion Centre Finland and the Arts Council of Lapland.
Further information and press photos:
Konsta Huusko +358 45 121 7712
konsta.huusko(a)gmail.com
