Reima Hirvonen
OLD FAG(got), great to be, hehheh
16 September – 9 Oktober 2022
When you are 59, you are closer to the grave than the cradle. And when you have been alone for 11 years, you wonder if you could still live with another person. After you have had cancer, you will live with doubt and fear for the rest of your life – I think, I know I will. The disgust I felt at my hairless, sweaty, constantly urinating and bloated body remains in the back of my mind, even though it has been five years since I was sick. This body does not dare to face another body, this body is afraid and ashamed.
I would like to think that my works are prayers. Prayers that my sick friend would heal and not die or that humans would become wiser, start to respect nature and made an important U-turn in terms of climate change or that people would stop killing – each other, bears, wolves, trees and water. Or that refugees would be seen as human beings and not as toxic waste. I also selfishly pray for a man to come into my life, love that I would dare to face.
The exhibition features a video work, wooden sculptures, textile works and paintings.
War is never sacred.
Eno, 17 August 2022
Reima Hirvonen
