Kuvan Kevät MA Final Show in Helsinki (2018)
The Raft of the Medusa
491 cm × 716 cm in 9 separate canvases
oil on linen
491 cm × 716 cm in 9 separate canvases
oil on linen
I attended a French secondary school in Tallinn, where the walls were adorned with reproductions of great works of art, all similar sizes, uniformed by frames and glass. These were meant to be studied, and occasionally our knowledge was tested. Yet this education ended prematurely, for according to our headmaster, art stopped at Picasso. Seeing these imprisoned images daily must have gradually made me curious about the real scale of the artworks.
The dimensions of my work are identical to that of another image, which was painted exactly 200 years ago by an artist my age, and whose piece instantly linked to a snapshot my mother had sent me.
The dimensions of my work are identical to that of another image, which was painted exactly 200 years ago by an artist my age, and whose piece instantly linked to a snapshot my mother had sent me.