Helsinki Contemporary is proud to present at CHART ART FAIR 2019 a curated duo of works by photographic artist Perttu Saksa and painter Heidi Lampenius.
Both artists explore elements of the environment and nature, but from a different perspective. Where Saksa moves from a personal experience in West Africa to wider themes of global warming, Lampenius moves from the universality of physical phenomena to the individual experience of our surroundings. The dark tones of Saksa’s photographs act as a contrast to the soft and intense colours of Lampenius’ paintings.
Both Saksa’s and Lampenius’ works reveal forms and formalities we are not normally able to see: Saksa uses light to bring forward something that is invisible, Lampenius works by removing pigment from the surface of her works, thus revealing and creating forms from underneath the layers of paint and ink.