Karri Kuoppala:
Experiments with Light
13.10.–4.11.2012
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The exhibition "Experiments with Light" in SIC gallery shows recent paintings by the artist Karri Kuoppala.
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Photographs taken by the artist, picked from books and from the daily flow of news are remixed and function as starting points for the diary like paintings. With little use of color, black, white and blue grey shades Kuoppala paints portraits and still lifes in which there is an echo of memento mori and a hint of magical realism. Kuoppala is intrigued by the now-moment and the undeniable fact of impermanence.
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Karri Kuoppala is a Helsinki born (1976) artist currently living in Glarus, Switzerland. Besides his solo work with painting, Kuoppala works as an artist duo with Muriel Lässer under the name KARIEL. Kuoppala studied Visual Communication in the U.K., fine arts in Zürich and in Finnish Academy of Fine Art where he received his MFA in 2008. Kuoppala's work has been exhibited by MAP Mobile Art Production in Stockholm, Finnish Young Artists' exhibition and in Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art. His works are in the collections of Kiasma and Helsinki Art Museum.
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The exhibition wass supported by Finnish Art Council.
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Karri Kuoppala: Experiments with Light (2012), installation picture.
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Karri Kuoppala: Experiments with Light (2012), installation picture.
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Karri Kuoppala: Experiments with Light (2012), installation picture.
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Karri Kuoppala: Experiments with Light (2012), installation picture.
