
Birdlife, Sky, 2021
oil on canvas and concrete
180 x 152 cm
In private collection
During her career PÄIVI TAKALA (b. 1970) has explored the disintegration and modification of paintings over a long period. She has painted illusions of disintegrating images on canvas and then perforated the paintings with three-dimensional objects. In her latest pieces she has focuses on the gesture of repair. Repairing is a way to study the material nature of the painting and it opens up opportunities to consider in broader perspective the meanings of fixing and patching things.

Birdlife
2 – 26 Sep 2021

Remains, 2021
oil on canvas and concrete
40 x 32 cm
In Saastamoinen Foundation Collection

Birdlife, Stairs, 2021
oil on canvas and concrete
29,5 x 90 x 70 cm
In Saastamoinen Foundation Collection

Sleeve II, 2018
oil on MDF
150 x 120 cm

Renovation (sky), 2018
oil colour and filler on MDF, paint on metal
part I: 150 x 120 cm,
part II: 36,8 x 104,5 x 67,2 cm
In Heino Foundation Collection

Vanitas Series (Portrait), 2011
oil on canvas
75 x 65 cm
In Heino Foundation Collection

Renovation (back), 2018
oil colour and plaster on MDF
128 x 98,9 cm

Paper on Painting
5 Feb – 1 Mar 2015
exhibition view

Vanitas Series (Tatlin on white), 2011
oil on canvas
250 x 200 cm
In Vexi Salmi Collection

Interior on Canvas, 2016
oil on canvas, water-mixable oil on plywood
160 x 132 x 10 cm
In Heino Foundation Collection

Vanitas Series (Illusion), 2012
oil on canvas
150 x 120 cm
In Sara Hildén Art Museum collection

Vanitas Series (Cross 1), 2012
oil on canvas
35 x 35 cm
In Heino Foundation Collection