Birdlife, Sky, 2021
oil on canvas and concrete
180 x 152 cm
In private collection
For PÄIVI TAKALA, paintings exist not only as art objects but also as exploitable raw material for creating new works and a new context. Takala has continuously explored the disintegration and modification of paintings, bringing the painting process to the fore. She has painted illusions of disintegrating images on canvas and then perforated the paintings with three-dimensional objects. 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. The rough treatment of a work that was originally produced with great skill and devotion raises the question of the inviolability of the painting: why does it leave such a violent impression on us?
Päivi Takala’s (b. 1970) works have been exhibited in numerous solo and group shows, including at Galerie Anhava in Helsinki, Galleri Lars Olsen in Copenhagen, EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Museum Riga Bourse, Rovaniemi Art Museum Korundi, Aboa Vetus Ars Nova in Turku, and Galleri Thomas Wallner in Simris. Her works are included in many important Nordic public collections, such as the HAM Helsinki Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, the Saastamoinen Foundation, the Sara Hildén Art Museum, and the Malmö Art Museum. Takala has worked as Lecturer in Painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki since 2014.
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
