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Dreamlike Landscapes From Second Hand Clothes

29/5/2013

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Finnish environmental artist Kaarina Kaikkonen creates ethereal, dreamlike landscapes from repurposed clothes. Her latest work, entitled ‘Are we still going on?’ was recently installaed at Collezione Maramotti, a former factory that now houses contemporary art.

Kaarina Kaikkonen‘s huge site-specific installation contrasts with the former factory’s b
rutalist architecture. It consists of hundreds of second-hand shirts that together to create flowing forms. The garments, which seem to be holding hands, speak of the history of clothing production while creating a dialogue between the masculine and the feminine.

The shirts have been neatly organized by color into a form resembling the interior hull. The garments’ rhythmic repetition and past lives call to mind the fragility of human beings. The exhibition ‘Are We Still Going On?’ and other artworks at the Collezione Maramotti can be seen until 21 April 2013, at Reggio Emilia, Italy.

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    I’m influenced by contemporary issues and interested in questioning everyday patterns by intervening and provoking alternative forms of discourse.

    I hope that my artworks assist to transition a viewer to make connections between disparate ideas and give a different perspective on something they are already aware of.

    Above all I value the awake, curious and creative mind that cross pollinates ideas to join the dots and build new ideas. 

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