27.11.–22.12.2024

MELTS

The peace of a world silenced by snow is shattered. The drops begin to fall. Magic winter, I weep.

I remember the snowy winters of my childhood. I am fascinated by the magical light of snow and its effect on landscape shapes. I think of winter as a stagnant time when nature is present, but absent. Humanity’s attitude to the signs of climate change could be compared to hibernation.

MELTS -exhibition takes place in the terrain of grief on the trail of snow. When the world is no longer what it has been. In the works, I deal with grief, crying and winter from the perspective of environmental grief. I am building a dialogue between the inanimate and the living, the universal and the individual, the whole and the broken. I try to bring a huge scale subject intimately close.

Taru Salonen

https://www.tarusalonen.com

Taru Salonen is a visual artist and art teacher from Turku, Finland. She graduated from Aalto University with a Master of Arts degree in 2010. Salonen’s work focuses on woodcuts and stone lithography. She is interested in combining traditional, handcrafted printmaking methods with three-dimensionality and the properties of paper.

Salonen has been active in solo exhibitions in recent years and has participated in several group exhibitions in Finland and internationally. Salonen’s works are in the State Art Collection and Hus Art Collection. She is a member of the Association of Finnish Printmakers and the Turku Printmakers Association.