63. JYRKI SIUKONEN'S "ROUND ROOM",
24 October - 30 December 1992
Jyrki Siukonen (b. 1959 Tampere) has said that he does
not want to draw a circle without a reason.
Siukonen designed an installation for Gallery A on the
upper floor of the Sara Hildén Art Museum. He named it "The
Round Room". The paradox which is connected with the name brings
up the question: quite obviously the room has corners, so why call a rectangle
a circle?
Siukonen tends to question self-evident truths. He also
aims at depicting abstract things for which there is no visual model as
such. "When one depicts something that cannot be depicted, one easily
ends up with the shape of a circle", Siukonen says.
"The Round Room" consisted of a number of parts
with a rich history of meaning and background connections. Siukonen often
takes the history of learning as his starting point, such as the thoughts
of Leibniz and Wittgenstein as well as encyclopedic ideas, which are modified
work by work in the artist's different projects and exhibitions. A new
work provides an idea for the next one, although the original idea may
occupy the mind of the artist for years to come. Siukonen comments not
only on his own works, but on works by other artists. In "The Round
Room" there are references to works by both the American artist Jonathan
Borofsky and the Finnish artist Jan-Erik Andersson. Siukonen uses comments
as his instruments rather than quotations.
"The Round Room" was an installation which had
its own independent character. It was designed for a particular space
in the museum. Even so, each part of the work had its own visual and thematic
content.
Catalogue:
Jyrki Siukosen Pyöreä huone
1992, 86 pages
Sara Hildén Art Museum Publication 53 (Text in Finnish)
ISBN 952-9652-08-9
ISSN 0357-3001
Price FIM 30
2,540 visitors attended the exhibition.
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