Ville Kylatasku @ Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki - What Does Anything Mean? Basically

Ville Kylätasku

What Does Anything Mean? Basically

Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki

28 October – 20 November 2022

In his new exhibition, Ville Kylätasku focuses his gaze on inner, intimate aspects of the human condition. Spirit and matter, consciousness and corporeality, thought and experience, self and otherness, desire and being desired, presence and absence, the visible and the invisible—these and many other existential opposites are fused in the form and content of his art. Addressing timeless existential questions through a lens of humanist inquiry, Ville Kylätasku’s paintings reflect on what it fundamentally means to be human.

Ville Kylätasku harnesses emotion as a tool to explore questions at the core of humanity. Perceptions – and the experiences and feelings they evoke – are born at the crossroads between the visible and the invisible. The figures in Ville Kylätasku’s paintings straddle this intersection, taking shape in the interface between metaphysics and reality. The rhythmic dance of opposites is appealing and discomforting in equal measures. The key to unlocking the meaning of the paintings lies in the intimacy, compassion and vulnerability of the emotions they weave together.

Ville Kylätasku’s paintings are timeless and sensuous in their aesthetic sensibility. They evoke a variety of emotional responses through their philosophical contemplation of matter, materiality and immateriality. The sense of touch, for instance, is not inherently material, yet without materiality, tactile experience would be impossible. The paintings also allude to the ethics of reciprocity: we reap as we sow – the consequences of our actions eventually return to us. According to Ville Kylätasku, nobody is ever completely detached and solitary, for everything around us is part of us.

Ville Kylätasku (b. 1979) studied art and design at the Lahti Institute of Design and Fine Arts. His work is found in collections including the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, the Artists’ Association of Finland, the Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art and the Hort Collection in New York. The artist is based in Berlin.

GALERIE FORSBLOM

Yrjönkatu 22, 00120 Helsinki

www.galerieforsblom.com

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Ville Kylätasku @ Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki

Ville Kylätasku: Music Box Of The Soul
Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki
November 17 – December 22, 2017

Electric energy meets vulnerable sensibility in the latest paintings by VILLE KYLÄTASKU (b. 1979). The exhibition was inspired by rave culture and the clubs of Berlin: Kylätasku’s neon colors glimmer like strobe lights on a dance floor, shining like glossy plastic, accentuating a palette laced by heavy blacks and matte whites, each canvas radiating its own gleaming aura. In his personal retake on Action Painting, Ville Kylätasku pushes his technique in a more expressionistic direction. The airy paintings collectively transform the gallery into a self-contained narrative space in which the canvases engage in both two-way dialogues and also in a broader conversation pulling together the entire group of works.

Painted on sheets of PVC, Ville Kylätasku’s paintings have an immaterial, well-nigh metaphysical quality. His work is inspired by his personal philosophy embracing the positive emotions invoked by art. The artist believes that society is on the brink of a spiritual revolution that will transform humanity in unprecedented ways. Feeling that we focus too much energy on external realities, the artist strives to redirect our attention toward our inner world. His work ponders perennial issues such as the challenge of confronting and accepting oneself: the artist sees life as a self-invented illusion with the ultimate goal of self-discovery. After that moment of self-enlightenment is attained, he believes that we become genuinely good human beings, albeit that everything ultimately begins and ends with a mystery.

In addition to studying art, Ville Kylätasku studied design at the Lahti University of Applied Sciences, which inspired his long-term explorative interest in experimenting with various materials. His work is represented in collections including the Artists’ Association of Finland and the Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art as well as numerous private collections around the world. The artist lives and works in Berlin.

GALERIE FORSBLOM
Lönnrotinkatu 5 / Yrjönkatu 22
00120 Helsinki, Finland
www.galerieforsblom.com