by Turku Artist, Hannakaisa Oksane. The Majority of the work is scululptural in nature, featuing several wall pieces reminicent of painting. Using wood as a primary material, the artist has developed a cohesive body of work, involving thread or sewing technique as the primary form of joinery. The work relies heavily on contextual reference inherent in the materials. Wood and twine used for the most part to create abstract often explosive forms, some of which allude to themes of femininity or domestic discontent through the loaded imagery (dresses, Needles etc.)For the most part the strength of the show is in the abstract sculptures, pieces like Uhka, an urchin of wooden steaks, precariously balanced and restrained with what remains of the hook from an old chain fall.
The majority of the two dimensional pieces reiterate the what the artist is doing with the three dimensional work, and while fine aesthetically, the ideas work much better off the walls.
The stand out in the show for me is the piece Pieli Nelua. A needle and thread whittled from wood, this work combines the materialistic and conceptual themes of the exhibit, while presenting them in a starkly different manner than the other work on display.
