The works included in the Personas exhibition were created as I examined the questions of identity, roles and self. For example, I was wondering if one self is just an illusion. Perhaps I am a constantly changing representation of me, formed by the sensations, observations and memories of a specific moment. Is the process of finding oneself a pointless and hopeless effort? Is it possible that a person’s self is at the same time a subject and an object – an observer and the subject of observation. Or does this require at least two selves?
The Personas exhibition features colorful self-portraits that I took at home in Töölö. The persons in the images change rapidly, but I feel that they are all equally real and genuine.
Ripsu (b. 1954) is a Helsinki-based art historian (MA) and photographer. The exhibition at Galleria Huuto is her eighth solo exhibition. Ripsu’s photography book Personas was published in January 2023.
Huuto III
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