The central theme of the exhibition is a change of mind. In my works, I reflect on the limitations of time and the consequences of right and wrong choices, especially from the point of view of error and losing the way. In the background is the idea of freedom of choice. The freedom to choose between good and evil, to err and get lost, to change one’s mind, to choose differently and to start over. Make new mistakes, repeat the same mistakes, get lost again.
The series of works on display is a picture of a personal internal conversation, which questions related to temporal and eternal life have awakened in me. How much time do I still have to get lost? What will be left for me and what will be left for me when time runs out? The name of the exhibition ” All images disappear ” refers to the moment when worldly things lose their meaning.
The image world of the exhibition deals with the loss of paradise and its consequences, as well as suffering and resurrection, through which the gates of paradise open again. The prerequisite for the return is a change of mind, a turning of the spirit and body back to the Good, the reaching of the soul to the Beauty.
In addition to the paintings, the exhibition includes an installation that is made up of paint chips spread on the floor and fabric flowers growing from them. The installation makes visible the process of painting. The cloths I use to clean the brushes are evidence of the work done, they are traces of the path of painting. The paint-filled canvases waiting to be thrown away also depict the life lived and its end. The paint rags form a tomb, from which the flowers reaching towards the sky are a metaphor for eternal life. At the same time, the white canvas represents the birth of new thoughts, new questions and new paintings, the ever-present new possibility.
Emmi Tavela (born 1977) is a visual artist (TaM) from Tampere. He lives and works in the outer archipelago of Porvoo. Tavela has held numerous solo exhibitions, mainly in Helsinki. Tavela paints color-oriented subjects that preoccupy her in everyday life, but which, however, focus on existential themes larger than basic everyday life.
