Jussi Niva 13.2.-29.2. 2004
Blind Spots
Jussi Niva’s (born
1966) new series of pictures is called Blind Spots. According to the artist,
narration also featured in his previous set of works, Fine Tuning, which
portrays electronic image and sound. This time, however, the works have
a definite narrative look.
In Blind Spots, Jussi Niva portrays the same event - driving by car in the
dark - from different dramaturgical angles. Illustrative effects help tell
the story, something that is typical for storyboards or cartoon narratives.
Niva integrates the literary elements - car, road, camera and rear mirror
- into abstracts, impressions of the light and traffic, thus highlighting
the empirical nature of the narrative. A driver is blinded by the lights
of oncoming or rear traffic and the moving cars leave a trail of light behind
them. Something happens in time and space. The work does not identify one
image at a time, but like an installation. Indeed, Niva says that he uses
painting methods to examine one way of telling something.
Jussi Niva has problematicised and examined painting in many different ways
in his production. His art has been displayed in several major international
exhibitions including Kassel Dokumenta (1992), Venice Biennial (1993), Ars
95 and the Carnegie Art Award exhibition.
Rauli Heino
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Blind Spots, 2003-2004
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