TOPI RUOTSALAINENPossessions & Positions 20.4.2013 – 19.5.2013

Embankment, 2011
oil on hardboard
200 x 132 cm

TOPI RUOTSALAINEN

I paint people
Human beings, the human
Human characteristics
Ways of being
Obsessions and efforts
The desire to own, to possess, to receive, to experience
The desire for another human being
The desire for the world
A human amongst human beings
The world amongst human beings

And yet, the act of painting human beings remains secondary to me. After all, the people in my paintings are just building blocks, brush strokes in human form, mere elements conveying my experience of the world.

In Possessions & Positions, the game is is still on. Who gets to play king of the hill? Who sets the rules? And how far to the next hill?

Topi Ruotsalainen


 
  • ruotsalainen/2013/Going-down_the-only-road_netti

    Going down - The only road, 2013
    oil and acrylic on canvas
    200 x 225 cm

  • ruotsalainen/2013/Ei_vaisteta_netti

    Not yielding, 2013
    oil on board
    61 x 68 cm

  • ruotsalainen/2013/klubi_netti

    Club, 2013
    oil on canvas
    200 x 235 cm

  • ruotsalainen/2013/Old_boys_netti

    Old boys, 2012
    oil on canvas
    200 x 230 cm

  • ruotsalainen/2013/Embankment_netti

    Embankment, 2011
    oil on board
    200 x 132 cm

  • ruotsalainen/2013/Lean_on_Heino_netti

    Lean on, 2012
    oil on board
    150 x 108 cm

  • ruotsalainen/2013/Monumentti_netti

    Monument, 2013
    oil on canvas
    173 x 140 cm

  • ruotsalainen/2013/Huomiotorppo_netti

    Attention cone, 2013
    oil on board
    75 x 24 cm

  • ruotsalainen/2013/Race_netti

    Race, 2012
    oil on board
    132 x 214 cm

  • ruotsalainen/2013/Vireilya_netti

    Getting tuned, 2013
    oil on canvas
    145 x 263 cm

  • ruotsalainen/2013/Constructions_netti

    Constructions, 2013
    oil on board
    75 x 126 cm

  • ruotsalainen/2013/Taalla_ollaan_netti

    Here we are then, 2012
    oil on canvas
    85 x 105 cm

  • ruotsalainen/2013/Paskaa_netti

    Shiiiiiit!, 2013
    oil on board
    27 x 63 cm

  • ruotsalainen/2013/Tytto776_ja_kusiaiset_netti

    Girl and the buggers, 2013
    oil on board
    27 x 63 cm

  • ruotsalainen/2013/Greyer_on_your_side_netti

    Greyer on your side, 2013
    oil on board
    45 x 62 cm

  • ruotsalainen/2013/Lady_Justice_netti

    Lady Justice, 2013
    oil and acrylic on canvas
    40 x 50 cm

  • ruotsalainen/2013/teoskuva_How_about_them_apples_netti

    How about them apples?, 2012
    oil on board
    132 x 195 cm

  • ruotsalainen/2013/East_side_netti

    East side, 2013
    oil and spray on board
    47 x 150 cm

  • ruotsalainen/2013/Ketju_netti

    Chain, 2013
    oil and acrylic on canvas
    41 x 130 cm

 
 
 
 
 
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