ANTTI TANTTUWoodcuts 12.1.2008 – 3.2.2008

The waiting ones, 2007
woodcut and mixed media on MDF-board
150 x 170 cm

Antti Tanttu (b. 1963), Professor of Printmaking at the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, is known for his woodcuts. Tanttu works by engraving an image onto wood, which he then prints onto Japanese paper and glues onto painted or gold-leafed sheets of MDF. His earlier works have tended to balance on the boundary between the abstract and the figurative. In the new works, the figures are given increased prominence. In essence, Tanttu´s works deal with the expression of private or shared experiences of existence. In 2006, Tanttu was recognised with the Kalevala Society´s inaugural Akseli Gallen-Kallela award.

Rauli Heino

 

 
tanttu/2008/tanttu_dejavu

Déjà vu, 2007
woodcut and mixed media on MDF-board
110 x 94 cm

tanttu/2008/tanttu_ensilumi

First snowfall, 2006
woodcut and mixed media on MDF-board
70 x 60 cm

tanttu/2008/tanttu_eskapisti

Escapist, 2006
woodcut and mixed media on MDF-board
70 x 60 cm

tanttu/2008/tanttu_ihminen

Human, 2007
woodcut and mixed media on MDF-board
50 x 50 cm

tanttu/2008/tanttu_ilveilija

Jester, 2006
woodcut and mixed media on MDF-board
70 x 60 cm

tanttu/2008/tanttu_kilvoittelija

Fighter of the good fight, 2007
woodcut and mixed media on MDF-board
80 x 80 cm

tanttu/2008/tanttu_konjunktio

Conjunction, 2007
woodcut and mixed media on MDF-board
150 x 170 cm

tanttu/2008/tanttu_lootin_vaimo

Lot's wife, 2007
woodcut and mixed media on MDF-board
80 x 80 cm

tanttu/2008/tanttu_odottajat

The waiting ones, 2007
woodcut and mixed media on MDF-board
150 x 170 cm

tanttu/2008/tanttu_pimean_pelko

Fear of the dark, 2007
woodcut and mixed media on MDF-board
150 x 150 cm

tanttu/2008/tanttu_pyytaja

The asking one, 2007
woodcut and mixed media on MDF-board
110 x 94 cm

tanttu/2008/tanttu_saikayttaja

The startling one, 2007
woodcut and mixed media on MDF-board
110 x 94 cm

tanttu/2008/tanttu_strange_fruits

Strange fruits, 2007
woodcut and mixed media on MDF-board
80 x 80 cm

tanttu/2008/tanttu_unen_muotokuva

Portrait of a dream, 2007
woodcut and mixed media on MDF-board
150 x 150 cm

tanttu/2008/tanttu_uneton

Sleepless, 2007
woodcut and mixed media on MDF-board
110 x 94 cm

tanttu/2008/tanttu_unohdus

Oblivion, 2006
woodcut and mixed media on MDF-board
70 x 60 cm

tanttu/2008/tanttu_vetaytyja

The retreating one, 2006
woodcut and mixed media on MDF-board
70 x 60 cm

tanttu/2008/tanttu_viimeinen_aamu

The last morning, 2006
puupiirros ja sekatekniikka MDF-levylle
70 x 60 cm

tanttu/2008/vilpiton-urheus

Honest braveness, 2008
woodcut and mixed media on mdf-board
80 x 80 cm

 
 
 
 
 
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