Ahti Parviainen
Basic information
b. 1959, Helsinki
Visual artist
Residence: Espoo
Contact information
Email: ahti.parviainen@gmail.com
Artist’s Statement
Sensuality – You´re innocent when you dream.
My work is about sensuality. Sensuality is often connected with Eros. In my work, however, sensuality is more than an experience produced by the senses. It is conscious presence in the moment, it is intuition, it is a state of mind that enriches our experiences and our memories.
Watching another human being can be a sensual experience. The same feeling can be made by a phenomenon or an event in our surroundings: rain falling down the window, grains winding down the surface of wood or a fire that is constantly alive and moving. In addition thoughts, expectations or longings may arouse strong feelings, even though the experience is not physical.
In my work the emphasis is not only in the pictures themselves, but in the images, feelings and expectations that the viewers can identify with and to which they may add some sentiments of their own.
My work reflects my own states of mind and my personal strong experiences. I wish to share this with the viewers. I have created these pieces of art in the purpose of sharing an experience with the viewer. The experience is always new and personal despite the availability of numerous amounts of images and pictures suggesting sensuality. The work often contains surprises. On taking a closer look unexpected elements may be discovered. These elements may bring a new point of view to the matter in focus.
Sharing experiences, providing a possibility to identify with, connecting with feelings and states of mind have always been the cornerstones in my work.
My work is about sensuality. Sensuality is often connected with Eros. In my work, however, sensuality is more than an experience produced by the senses. It is conscious presence in the moment, it is intuition, it is a state of mind that enriches our experiences and our memories.
Watching another human being can be a sensual experience. The same feeling can be made by a phenomenon or an event in our surroundings: rain falling down the window, grains winding down the surface of wood or a fire that is constantly alive and moving. In addition thoughts, expectations or longings may arouse strong feelings, even though the experience is not physical.
In my work the emphasis is not only in the pictures themselves, but in the images, feelings and expectations that the viewers can identify with and to which they may add some sentiments of their own.
My work reflects my own states of mind and my personal strong experiences. I wish to share this with the viewers. I have created these pieces of art in the purpose of sharing an experience with the viewer. The experience is always new and personal despite the availability of numerous amounts of images and pictures suggesting sensuality. The work often contains surprises. On taking a closer look unexpected elements may be discovered. These elements may bring a new point of view to the matter in focus.
Sharing experiences, providing a possibility to identify with, connecting with feelings and states of mind have always been the cornerstones in my work.
