RAIMO SAARINEN

Photos: ©Paula Virta / EMMA Espoon modernin taiteen museo

https://lonnstromintaidemuseo.fi/kelluva-saari

2021

plants, earth, water, scaffolding, dumpster

Photo: Maija Astikainen

It started off as a molten mass, then it cooled and hardened. It travelled with the tectonic plates, rose up to become a mountain high above the Earth and then crumbled. It travelled inside the ice and then stayed where it was for a moment.

2021

paper, pigment, wood, steel chain

Photo: Sofia Okkonen, Amos Rex

Consist of three sculptures

Lightweight concrete, steel, lime wash, living plants, soil

Size varies, max. height 350cm

2020

80x17cm

Miltä koti tuntuu Exhibition in Jätkäsaari 1.9-9.9.2018

Installation is covering two separate balconies in Jätkäsaari housing area.

Dendrophilia, Pori Biennaali III – Centennial, 16.–22.7.2018. Installation and performance

 FLOWER SHOP DENDROPHILIA

Dendrophilia piece is inspired by an old flower shop and based on questionnaire done by Porin kulttuurisäätö. In my work, I often observe the concept of nature and relationship to plants in western culture. Dendrophilia continues this work and theme.

The piece is a kind of a replica of a flower shop, changing, looking for itself and in a metamorphosis throughout the exhibition, touching borders of installation art, performance art, and floristics. Dendrophilia’s final form and appearance are defined by people and interactions that happen inside the old flower shop now used as an exhibition venue.

Kuvat: Erno-Erik Raitanen

Installaatio n. 10m x 7m x 4m Galleria Augusta, Suomenlinna 19.12-21.12.2017

Oasis on ajatus Suomesta muutaman vuosikymmenen päästä. Talven pimeys on säilynyt mutta lämpötilat ovat kuin kesällä. Pimeä, kostea, kasvivalaisimin valaistu keidas. Kukkien tuoksu täyttää kapeat muovin rajaamat käytävät labyrintissä. Mitä pidemmälle Oasikseen kävelee, sitä ahdistavammaksi muoviseinät, tuoksu ja kosteus yltyvät katsojan ympärillä.

Size of one sculpture 15cm X 15cm X 20cm Size of installation 20cm X 100cm X 20cm Clay, sand, soil, living plan

Installation size vary. Living plants, water containers 

Sculpture installation. Size of one sculpture about 100cm X 200cm

Akvarelli, paperi, kasviliima

Synthetic fertilizer, glass. Size vary 40cm - 150cm. 2014

Chemical Fertilizer, glass, plants

Installation covering four windows with board

Plaster, pigments, driftwood, seashells, semiprecious stones, stones, plastics, copper. Size vary 40cm - 110cm

plants, insects, stone

40x50x5cm

Garden of the Apocalypse

2021

plants, soil, water, scaffolding, dumpster