Butterfly I-IV
Hall Of Fame
Artgenda 2002
Hamburg, Germany 2002
in collaboration with Elisa Haaranen In my
drawings on skin I use both water resistant and
non-resistant colours.
Some of the colours stay on the surface, some go deeper
in to the skin resembling a old tattoo. The skin can be
as oily or as dry as it happens to be at the moment. I
leave the skin as it is and start to draw on it.
Drawing on skin is very intimate and physical. The
surface of the skin is soft to draw on.
The pen moves on the skin and transmits a soothing
sensation to the person receiving the drawing. The
surface of the skin moves in the rhythm of breathing. The
situation has a sacral and silent touch. The drawing
process involves sharing and trust.
The skin is the outmost extension of the human body
between man and the universe.
Through his/her skin a person becomes real to another.
You can’t make a drawing closer to somebody than
when drawing on to ones skin. The colour gets absorbed
through the skin and becomes a part of the body.
I have made these drawings since 1999. First the drawings
were abstract improvisations. I treated skin as a map.
The wrinkles and lines show the signs of life. The
drawing almost already exists on it. I just followed the
shapes of muscles, veins, and wrinkles.
“Butterfly I-IV” have been exhibited also in
Forum Box, Helsinki 2002.
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