Kirsi Jaakkola: Overpainted
In the artistic process, ideas, making, materials and techniques overlap, intertwine and circulate. The basis of a artwork is often, quite concretely, another artwork.
A new artwork takes shape on top of an old one. Something of the old may remain visible, or may disappear altogether.
In Kirsi Jaakkola’s exhibition Overpainted, old works take shape and are enriched in new ways. Jaakkola’s working method is layered and multi-material. The works usually rotate in the painting process for several months, sometimes even years.
Now all the works in the exhibition have taken shape on top of old artworks. For some reason, the artworks have not found their final form in the past, and I have continued working with them several times without starting from scratch. Some of the old layers are visible, some are obscured, but earlier ideas are visible on the surface, for example as different textures. The exhibition wall has also been painted over.
All the paintings were completed in 2025, but the first layers of some of the artworks are from the early 2000s.
Kirsi Jaakkola, a visual artist YAMK from Kankaanpää, has been part of the Kruunupää working community of artists since 2003.
Gallery is open Tue–Thu 12–14. Closed in July.
Porilaistenkatu, 28130 PoriFree entrance