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Jaakko Pernu is a Finnish sculptor and environment
artist living in the city of Oulu. He has been working 20
years with natural material - often in an oversized scale.
Lately he has been working mostly abroad creating many public
site specific works around Europe and Canada: Vancouver
Convention Centre ( Canada), Concord Park Place
(Canada).
Sculpture in the
Wild International Sculpture Symposium presented the first
opportunity for Jaakko to create a large-scale sculpture
installation in the United States. During 11/2015 he worked in
Valle de Bravo, Mexico.
Jaakko Pernu: Hour Glass
(Tiimalasi), 11/2015, Valle de Bravo, Mexico, h. 5 m, mat:
natural wood
Many of Jaakko Pernu’s works
derive their inspiration from his early life, growing up in
rural Eastern Finland. As a child, Pernu helped his father
construct wooden boats. He observed his father’s technique of
manipulating wood to create sweeping, elegant shapes, and this
is evident in his distinct environmental
sculptures.
Vagrant, Kotka 2001,
willow / paju, korkeus 8,2 m
Pernu’s work is generally made of
natural materials – branches and trunks found near a site,
expertly woven together to achieve exquisite forms. Often made
of willow, his works are typically left to the elements, and
their degradation serves as an aspect of the work as they
weather and decay over time.
"The ideas to my works come
intuitively into existence by surprise out of time and place.
I feel that my ready works can be part of the specific art
world, placed in a museum or in a gallery, but just as well
they can be in the dimension of everyman, on a strange route,
along by which you would bump into them by chance. My theme is
the influence of humans on nature - the influence of nature on
humans."
by Jaakko
Pernu
Timberline - Puuraja
Jaakko Pernu: Timber Line, Bryssel,
Belgia 2006, willow, height 6m
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"A
heap of rough, trimmed tree trunks, nicely piled
up, is in itself a signal of man's presence and
his wish to influence the surrounding nature - to
mark it."
"Kuorimaton karsittu rankapino on jo
itsessään sopivasti sommiteltuna luonnossa viesti
ihmisen läsnäolosta ja halusta vaikuttaa
ympäröivään luontoon – merkitä
se."
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"Timberline, puuraja, is a tangible
concept in the Northern latitudes. A timberline, marked
with willow, in the middle of a European city may be a
Northern comment on the spread of cities. At the same
time, it may represent an aesthetic "timberline" either
in a built-up or in a natural environment. I try to
allow for multiple interpretations of my works: they do
not preach loudly.
My working
techniques are a direct continuation of the traditional
Finnish itch for "hands-on" methods, in which in one
form or another, materials derived from nature were
always used. I feel that my completed works can be a
part of the defined art world of galleries or museums;
however, they can also be within reach of the so-called
man in the street, who might bump into the artworks by
chance along unfamiliar paths. In that instance, you
could say that the intuitive ball of comprehension has
been thrown to the viewer."
"Timber line, puuraja, on konkreettinen käsite
pohjoisilla leveysasteilla. Pajulla merkitty puuraja
keskellä eurooppalaista pääkaupunkia voi olla pohjoinen
kommentti kaupunkirakentamiseen. Yhtä lailla voi olla
kyse esteettisestä ”puurajasta” joko rakennetussa tai
luonnontilaisessa ympäristössä. Pyrin teoksissani
monitulkintaisuuteen, työni eivät julista suurella
äänellä.
Työskentelyprosessini ovat suoraa jatkoa
perinteiselle suomalaiselle käsin tekemisen vimmalle,
mihin olennaisesti ovat kuuluneet luonnonmateriaalit
jossain muodossa. Koen, että valmiit työni voivat olla
osa määriteltyä taidemaailmaa, sijoitettuna museoon tai
galleriatilaan, mutta yhtä hyvin ne voivat olla niin
sanotun jokamiehen ulottuvilla, oudoilla reiteillä,
joiden varsilla niihin sattumalta törmää. Silloin
ymmärryksen intuitiivinen pallo on heitetty
katsojalle."
by Jaakko
Pernu
Parasol, Oulu
2001,
Willow
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Photo Gallery
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Vagrant, Kotka 2001,
willow /
paju,
korkeus 8,2 m
Beacon, willow,
Kokkola, 2002 /
Lyysi, paju, kork. 4,5
m
A Funnel Lyxury,
2008
yksityisnäyttelystäni: Arte Sella, Gallery
Malga Costa, Borgo Valsugana, Italia
materiaali:
paju, kork. 4 m
kuvaaja: Giancarlo Dal
Savio
Jaakko Pernu: Hour Glass
(Tiimalasi), 11/2015, Valle de Bravo, Mexico, h. 5 m,
mat: natural wood
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For the
big family, willow, Joensuu, 2006 /
Suurelle suvulle. paju. korkeus 6,5
m
Organ
of Hearing, Fiskars 1999 - 03
willow /
paju, korkeus 7
m
Ground Beneath, Oulu
1996 - 99
paju, korkeus 9,5 m,
photo: Markku
Siekkinen
Jaakko Pernu: Hour Glass
(Tiimalasi), 11/2015, Valle de Bravo, Mexico, h. 5 m,
mat: natural wood
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Sky is the
limit, willow,
Tampere,
1999 / Taivas
kattona , paju, kork. 7,5
m
Parasol, Oulu 2001 - ,
willow /
paju, korkeus 6,5
m
Kidnapping
Nature
Couleur Café, Bryssel,
Belgia 2006
Jaakko
Pernu: Hour Glass (Tiimalasi), 11/2015, Valle de Bravo,
Mexico, h. 5 m, mat: natural
wood
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Videos:
Summer Clouds,
Toronto
Floats, Vancouver,
Canada
Artickles:
- EMBASSY OF FINLAND, Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada: Jaakko Pernu - "Wood Works with a
Difference", 1/31/2007
- EMBASSY OF FINLAND,
Brussels: "Jaakko Pernu's shortcut to Jette"
6/19/2008
- parkplaceartspace.com/ Art Space
Concord Park Place (Outdoor Art Gallery)
- Summer Clouds by Jaakko
Pernu at Discovery at Concord Park Place,
Toronto
URBAN TORONTO ca - / November 24, 2011 12:00
pm | by Craig White
- www.vancouverconventioncentre.com Jaakko
Pernu Floats / Vancouver Convention Centre, Canada
- www.vancouverobserver.com
"Vancouver's unconventional centre and its art
project"
by VO THE VANCOUVER OBSERVER Feb 18th,
2011
- SHIFT curating the Culture
of todays`environment."Incredible Environmental Art by
Jaakko Pernu" by Neil Simonton
2012
- ( via The Free Library by
Farlex.) Wood spirit: finnish artist Jaakko Pernu makes
works that explore both the physical properties and symbolic
dimensions of wood. (Design Review ,The Architectural Review
, March 1, 2003 | Slessor, Catherine |
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Kidnapping Nature
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