Matias Karsikas | Kukka V
Year | 2024 | Medium | Ceramic, glass, gold | Size | 42 x 37 cm |
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2800,00 €
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“Working with ceramics and glass feels like home rather than work. These are materials I want to spend all my spare time with. Ceramics enchant me repeatedly with their versatility. Exploring ceramics feels like navigating through complex terrain filled with endless possibilities. Glass and ceramics have an almost magical feeling to me. Opening a ceramic kiln or working with glass blowing often fills me with wonder. Sometimes working feels like playing make-believe as an alchemist when plain earth transforms into gold, the glow of emerald, and bubbling glass.”
“Art is for me a poetic way to perceive reality. It is my own language, a means of communication. I aim to express phenomena through it that couldn’t be conveyed in any other way. Behind the driving force and professional motivation lies excitement. It’s a kind of reverse déjà vu feeling. I feel like I’m heading in the right direction when my work feels completely new and exciting, something I can’t yet grasp or understand in the initial stages, but something that makes my heart beat. In a world created by the human mind, where everything can be named and categorized, making art offers a unique opportunity to explore new territories. The evolution of my works is important; they must evolve over time, avoiding repetition and stagnation."