Kalervo Palsa
Huugo Kalervo Palsa (born March 12, 1947 in Kittilä ; † October 3, 1987 ibid) was a Finnish painter of fantastic expressionism . His paintings are characterized by a deep pessimism, but also have moments of the absurd. Palsa only became known to a wider circle of art enthusiasts posthumously .
Life
Palsa was born in 1947 in Kittilä in the northern Finnish province of Lapland ; his maiden name was Huugo Kalervo Palsa . In 1963 - Palsa was 16 years old - his father died. His art was shown to the public for the first time in 1967: the opportunity was provided by the annual exhibition of Lappish art in the Rovaniemi library .
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His works often show dead people and skulls, as well as countless depictions of oversized male genitals and rape-like scenes, sometimes a combination of the three motifs. Palsa worked primarily in two mediums: oil and comic-style graphic techniques. The first exhibition in German-speaking countries took place from November 28th to December 10th, 2013 as part of the fifth NORDWIND Festival under the title "You can't just paint flowers, you also have to paint hangman's knots".
Quotes
- Lempipuuhiani niin ikään runkkaamisen ja maalaamisen lisäksi oli kuseminen sillalta, mieluummin virtaavaan veteen, myötävirtaan. - Kalervo Palsa (translation: "My favorite pastime - besides masturbation and painting - was to piss off a bridge, preferably in running water, downstream.")
- Ei riitä että maalaa kukkia, taytyy maalata hirttosilmukoitakin. - Kalervo Palsa (translation: "It is not enough to paint flowers, you also have to paint hangman's knots.")
- Minä olen myytti. - Kalervo Palsa. This quote from a diary (dated April 24, 1987, half a year before his death) was chosen by the curators of the Palsa retrospective in Kiasma (2002) as the motto of the exhibition. (Translation: "I am a myth.")
Exhibitions
- 2013: Kalervo Palsa. It is not enough to paint flowers, you also have to paint hangman's knots . Kunstquartier Bethanien , Berlin. Catalog.
Web links
- Works by Kalervo Palsa in the collection of the National Gallery of Finland
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Palsa, Kalervo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Palsa, Huugo Kalervo (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish expressionism painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kittilä , Lapland , Finland |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd October 1987 |
| Place of death | Kittila |