Exhibition I promised to come back for her birthday was open from 14th of October to 13th of November 2022. Vuorenmaa’s new works have been influenced by her role as a mother and the resulting contradictory feelings. Reading her teenage diaries also evoked memories and through them, the meaningful action heroes of her youth became part of the theme. In the exhibition, stories and time are layered, the artist’s childhood fears and joys reflected on the now. “Painting, in the same way as life, can be frightening, and still, one wants to approach it.” In the end, it is a question of daring to let go, let the hand’s movement lead, anticipate. Last autumn, Vuorenmaa painted a series of studies of Princess Leia, one of the main characters of the Star Wars movies, portrayed by Carrie Fisher. Along with the series, her first abstraction – painted at the same time – initiated Vuorenmaa’s internal process for this exhibition. “I reminisced about my teenage sources of strength, and Ripley, the androgyne hero of my childhood films, and Princess Leia became part of my new series.”
How many years have I been floating out there, painting and carving on wood, hight 160 x width 155cm (2022) Photo: Jussi TiainenI am not scared, painting and carving on wood, hight 163 x width 45 cm(2022) Photo: Jussi TiainenI promised to come back for her birthday, painting and carving on wood, hight 241 x width 207 cm (2022) Photo: Jussi TiainenIf you look behind, painting and carving on wood, hight 80 x width 70 cm (2022) Photo: Jussi TiainenDark side Leia, painting on plywood, hight 122 x width 81 cm (2022) Photo: Jussi Tiainent is getting dark (We should go inside now), painting and carving on wood, hight 32 x width 30 cm (2022) Photo: Jussi TiainenGrab me by the hand, painting and carving on wood, hight 119 x width 124cm (2022) Photo: Jussi TiainenHide and seek, painting on plywood, hight 122 x width 72 cm (2022) Photo: Jussi TiainenGrab me by the hand, painting and carving on wood, hight 119 x width 124cm (2022) Photo: Jussi TiainenEternity, painting and carving on wood, hight 67 x width 80 cm (2022) Photo: Jussi TiainenIt needs me, painting and carving on wood, hight 119 x width 103 cm (2022) Photo: Jussi TiainenMilky splash, painting and carving on wood, hight 121 x width 114 cm (2022) Photo: Jussi TiainenRipley in my dream, painting and carving on wood, hight 240 x width 205 cm (2022) Photo: Jussi TiainenTeeth, oil on canvas, hight 41 cm x width 30 cm (2022) Photo: Jussi TiainenTake this hot chocolate, painting and carving on wood, hight 63 x width 45 cm (2022) Photo: Jussi TiainenAwake, oil on canvas, hight 41 cm x width 30 cm (2022) Photo: Jussi TiainenYou can feel safe now, painting and carving on wood, hight 93 x width 193 cm (2022) Photo: Jussi TiainenTransformation, painting and carving on wood, hight 119 x width 113 cm (2022) Photo: Jussi TiainenThis is a tracking machine, painting and carving on wood, hight 198 x width 125 cm (2022) Photo: Jussi TiainenTry to control your self, painting on plywood, hight 122 x width 73 cm (2022) Photo: Jussi TiainenGeneral view