8th – 23rd of January 2022
Jesse Avdeikov
Resurrection
Yö Galleria
Lönnrotinkatu 33
00180 Helsinki
Tue-Fri 14-19, Sat-Sun 12-17
There is time to party and there is time to return to the normal life. And sometimes in between those we experience hangover.
Life can’t always be about having fun and in the end you have to confront the reality.
We often begin a new year with a promise of a healthier life. Often those promises are broken and same mistakes are repeated all over again and things continue to go in cycles.
My relationship with alcohol is quite complicated. It’s hard to think of many things that I enjoy more than a shower beer after a really long day. Alcoholism destroyed my family and yet – drinking beer with friends is still plenty of fun.
Why do we celebrate life by destroying ourselves?
Why do we drink this known poison called alcohol to comfort us in sadness and for pleasure?
Headache, nausea, remorse, fear of everything, anxiety and spent too much money again.
Sometimes while having a hangover my brain is in absurd mode. Adding a sort of distortion to my perspective of reality. If you can handle this slight loss of control you can almost enjoy or at least make a use out of this new point of view.
How yucky it may sound, suffering and (self inflicted) more challenging form of existence, inspired this exhibition.
Glass of water, slice of pizza, couple of funny dog videos and a shower beer. We will survive through this one, there shall be a resurrection! Happy New Year!
This exhibition is supported by Arts Promotion Centre Finland.
Jesse Avdeikov (b. 1986) is an artist working in the mediums of painting, writing, embroidery, animation, and installation. His works stem from an autobiographical place, and stories are important to him. His art addresses themes such as friendship, different lifestyles, the importance of enjoyment, loneliness as well as birth and death. He is inspired by YouTube videos, the classic art of painting, dogs, thinking about sad things and the absurd aspects of life. Avdeikov earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from the Academy of Fine Arts of the University of the Arts Helsinki in June 2020.
ig: @jesseavokado