Yö Galleria
30.10.-13.11.2021
Welcome to the opening on Fri 29.10.2021 at 17-21.
Phantasmagoria is a solo exhibition of Kalle Ahonen. The theme of the exhibition is phantasms, images spontaneously created by the imagination.
The concept of Phantasma (φάντασμα) has its roots in Greek, where it means both the visions produced by the imagination and apparitions that are imagined to be real, such as ghosts.
Phantasms, the images generated by the mind, cannot be solely derived from the sensations of external reality. We are also able to create images that are in complete conflict with the laws of perceived reality. Because the imagination includes also materially impossible forms of being, it provides us with a broader view in to the totality of existence.
Through visual art, the intangible images of the mind can be brought into a perceptible form. Phantasmagoria makes the realm of imagination visible through charcoal drawings, collages, three-dimensional works and installations.