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JURI MARKKULA
RGB SERIESWHILE MOST PEOPLE ARE DISILLUSIONED BY THEIR EVERYDAY LIVES, IT IS UNSURPRISING OUR NATURAL SURROUNDINGS OFTEN GO UNNOTICED. FROM FALLEN LEAVES, BROKEN BRANCHES, TO THE SOIL BENEATH OUR FEET – WHILE NEGLECTED BY MANY, THESE ELEMENTS HAVE BEEN GIVEN EXALTED STATUS BY MARKKULA WITHIN HIS RGB WORKS.
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“Well it’s about how I think RGB series work. They seem to be enlightened like a screen. To me, the colour is the surface, the interface to connect with spectators and induce emotions.”
- Juri Markkula
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JURI MARKKULA IS AN ARTIST WHO MAKES THE INDUSTRIAL AND THE TECHNOLOGICAL BEAUTIFUL, TURNING CHEMICALS INTO ART. OFTEN GETTING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO TEND TO MACHINES THAT FIRE HIS PROJECTS, HE IS AN ARTIST WHO BRINGS AN OBSESSIONAL DETAIL-ORIENTATION, PRODUCING LOVINGLY RENDERED ABSTRACT SURFACES WHICHCALL TO MIND OBJECTS OF A HYPER-NATURAL ESSENCE.
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MARKKULA APPLIES HIS UNIQUE CREATIVE PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES A 360 HIGH-RESOLUTION SCANNING SYSTEM AND A CUSTOM BUILT DIGITAL SCULPTING SYSTEM, TO CELEBRATE THE PURE BEAUTY OF THE GROUND HE SEES EVERY DAY IN THE RURAL AREA OF SWEDEN WHERE HE RESIDES. HIS RGB SERIES IS A ELABORATED REPRESENTATION OF NATURE, WITH THE FORMS SYNTHETICALLY BOLDER AND DIGITALLY AMPLIFIED.
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“The blades of grass are also grotesquely big, colossal even, and make us feel both lost in the world and in our own bodies. Hence the eye’s relation to form is seriously altered, but mostly with respect to the material: you realize that the space you normally see is not all divided by smooth surfaces, but a closer look reveals forms and material, a strange unity between coarseness and colour that is not normally seen but can still be felt.”
- Lars-Erik Hjertstrom Lappalainen,
Art Critic
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RGB (RED GREEN BLUE) REFERS TO THE ADDITIVE COLOUR SYSTEM THAT IS USED IN EVERY DIGITAL SCREEN AND VIDEO EQUIPMENT. MARKKULA PURPOSELY CHOOSES THESE THREE VIBRANT ARTIFICIAL COLOURS TO CREATE HIS ABSTRACTED BEAUTY. HIS ARTWORKS BECOME THIS HYBRID OF THE DIGITAL WORLD WITH THE PHYSICAL WORLD.
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Creative Process of Juri Markkula's RGB Series
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AVAILABLE WORKS
Juri Markkula
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