Title: Only love is incorruptible
“I long for the land that is not
for all that is, I weary of desiring.
The moon is telling me in silvern runes
of the land that is not,
the land where all our wishes are wondrously fulfilled,
the land where all our shackles fall,
the land where our bleeding forehead cools
in the dew of the moon.
My life was a burning illusion.
But one thing I found and one thing I really gained –
the road to the land that is not.
In the land that is not
there walks my beloved with a glittering crown.
Who is my beloved? The night is dark
and the stars quiver in answer.
Who is my beloved? What is his name?
The heaven arch higher and higher
and human being is drowned in endless mist
and knows no answer.
But a human being is nothing but certainty.
And it stretches its arms higher than all heavens.
And there comes an answer:
I am the one you love and will always love.”
Edith Södergran “The land that is not”
(Translation by Martin Allwood)
I find many similarities between the above poem and my research – the harmony, that particular pace. Södergran's question "who is the beloved one, what is his name?" resounds throughout my works. In my painting, time after time I’m looking back to the person I love and have loved; the object of love may change, not the intensity. This attempt appears like the final, essential consequence of my trip through symbolic rooms, spaces marked by silence, where light is diffused like a stream without origin and where shadows no longer lengthen, defining a space touched by metaphysical echoes, but remain immobile on the ground like the last, fragile vestige of a distant past.
I’m trying to lose the exact connotation of my objects and move towards a different dimension, towards frequencies of entire symbolic, allusive aggregate shifts, my ceaseless game of returning to a human time that seems to have just come to a halt, to a presence that seems to have vanished just before grasping the last signs enclosed in the trivial, necessary objects in my daily life.
Biography
HANNU PALOSUO - Born in 1966 in Helsinki, Finland.
Education: - 1991 - 1993 Universitá degli Studi “La Sapienza” di Roma - History of Art
- 1993 - 1997 Accademia delle Belle Arti di Roma - Painting
Solo exhibitions:
2009 - “Hannu Palosuo”, Verarte, Roma, ITALY
- “Omaggio al sublime di Turner”, MLB Home Gallery, Ferrara, ITALY
- “Bombardieri – Palosuo”, Mart, REPUBLIC OF SAN MARINO
2008 -“My life was a burning illusion”, Galleria De Crescenzo & Viesti, Roma, ITALY
- “Denying one’s destiny”, Galleria Uusitalo, Helsinki, FINLAND
- “The rest of nothing”, Plaza Mayor, Medinaceli, SPAIN
- “When the truth lies”, Willa Mac Museum of Finnish Contemporary Art, Tampere, FINLAND
- “Time will tell”, Maretti Arte Monaco, Monte Carlo, MONACO
2007 - “Mielenkuvia – Immagini dalla mente” (with Tuomo Rosenlund)
Fondazione Pavia, Pavia, ITALY; Fondazion la Sartirana Arte, Sartirana, ITALY
- “The rest of nothing”, Istituto Iberoamericano de Finlandia, Madrid, SPAIN
- “Given the change would I return”, Galleria Nuovo, Lahti, FINLAND
- “When the truth lies”, Galleria Sottocornonove, Milano, ITALY
- “The rest of nothing”, Museo Zorrilla, Montevideo, URUGUAY
2006 - “The dream that dares not to tell its name”, Heinola Art Museum, Heinola, FINLAND
- “The rest of nothing”, Focal Point, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
- “In silence dreams are hidden”, Alex Gallery, Washington d.c., USA
- “Harmonische Rhythmen”, Herbergenmuseum, München, GERMANY
- “In Silence Dreams Are Hidden”, Frauatlantica, Miami, USA
- “Happy Days”, Galleria Uusitalo, Helsinki, FINLAND
2005 - “Hannu Palosuo”, Sojoh University Gallery, Kumamoto, JAPAN
- “The Discreet Charm of Bourgeoisie”, Galleria Nuovo, Lahti, FINLAND
- “In Silence Dreams are Hidden”, Galleria De Crescenzo & Viesti, Roma, ITALY
- “Hannu Palosuo”, Gallery Takechi, Kumamoto, JAPAN
2004 - “Hannu Palosuo”, Twelve, Helsinki, FINLAND
- “Childhood Playground”, Galleria Ama, Turku, FINLAND
- “Two for Tango” (with Francesca Tulli), Galleria Uusitalo, Helsinki, FINLAND
2003 - “In the white box”, Galleria d’Arte Contemporanea De Crescenzo & Viesti, Roma, ITALY
- “Hannu Palosuo”, Galleria ArteContemporanea, Catania, ITALY
- “between the sky and the earth”, Gallery Takechi, Kumamoto, JAPAN
2002 - “I need my memories”, Galleria Nuovo, Lahti, FINLAND
- “life is a paradise of lies”, Skanno, Helsinki, FINLAND
- “Hannu Palosuo” (with Marie Brask), Galleria Kapriisi, Kuopio, FINLAND
2001 - “I confess”, Gallery Takechi, Kumamoto, JAPAN
2000 - “Souriants Souvenirs ”, Galleria Romberg, Latina, ITALY
- “Hannu Palosuo - Francesca Tulli”, Galleria Uusitalo, Helsinki, FINLAND
- “Hand made”, Galleria ArteContemporanea, Catania, ITALY
1999 - “Quel che resta”, Galleria Maniero, Rome, ITALY
1998 - “Amore ... un corno”, Associazione Culturale Scandinava, Rome, ITALY
1997 - “Viaggio in Italia”, RipArte, ITALY
- “le Stanze dell’Assenza”, Centro Informazioni Turistiche, Cosenza, ITALY
- “un Altro Tempo”, Il Pavone, Rome, ITALY
1996 - “Autiot Huoneet”, Laulumiesten Ravintolat, Helsinki, FINLAND
- “Attimi Fuggenti”, Capranic’ Arte, Rome, ITALY
Group exhibitions (selected)
2009- “53 Biennale di Venezia”, Venezia, ITALY
- “International Symposium of Contemporary Art”, Damascus, SYRIA
- “Open XII”, Lido, Venezia, ITALY
- “Tabù”, Giffoni, Salerno, ITALY
- “Kesäsalonki”, Galleria Angelo, Pori, FINLAND
- “Expotrastiendas - Art Fair”, with Artel, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
- “Billnäs summer”, Billnäs, FINLANDIA
- “ArteFiera09 – International Art Fair” with Galleria De Crescenzo & Viesti, Bologna, ITALY
2008- “Quadrato d’Arte”, Galleria L.I.B.R.A., Catania, ITALY
- “Camino al Bicentenario”, Precidencia de Nacion, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
- “Art Helsinki 2008 – Art Fair” with Galleria Uusitalo, Helsinki, FINLAND
- “Arte Verona - Art Fair” with Galleria De Crescenzo & Viesti, Verona, ITALY
- “The Italian way of seating”, Index, Mumbai, INDIA
- “XXXIV Premio Sulmona”, Museo Civico, Sulmona, ITALY
- “Taide Liikkeessä”, Skanno, Helsinki, FINLAND
- “Sconfinamenti”, Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant’Angelo, Roma, ITALY
- “ArteFiera08 – International Art Fair” with Galleria De Crescenzo & Viesti, Bologna, ITALY
2007- “The Italian way of seating”, Innocenter, HONG KONG
- “Segni di confine”, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Istanbul, TURKEY
- “Arte Verona - Art Fair” with Galleria De Crescenzo & Viesti, Verona, ITALY
- “L’arte, il colore, il segno”, Centro per l’arte contemporanea, Roma, ITALY
- “XVI Triennale di Arte Sacra”, Celano, ITALY
- “Summer exhibition”, Galleria Uusitalo, Helsinki, FINLAND
- “XXXIV Premio Sulmona”, Museo Civico, Sulmona, ITALY
- “Erwartung – Attesa”, Fondazione Valerio Riva, Venezia, ITALY
- “Fuori Castello”, Studio MIC, Roma, ITALY
- “Baltico – Mediterraneo”, Museo Nazionale di Castel Sant’Angelo, Roma, ITALY
- “Stockholm International Art Fair”, with Galleria Uusitalo, Stockholm, SWEDEN
- “Artour-o art fair”, with Planisferio Art Gallery Firenze, ITALY
- “ArteFiera07 – International Art Fair” with Galleria De Crescenzo & Viesti, Bologna, ITALY
2006- “Arte Verona - Art Fair” with Galleria De Crescenzo & Viesti, Verona, ITALY
- Museo de Casilda, Casilda, ARGENTINA
- “Europa aperta”, Trentino, ITALY; Bad Gandersheim, GERMANY; Arezzo, ITALY;
Sarajevo, BOSNIA
- Aida Cherfan fine arts, Beirut, LEBANON
- “Cowparade”, Olympic Arena, Torino, ITALY
- “AAF - Art Fair” with Nordic art Works, London UNITED KINGDOM
- “ArteFiera06 – International Art Fair” with Galleria De Crescenzo & Viesti, Bologna, ITALY
- “Glasgow Art Fair”, with Nordic Art Works, Glasgow, UNITED KINGDOM
- Sovintolan Kesägalleria, Kesälahti, FINLAND
- “Cava”, Tahko Spa, FINLAND
2005 - “Plot@art”, Art Gallery Hart, Diest, BELGIUM
- “Cowparade”, Firenze, ITALY
- “Windows on Italian painting”, Embassy of Italy, London, UNITED KINGDOM
- “Artcard”, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
- “El Ritmo del Silencio”, Focal Point, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
- “AAF - Art Fair” with Nordic art Works, London UNITED KINGDOM
- “ArteFiera05 – International Art Fair” with Galleria De Crescenzo & Viesti, Bologna, ITALY
- “Stockholm International Art Fair” with Galleria Uusitalo, Stockholm, SWEDEN
- “New Horizons in Contemporary Italian Painting”, Miami-Dade, Miami, U.S.A.
2004 - “Contemporary Art from Finland”, Alex Gallery, Washington DC, USA
- “Art Irland - Art Fair”, with Nordic Art Works, Dublin, IRELAND
- “Expotrastiendas - Art Fair”, with Artel, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
- “Arte Padova 2004” - Art Fair”, with Galleria De Crescenzo & Viesti, Padova, ITALY
- “Premio Celeste”, Galleria l’Albero Celeste, San Gimignano, ITALY
- “ArteFiera04 – International Art Fair” with Galleria De Crescenzo & Viesti, Bologna, ITALY
- “Art on Paper International Art Fair”, with Nordic Art Works, London, UNITED KINGDOM
- “Rosso”, AT.31 Gallery Seattle, USA
- “Stockholm International Art Fair” with Galleria Uusitalo, Stockholm, SWEDEN
- “AAF - Art Fair” with Nordic art Works, London UNITED KINGDOM
- “Helsinki, Pariisi, Rooma”, Aine Art Museum, Tornio, FINLAND
- “MiArt04 International Art Fair” with Galleria De Crescenzo & Viesti, Milano, ITALY
- “Finlanded”, d’AC, Ciampino, ITALY
- “Nel Segno della Pittura”, Termoli Art Museum, ITALY
2003 - “50/50”, TGB Gallery, Dublin, IRELAND
- “Aspetti della Figurazione in Italia”, Museo Epicentro, Messina, ITALY
- “Occhio”, Ex-Macello Gallery, Benevento, ITALY
- “stART – Itinerant views on Europea arts”, De Side Gallery, Torino, ITALY
2002 - “Welcome 02”, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Roma, ITALY
- “sul filo dell’arte”, Museo di Offida, ITALY
2001 - “Single Room”, Trevi Flash Art Museum, Trevi, ITALY
- “Il paese delle Meraviglie”, S. Michele Arcangelo, Miglianico, ITALY
- “Il sogno, il segno, il colore”, National Gallery, Amman, JORDAN
2000 - “Visione intima”, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Rabat, MOROCCO
- “Suomi matkalla”, Galleria Romberg, Latina, ITALY
- “Atelier”, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Roma, ITALY
- “Il sogno, il colore, il segno”, Royal Cultural Center, Amman, JORDAN;
Consolato di Italia, Izmir, TURKEY
- “Sääksmäki 2000”, Voipaalan Taidekeskus, FINLAND
1999 - “Il sogno, il colore, il segno”, Al Assad Library, Damasco, SYRIA
- “Dalla Città ideale alla Città Virtuale”, Museo dell’Arte, San Buono, ITALY
Centrum Imarmiitaliani, Prague, CHECHREP.
- “Arte Duemila”, Temple Gallery, Rome, ITALY
- “I Confini dell’Europa”, Casa delle Culture, Cosenza; Museo Marco Scacchi, Gallese, ITALY
- “l’Arancia era l’unica luce”, Galleria Maniero, Rome, ITALY
1998 - “Roma verso il terzo Millennio”, House of Commons, Rome, ITALY
- “Made in Roma”, Voipaalan Taidekeskus, FINLAND
- “Uomo ambiente territorio”, Museo dell’Arte e dell’Archeologia, San Buono (CH), ITALY
1997 - “Proposta finlandese”, Palazzo Colonna, Marino, ITALY
- “ARTE facto, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, ITALY
- “Wastelands”, Palazzo Colonna, Marino, ITALY
1996 - “10 Allievi dell’Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma”, Galleria Eralov, Rome, ITALY
1995 - “Storia ed Arte”, Istituto Jean Piaget, Istituto Vincenzo Bellini, Rome, ITALY
- “Sport Militare e Arte”, Foro Italico, Rome, ITALY
Works in public collections:
- Fundacion CABA, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
- Fundacion Mundo Nuevo, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
- Università di Bologna Representación en Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
- Università 3 de Fevero, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
- Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
- Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, FINLAND
- Heinola Art Museum, Heinola, FINLAND
- Paulo Foundation, Helsinki, FINLAND
- Willa Mac – Museum of Finnish Contemporary Art, Tampere, FINLAND
- OKO Bank Collection, Helsinki, FINLAND
- Nordic Investment Bank Collection, Helsinki, FINLAND
- Voipaalan Taidekeskus, Sääksmäki, FINLAND
- Hospital of Päijät-Häme, Lahti, FINLAND
- Herbergenmuseum, München, GERMANY
- Fondazione Valerio Riva, Venezia, ITALY
- Fondazione la Sartirana Arte, Sartirana, ITALY
- d’AC Collection, Ciampino, ITALY
- Museo della mattonella, Messima, ITALY
- Fendi Collection, Rome, ITALY
- Museo Marco Scacchi, Gallese, ITALY
- Province of Firenze, ITALY
- Sojo University, Kumamoto, JAPAN
- National Gallery, Amman, JORDAN
- Royal Cultural Center, Amman, JORDAN
- Instituto Iberoamericano, Madrid, SPAIN
- National Museum, Damascus, SYRIA
- Handelsbankens Konstsamlung, Stockholm, SVEDEN
- Apotekets Konst Forening, Stockholm, SVEDEN
- Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Ankara, TURKEY
- Consolato di Italia, Izmir, TURKEY
- Museo Zorrilla, Montevideo, URUGUAY
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