{"id":1379,"date":"2025-09-12T10:24:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T10:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arslibera.com\/galleria\/?p=1379"},"modified":"2025-09-12T10:24:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T10:24:52","slug":"rikkomo-aumala-saikkonen-salkosalo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arslibera.com\/galleria\/2025\/09\/12\/rikkomo-aumala-saikkonen-salkosalo\/","title":{"rendered":"RIKKOMO &#8211; Aumala, Saikkonen, Salkosalo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RIKKOMO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aumala<\/strong>, <strong>Salkosalo, Saikkonen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>19.9.-12.10.2025 | Galleria Ars Libera<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tervetuloa avajaisiin to 18.9. kello 18-20! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to the exhibition opening on Thursday 19th September from 6 to 8 pm!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>(in english below)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Galleria Ars Liberassa on esill\u00e4 RIKKOMO-kollektiivin n\u00e4yttely, jossa on n\u00e4ht\u00e4vill\u00e4 kolmen turkulaisen taiteilijan \u2013 Aatos Salkosalon, Mikko Aumalan ja Heikki Saikkosen installaatio-, maalaus-, veisto- ja videotaidetta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RIKKOMO kutsuu katsojan astumaan kokeilun ja n\u00e4kemisen rajamaille. N\u00e4yttelyss\u00e4 n\u00e4hd\u00e4\u00e4n morfista videomateriaalia, sodan hedelmi\u00e4 kantava pahanilmanlintu sek\u00e4 polkupy\u00f6r\u00e4ll\u00e4 kulkeva hiiht\u00e4j\u00e4. Valtarakenteita tarkkailee ja valvoo nuuskija. Heijastetaan kysymyksi\u00e4 olemisen ja tekemisen muodoista, niin taiteessa kuin sen tuolla puolen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taiteilijat ovat opiskelleet Turun Taideakatemian kuvataiteen animaatiolinjalla ja ty\u00f6skennelleet kotimaisissa tuotannoissa sek\u00e4 kuvataiteen kent\u00e4ll\u00e4  Suomessa ja ulkomailla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aatos Salkosalo<\/strong> (s. 1994, Ruovesi) k\u00e4sittelee taiteessaan v\u00e4\u00e4ristynytt\u00e4 kehonkuvaa, sek\u00e4\u00a0militarisaation ja v\u00e4kivallan teemoja. Teosten toteutuksissa korostuu digitaalisten ty\u00f6kalujen ja\u00a0 vaihtoehtoisten materiaalien yhdist\u00e4minen perinteisiin veiston ty\u00f6skentelymetodeihin. Teokset kutsuvat\u00a0 katsojan pohtimaan suhdettaan median luomiin mielikuviin ja yhteiskunnan valtarakenteisiin leikin\u00a0 ja pys\u00e4htymisen kautta.\u00a0Salkosalo opiskelee Turun Taideakatemiassa valmistuen kev\u00e4\u00e4ll\u00e4 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Heikki Saikkonen<\/strong> (s. 1991, Tampere) Asuu ja ty\u00f6skentelee Turussa. <em>\u201cTy\u00f6skentelyni on useimmiten\u00a0 materiaalil\u00e4ht\u00f6ist\u00e4 ja perustuu v\u00e4litt\u00f6myyteen, sek\u00e4 spontaaneihin ideoihin.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mikko Aumalan<\/strong> (s. 1994, Lohja)\u00a0surrealistiset animaatioteokset k\u00e4sittelev\u00e4t jatkuvuutta, joka ilmenee loputtomina luuppeina, n\u00e4yt\u00f6ilt\u00e4 ulos ponnistavina idearypp\u00e4in\u00e4, sek\u00e4 vuoropuheluna muiden teosten kanssa. Tavoitteena on saatella hypnoosiin, jossa kyse on el\u00e4m\u00e4st\u00e4 ja kuolemasta \u2014 tai oikeastaan niiden\u00a0 symbioosista.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kuva: Aatos Salkosalo, Betonipiirakat (2024 &amp; 2025), betonivalu, pigmentti, muste, lakka<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gallery Ars Libera presents the exhibition of RIKKOMO, featuring installation, painting, sculpture, and video art by three artists from Turku \u2013 Aatos Salkosalo, Mikko Aumala, and Heikki Saikkonen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RIKKOMO invites the viewer to step into the borderlands of experimentation and perception. The exhibition showcases morphic video material, a bird of ill omen bearing the fruits of war, and a skier traveling by bicycle. A sniffer observes and monitors power structures. Reflections are cast on the forms of being and doing, both in art and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The artists have studied in the animation program of the Fine Arts department at the Turku Arts Academy and have worked in domestic productions as well as in the visual arts field, both in Finland and abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aatos Salkosalo<\/strong> (b. 1994, Ruovesi) In his art Salkosalo explores themes like distorted body image, militarization and violence. His works emphasize the combination of digital tools and alternative materials with traditional sculpting techniques. The pieces invite the viewer to reflect on their relationship with media-created imagery and societal power structures through play and pause. Salkosalo is studying at the Turku Arts Academy and will graduate in spring 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Heikki Saikkonen <\/strong>(b. 1991, Tampere) lives and works in Turku.<br><em>\u201cMy work is most often material-driven and based on immediacy and spontaneous ideas.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mikko Aumala<\/strong> (b. 1994, Lohja) creates surreal animation works that explore continuity, manifested in endless loops, idea clusters bursting out of screens, and dialogue with other pieces. The goal is to guide the viewer into a trance, where it\u2019s about life and death \u2014 or rather, their symbiosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Galleria Ars Libera, Maaherrankatu 9, Kuopio<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vapaa p\u00e4\u00e4sy | Free Entry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIKKOMO Aumala, Salkosalo, Saikkonen 19.9.-12.10.2025 | Galleria Ars Libera Tervetuloa avajaisiin to 18.9. kello 18-20! Welcome to the exhibition opening on Thursday 19th September from 6 to 8 pm! (in english below) Galleria Ars Liberassa on esill\u00e4 RIKKOMO-kollektiivin n\u00e4yttely, jossa on n\u00e4ht\u00e4vill\u00e4 kolmen turkulaisen taiteilijan \u2013 Aatos Salkosalon, Mikko Aumalan ja Heikki Saikkosen installaatio-, maalaus-, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/arslibera.com\/galleria\/2025\/09\/12\/rikkomo-aumala-saikkonen-salkosalo\/\" class=\"more-link\">Jatka lukemista<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8221;RIKKOMO &#8211; Aumala, Saikkonen, Salkosalo&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1380,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arslibera.com\/galleria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arslibera.com\/galleria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arslibera.com\/galleria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arslibera.com\/galleria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arslibera.com\/galleria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1379"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/arslibera.com\/galleria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1382,"href":"https:\/\/arslibera.com\/galleria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379\/revisions\/1382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arslibera.com\/galleria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arslibera.com\/galleria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arslibera.com\/galleria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arslibera.com\/galleria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}