Kustaa SAKSI (1975) - FINLAND Lot n° 28

Zenith Jacquard Weave - Mohair Wool, Merino, Biofur Cotton, Acryl, Eco-Cotton- 170 x 190 cm - 2016 - unique piece. Gallery certificate will be given to the buyer. Kustaa Saksi builds worlds of playful, paradoxical and troubling yet inviting shapes and environments pulled out of the ordinary. Combining organic qualities with uniquely detailed textures with rich colour palettes and experimental material use, Saksi is creating contemporary spaces, objects and atmospheres. His abstracted Hypnopompic tapestry series sits somewhere between the states of dreaming and awakening – surrealist and sensational. First Symptoms collection draws its inspiration and texture from the scientific examination and personal experience of migraine. His work is often surreal and out of place. Saksi is fascinated by illusory states and visual delusions – usually pattern-based, kaleidoscopic, identical structures sometimes flickering, forming and reforming all over the visual field – common in migraine auras for most sufferers. Often geometric structures cover the whole visual field: checkerboards, transparent oriental rugs, tribal patterns, ornamental spherical objets d’art like radiolaria or bacteria, repeating wallpaper designs, spiderweb-like figures or concentric circles and squares, architectural forms or decorative paper-cut snowflakes, mosaics, spirals and swirls.Saksi combines natural fibres such as mohair, alpaca, cotton and wool with rubber, metal, acrylic and phosphorescent yarns to create complex digital to analog textures. The jacquard weaving technique is named after the French inventor, Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752–1834), who designed the jacquard loom. With Jacquard’s automatic loom, it was possible to weave complex mechanically patterned silk fabrics. The technology was revolutionary in the textile manufacturing industry around the world. Collection Victoria & Albert Museum(UK) Cooper Hewitt Museum (NY) San Jose Museum of Art, TextielMuseum (CA) Design Museum Helsinki Museo Poldi Pezzoli (Milan) Kunsthall Stavanger and Helsinki EMMA Museum of Modern Art (FI) HAM Helsinki Art Museum (FI) Royal Academy of Arts (UK) Saastamoinen Foundation (FI) Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation (FI) University of Helsinki/Hyytiälä Forestry Station (FI) Rabobank Art Collection (NL) Buitenplaats Doornburgh (NL) Awards Red Dot Design Award: This internationally renowned design competition honors excellence in product design, communication design, and design concepts. Kustaa Saksi may have received this award for his outstanding contributions to graphic design or other design-related categories. A'Design Award & Competition: The A'Design Award is one of the world's largest and most prestigious design accolades, recognizing excellence in various design disciplines. Kustaa Saksi may have been honored with this award for his exceptional work in fields such as textile design, illustration, or visual communication. International Design Awards (IDA): The IDA celebrates and promotes exceptional design visionaries and emerging talent from around the world. Kustaa Saksi may have been recognized by this organization for his innovative and creative approach to design. European Design Awards: This annual competition showcases the best examples of graphic design, illustration, and digital design from across Europe. Kustaa Saksi's work may have been acknowledged with this award for its excellence in the field of visual communication. Society of Illustrators Awards: As an accomplished illustrator, Kustaa Saksi may have received recognition from the Society of Illustrators, an organization dedicated to promoting the art of illustration. Awards from this institution often highlight outstanding achievements in the field of illustration.