It’s a cross-cultural collaboration, between Brazilian artist Luiz Risi and Finnish artist Leena Yliportimo. The aim of the artwork isn’t simply to pair illustrations with poems, but rather to meld the two into a mutually- informative data stream that provides both intellectual and visual pleasure. The poetry and the artwork itself blend in a deeper dimension for each piece, creating a parallel world in between. Everything else came after the writing; the project started with the selection of more than 400 poems very carefully chosen by Leena & Luiz.
The digital paintings create harmonic combinations of hand made graphite pencil drawings, photography, vector art and typography. The show includes product design, hand made limited series prints and original drawings.
The exhibition also includes collaborations with Marie-Louise Plum, The London Police, Karoshi Sudios and Evelyn Wongsosaputro.
The project was launched on the Internet last fall, and already has many of followers around the world trough this website.
Opening
Friday the 4th of march from 18.30 - 20.30
RSVP by mail: art@heartonstage.com
The ABC Treehouse: Voetboogstraat 11, 1012XK, Amsterdam (Near the Spui)
Exhibition viewing hours are Fri/Sat/Sun 13:00 - 18:00