Art questions September 2020

Pencil drawing from 1999.

Q: What sort of things did you draw when you were a child?

A: Horror movie stuff. Almost exclusively. Tales from the Crypt, Evil Dead and tons of zombie movies. I was literally going under the skin. These days I'm doing it differently.

I saw Seven when I was 10 and I drew the first victim. Face in the plate, feet tied with wire and cockroaches on the floor. These were strong images.

Q: How do you explain your productivity? In 8 years you have made 13 albums, 1 film and more than 300 individual drawings.

A: I don't have unfinished works lying around. Ideas usually come to me in a flash and I do things in bursts. Focus on it and finish it.

Doing and being is absolutely essential. The lazier you are the more crap you deserve. If you're doing nothing to support creativity, you deserve the crappiest art.

Ylikäytetty - Overused

 

Wax crayon / wax on paper. Rinta-Perälä, 2020.

Raajoja - Limbs

  

 Wax crayon / wax on paper. Rinta-Perälä, 2020.  

The Pains Of Being Pure At Beaver

Un-Break My Beaver

Beaver Of The Congos

Atom Beaver Mother

Sheer Beaver Attack

Someone Else's Beaver

Vagabond Beaver

Beaver-Shaped Box

Beaver Of Glass

Crosseyed Beaver

Beaver Of Darkness

Beaver Like A Wheel

Fire In My Beaver

Beaver To Beaver

Groove Is In The Beaver

The Pains Of Being Pure At Beaver

Clean Up Your Beaver

Rock And Roll Beaver

My Spanish Beaver

Ruler Of My Beaver

You're My Beaver, You're My Soul

Unchain My Beaver

Tulitikkuja - Matches

 

 

Wax crayon / wax on paper. Rinta-Perälä, 2020. 

Puun henki - Wood Spirit

 Wax crayon / wax on paper. Rinta-Perälä, 2020.

Julmuus - Cruelty

Wax crayon / wax on paper. Rinta-Perälä, 2020.

Landscapes Downstairs

I like to call this bit Landscapes Downstairs because it's about pubic hair.

So many people talk about the way pubic hair looks. It makes me wonder... do these people have sex? What's the biggest reason to have sex? The way it feels. This shouldn't be news to anyone. Just ask Porky Pig.

We're talking about highly sensitive areas. I've done a lot of research. And I've found out that your hair can't actually feel anything.

Well, sometimes when you have a hangover, it kind of seems like it can. You accidentally touch your hair and it makes you throw up five times. Research!

All this talk about pubic "fashion". She's got a triangle. She's got a strip. Who gives a fuck?!

Seriously though, who... uh...

Art questions August 2020

Q: Who is your audience?

A: I don't have a specific audience in mind.

I want to give you experiences. Absence of strong art leads to more inexperienced populations.

I'm not one of those people who only know a small number of famous works.

Q: What do you think about visual artists who have started using speech more?

A: People will remember strong images and the way they feel. Understanding your medium means that you believe in the possibilities within that medium.

There are artists who think they're breaking rules, but they're just trying to destroy their own medium. As a visual artist, speaking will never be my main job.

The age of speech is the age of bullshit. When people are addicted to speech, anyone can say anything. People learn what to say in order to hide reality.

Speech worship is like spreading superficial noise. Today, it feels like you have to be grotesquely superficial for it to register.

Visual artists need visual skills. When you're a composer you're making music. You're not writing pamphlets.