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until 18.10. | #4744ARTatBerlin | Persons Projects shows from Saturday, 6 September 2025 the solo exhibition Secular Limbo by the artist Jyrki Parantainen.
Secular Limbo is a poetic meditation on the alchemy of emotion and memory. As a key figure of the Helsinki School and former Head of Photography at Aalto University, Parantainen has been instrumental in shaping a concept-driven approach to photography that blends personal narratives with philosophical thought.
The exhibition features recent works from the series Poetry of Circulation, along with sculptural pieces from Between Heaven and Earth. Parantainen’s artistic method integrates photography with text, found objects, wire, and symbolic materials, creating multi-layered compositions infused with existential and metaphysical references.
Themes such as life and death, love and hatred, faith and doubt form the emotional spectrum of the show. His works challenge religious narratives while opening portals to the poetic and the unknown. In Poetry of Circulation, Parantainen treats the photographic image as a stage for intervention – punctured, annotated, and connected through threads, evoking tensions we cannot fully control.
The accompanying sculptures feel like delicate instruments from another world: miniature cosmologies of gold, glass, cherubs, and laboratory tools. Each object contains a handwritten message hidden inside – a personal trace within a surreal constellation. Somewhere between Steampunk, Fluxus, and Jules Verne, they invite the viewer into an inner voyage through myth, memory, and metaphor.
As part of Berlin Art Week 2025, Persons Projects will also present a selection of light boxes from Parantainen’s Fire Series at Wilhelm Hallen (Hallen 06), Berlin.
Opening: Friday, 5 September 2025, 6:00–8:00 PM
Exhibition dates: Saturday, 6 September – Saturday, 18 October 2025
Image caption title: Jyrki Parantainen, Madness, Between Heaven and Earth series, 2011, 26 x 50 x 20 cm
Exhibition Jyrki Parantainen – Persons Projects | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Ausstellungen Berlin Galerien | ART at Berlin
