Light Paintings By Janne Parviainen

In the paintings of Janne Parviainen the urban landscapes - built by human hands and forgotten by the public eye - represent the city and it's emotional concept. For today's urban people, Finnish national landscape no longer is a top-of-the-hill view opening to a summery lake, but a constructed urban view, a place where you can associate with your history, actions and memories. The view of the painting reaches the city structures from a distance, like a snapshot through a window. The viewer of the painting can only anticipate the presence of people, they are not visible. The Trainyard and the urban landscape present themselves as selfindulgent and process-like.
The Trainyard is always on the move, freights are coming and going. Through the rails opens a connection to the entire world. The graffitis and logos that appear on the paintings bring to the picture an immaterial message that freight trains and containers are transporting.