(born in Helsinki in 1946)
Untitled, 1995, signed and dated on the reverse, on the overlap
‘Matti Kujasalo-95’, acrylic and chalk on punched canvas on plastic,
126 x 126 cm

Photo certificate of the artist, dated Paris 8 January 2014

Provenance:
Private Collection, Baden Württemberg
Lempertz, 31 May 2014, lot 702 (label on the reverse)
there acquired by the present owner
European Private Collection

Matti Kujasalo is one of Finland’s internationally best-known artists. He has addressed issues of systematic Constructivist art for the past forty years. He has developed a unique grammar of his own, and, based on its rules, he has created a visual language that is expressive, nuanced and imbued with surprise.
Kujasalo’s paintings are pure, fresh and cool. They contain endless things to see and one never tires of them. His works also have a special lyrical tone and character that are rarely associated with Constructivist art. They are also intellectually fascinating and challenging, and visually enjoyable. The structures, logic and internal development of Matti Kujasalo’s earlier works are mostly easy to read and comprehend, while his later paintings are structurally more complex, and the viewer has to give up, reject ‘understanding’ and accept the inexplicability of sensory pleasure, its mystery.
Kujasalo has held solo exhibitions in leading European galleries and museums in Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Hungary, among other countries. He has also represented Finland at the Venice Biennial and his works are included in the collections of museums such as the Albertina in Vienna, the Arithmeum in Bonn, the Forum Konkrete Kunst Museum in Erfurt, the Josef Albers Museum in Bottrop.