Matti Reivi

About Matti Reivi

Matti Reivi, Born in Finland in 1974 Sculptor Matti Reivi joutsipoorde@hotmail.com

ARTISTS STATEMENT: Any idea, more or less subconcious that comes trough me, i feel neccessary to accomplish to a physical object. I dont try to manipulate my creativity or these thoughts and I have always felt that this creativity of mine cannot be enforced. Anyway lot of these ideas for works of art remain in the pages of my sketchbook thus my quite ruff self-criticism. If I get five or six artworks done in a one year that I feel comfortable with, im more than happy with myself. Newly born idea will determine media, because implementation of a sculpture gives the artwork something that I call visual semiotics; im satisfied if the piece of art can bring out something that you cannot express by words thats all that visual arts basicly are about. Minimalistic, conceptual manifestation is my visual thing in all its simplicity. Im driven to eliminate everything thats unnecessary, and in some cases the simplicity of an artwork becomes to its own content.