Last night I was playing around with my face paints and the notion of what constitutes a painting or a good self-portrait. I see most of my work as paintings even if the outcome is an installation or possibly a soundscape. In this case the paintings are constructed from miniature performances to camera. Here are four self-portraits of many more that I have yet to edit.
This is the blog of the artist Anna Puhakka. The purpose of this blog is to document and interrogate the processes I am using in my work. I have a multidisciplinary approach to making my art and I explore my relationship to identity, religion, ritual and the balance of power often through my Karelian heritage. My practice incorporates an array of mediums such as installation, photography, sound, performance, video and text.