Artist Statement – Antti Immonen

I seek to create sculptures that are not static blocks but something freer and more alive. My works are conceived as distinct objects, yet they remain visually dynamic – complex and baroque in their movement and form.

I work with a variety of materials, primarily stainless steel, aluminium, and plastics. My sculptures are assembled from smaller components joined by welding, screws, bolts, or adhesives. Sometimes there are only a few parts, while in other works there may be hundreds. In these cases, the essence lies in the dialogue between structure and repetition – in how the whole emerges from the sum of its parts.

The forms I use are largely organic: spherical, coiled, folded, branching, and undulating. Alongside these, I often employ geometric structures – polyhedral and triangle-based networks reminiscent of computer graphics modeling. The interplay between organic and geometric form creates contrast, tension, and dialogue, reflecting the balance between order and chaos found in natural processes.

Through these forms I aim to express a vision of nature as a state of constant transformation, endlessly generating new phenomena from recurring patterns. Nature serves both as inspiration and as a model of process – where repeated structures and small variations continually give rise to new combinations.

My working process is experimental and intuitive, balancing construction and deconstruction. I allow room for chance and for the work to find its own direction. The finished sculpture becomes a still frame of this ongoing, playful investigation – a momentary configuration within an infinite continuum of change.

– Antti Immonen