{"id":9827,"date":"2021-10-25T14:20:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T11:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/msl.fi\/itetaide\/?post_type=artist&p=9827"},"modified":"2021-12-18T22:57:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T20:57:37","slug":"lauri-makarainen","status":"publish","type":"artist","link":"https:\/\/msl.fi\/itetaide\/en\/artist\/lauri-makarainen\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauri M\u00e4k\u00e4r\u00e4inen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Lauri M\u00e4k\u00e4r\u00e4inen<\/h1>\n\n\n

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”I’ve done all this for myself”, eplains Lauri Mäkäräinen (1935-2013) from his swing, in the middle of an Outsider Art installation. The small flat is filled from top to bottom with art: paintings, reliefs and sculptures, with themes of political and entertainment celebrities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even the animal themes, cats, birds and bears, resemble portraits. The newest edition to the collection, is a sculpture of a shy Rabbit in the frost, that has its front paws sheltering it from the cold and from possible spectators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When working for your own pleasure, you tend to give it your all: ”you’re willing to go the extra mile, in order for it to be good”. Mäkäräinen is a diligent whiz, who tends to look at his themes with a sense of humour. Magazines provide models for his work and the storage holds a few already in waiting – you can only wonder, who from the new government gets to be the next subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mäkäräinen is especially interested in resemblance, which is the greatest challenge for him in art-making. You need to be precise in order to work your way into the wood and find your theme. As a mellow man, Mäkäräinen has the time for sculpting; the slowness of the technique does not bother him – you need to consider long enough to produce the best possible outcome. Nevertheless, Mäkäräinen has worked with wood for the best part of half a century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mäkäräinen was asked by a teacher, if he would want to come study at the art school in Ateneum, but as a young boy, he was more drawn to the lumber industry with others. ”At that time and age, being an artist wasn’t really that glamorous.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

”At one point, I worked really hard”, the serious man smiles. Gradually the wooden necessities, produced as spare-time handcrafting, transformed into reliefs ans sculptures. Painted with acrylics, portraits started to come about in the 1970’s. Celebrities have been a recurring theme for over 40 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mäkäräinen does not sell his pieces, but has done some custom work, like the portrait relief of president Mauno Koivisto, for the credit union bank, OP-Pohjola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Text: Pirjo Immonen. Photos: Teijo Määttänen.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Other ITE artists<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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\n Mirjami Rautio <\/h3>\n
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\n Tuula Huusko <\/h3>\n
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\n Pentti M\u00e4k\u00e4r\u00e4inen <\/h3>\n
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\n Jukka S\u00e4ntti <\/h3>\n
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