Postcards from Elsewhere is an exhibition of works that are connected through a desire to visit distant places and times. The paintings are an exploration of painting and of how I can revisit memories or explore something imagined through painting. They are paintings of memories, desires and of what I see in front of me. They are anticipations and imaginations of distant and unfamiliar landscapes superimposed over something I know well.

— Andreas Behn-Eschenburg

Andreas Behn-Eschenburg born in Switzerland, lives and works in Helsinki, Finland. He studied Painting and Printmaking at the Glasgow School of Art and received a Master in Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki.

In his work he plays with figurative and abstract elements to create a visual language. Daydreams, desires and memories fnd their way into his work. Individual works refect on these infuences but also function as pointers to a narrative or an idea. Te artworks are a window into those ideas but only reveal a small part of what happens. Te paintings refect on the conditions around them but perhaps go a bit further and are glimpses of dreams and memories of past moments that belong to the fabric in which they begin to exist. They aim to visualize a network to which they belong and the relationship to one another, while also refecting on Behn-Eschenburgs’ experiences. Sometimes a work functions as a counterweight to another piece, like an accent or a comma it creates an order in what is presented. Other artworks are openers that introduce the viewer to a place or an idea. Behn- Eschenburg wants to present his work to the viewer in a way a poem functions to its reader and leave them with perhaps ambiguity, a feeling or something newly discovered instead of a precise explanation of the object in front of them.

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