Saara-Maria Kariranta
Saara-Maria Kariranta (b. 1974) is a Helsinki-based sculptor. She combines traditional sculptural techniques with contemporary technologies, often in combination with everyday objects that found all around us.
In her recent works Kariranta has examined human practices typical of early 21st century Western, late (neoliberal) capitalist society. Even though her work addresses global social questions, she does not approach these issues empirically, but rather with liberty to create narratives that hover somewhere between information created by mass media, scientific research and everyday observations and experience.
Saara-Maria Kariranta, Existence, 2016