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.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1216_fca66a-04[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1216_fca66a-04\"]{font-size:var(--global-kb-font-size-xl, 3rem);line-height:1.2em;text-align:left!important;}}<\/style>\n<h1 class=\"kt-adv-heading1216_fca66a-04 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading has-theme-palette-3-color has-text-color\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1216_fca66a-04\">Matti Peltokangas<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPresence is yet one more concept applied in the context of art \u2013 lately there has also been talk of \u2018absence\u2019 or even the \u2018presence of absence\u2019. This often implies the presence of themes and motives, but also the presence of the artist himself. Art is, among any other possible things, also sheer physical work, which in some artworks is more visible than in others, be they paintings or sculptures. Well, if anything warrants to be called \u2018presence\u2019 it is craftsmanship. In Peltokangas\u2019 works it is tangibly visible that the stone has been cut by a human hand. The confidence of the thousands and thousands of repetitions is like that of a sketcher \u2013 Peltokangas has always also done a lot of drawing \u2013 they reflect confidence, but at the same time they reflect the drawer\u2019s sensitivity, a uniqueness of the small nuances, and also the tension caused by the possibility of mistake.Stone, you see, also has a presence of its own. Peltokangas aims, apart from his own imprint, also to bring out the character and content of the stone, its own particular language of form. Also present is the work process itself, its directness, violence and irreversibility: \u201cOnce you remove it, it\u2019s gone\u201d, as Peltokangas himself has put it..\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Otso Kantokorpi in book&nbsp;Matti Peltokangas, 2008<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kb-btns1216_917183-8c{gap:var(--global-kb-gap-xs, 0.5rem );justify-content:flex-start;align-items:center;}.kt-btns1216_917183-8c .kt-button{font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;}.kt-btns1216_917183-8c .kt-btn-wrap-0{margin-right:5px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns1216_917183-8c .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button{color:#555555;border-color:#555555;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns1216_917183-8c .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns1216_917183-8c .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:focus{color:#ffffff;border-color:#444444;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns1216_917183-8c .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button::before{display:none;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns1216_917183-8c .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:hover, .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn.kt-btns1216_917183-8c .kt-btn-wrap-0 .kt-button:focus{background:#444444;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn kb-buttons-wrap kb-btns1216_917183-8c\"><style>ul.menu .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn1216_015175-1b.kb-button{width:initial;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn1216_015175-1b.kb-button{letter-spacing:1px;font-family:var( --global-heading-font-family, inherit );font-weight:400;text-transform:uppercase;}<\/style><a class=\"kb-button kt-button button kb-btn1216_015175-1b kt-btn-size-large kt-btn-width-type-auto kb-btn-global-inherit  kt-btn-has-text-true kt-btn-has-svg-false  wp-block-button__link wp-block-kadence-singlebtn\" href=\"\/en\/works\/#stone\"><span class=\"kt-btn-inner-text\">STONE<\/span><\/a>\n\n<style>ul.menu .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn1216_ff8589-3b.kb-button{width:initial;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn1216_ff8589-3b.kb-button{letter-spacing:1px;font-family:var( --global-heading-font-family, inherit );font-weight:400;text-transform:uppercase;}<\/style><a class=\"kb-button kt-button button kb-btn1216_ff8589-3b kt-btn-size-large kt-btn-width-type-auto kb-btn-global-inherit  kt-btn-has-text-true kt-btn-has-svg-false  wp-block-button__link wp-block-kadence-singlebtn\" href=\"\/en\/works\/#medals-and-coins\"><span class=\"kt-btn-inner-text\">MEDALS AND COINS<\/span><\/a>\n\n<style>ul.menu .wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn1216_87756a-3a.kb-button{width:initial;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedbtn .kb-btn1216_87756a-3a.kb-button{letter-spacing:1px;font-family:var( --global-heading-font-family, inherit );font-weight:400;text-transform:uppercase;}<\/style><a class=\"kb-button kt-button button kb-btn1216_87756a-3a kt-btn-size-large kt-btn-width-type-auto kb-btn-global-inherit  kt-btn-has-text-true kt-btn-has-svg-false  wp-block-button__link wp-block-kadence-singlebtn\" href=\"\/en\/works\/#portraits\"><span class=\"kt-btn-inner-text\">PORTRAITS<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCULPTOR Matti Peltokangas \u201cPresence is yet one more concept applied in the context of art \u2013 lately there has also been talk of \u2018absence\u2019 or even the \u2018presence of absence\u2019. 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