
Raili Tang
Valoa, 2020
Oil on Canvas
195 x 200 cm / 77 x 79 inches
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Raili Tang
Pieniä helmiä, 2019
Oil on Canvas
195 x 200 cm/77h x 79 inches
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Raili Tang
Kevät II, 2017
Oil on Canvas
180 x 120 cm/71 x 47 inches
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Raili Tang
Samasta puusta, 2018
Oil on Canvas
195 x 220 cm / 77 x 87 inches
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Raili Tang
Aamu, 2018
Oil on Canvas
190 x 185 cm / 75 x 73 inches
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Raili Tang
Ajatusten juhannus, 2018
Oil on Canvas
160 x 155 cm /63 x 61 inches
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Raili Tang
Let it grow, 2012
Oil on Canvas
240 x 195 cm / 94 x 77 inches
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Raili Tang
Dancing in Your Head, 2010
Oil on Canvas
150 x 145 cm / 59x 57 inches
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Raili Tang
Terve vaan!, 2009
Oil on Canvas
15h x 145 cm / 59 x 57 inches
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Raili Tang
Kosketus I, 2008
Oil on Canvas
185 x 165 cm
73 x 65 inches
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Raili Tang
Muistojen vesiputous, 1998 & 2020
Oil on Canvas
240 x 300 cm / 94 x 118 inches
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Raili Tang
Maalaus, 1991
Oil on canvas
70 x 45 cm / 28 x 18 inches
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photo: Jussi Koivunen
Born in Helsinki 1950 | Lives and works in Helsinki
For Raili Tang, colors are more than just hues distinguished by our visual receptors: they are soul-scapes, states of mind, nuanced impressions. Colors are her passion, her gateway to specific emotions; they well up from deep within her, insisting on escaping through the tip of her paintbrush. Painting is a consciously physical process for Tang. She applies the paint intuitively, layer upon layer until she instinctively arrives at the result she desires. She wants every work to bear the imprint of its history – each layer of paint adds a new chapter, inviting a dialogue with the next layer, and so on until a narrative unfolds. It is the very physicality of painting that makes Tang keep falling in love all over again with painting and colors.
Tang's debut exhibition in 1981 came at a time when the Finnish art scene was just becoming international. Artists strove to escape tradition by returning sensuality and substance to painting. Tang sought the genre of abstract expressionism, whose doctrines hold that the painting itself is a feeling or experience, and not merely an image. This philosophy is still connected to Tang's work. The artist's works have been featured in exhibitions held in Finland as well as numerous international exhibitions. Her works are included in the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art and the Saastamoinen Foundation collections, among others.
Galerie Forsblom has been representing Raili Tang since 2005.