I visited Walsall just in time to see Ola Kolehmainen, and was extremely pleased that I managed to see this exhibition. Not only does Kolehmainen look at things in different ways, he invites his viewers to look differently too, challenging their perceptions and their views of reality. Some select images of pictures that interested me follow... 
Ola Kolehmainen
A Building is not a Building
Modern architecture provides the source material for Ola Kolehmainen’s large scale, hand-printed, colour photographs. The artist is not concerned with documenting these iconic buildings but instead, he focuses on details in which an apparent sense of order is disrupted.
The massive scale of these works envelops the viewer; an experience enhanced by the reflective plastic surface which embraces both the viewers and the surrounding environment as part of the work. (Exhibition Booklet)
About His Work: "Minimalism is my great love. In my works I concentrate on what is essential in a space, building or structure, leaving out things that are unnecessary, which I call visual noise. The original forms of my subjects often contain many repeated elements, a single form or material, often the same, in large quantities. When three-dimensional forms of this kind are photographed they tend to become surfaces, planes. The visual cleansing of a theme, its representation in a large-format photograph laminated on acrylic will, however, produce a new kind of multidimensional image of reality."
(http://www.thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk/whats-on/exhibition/ola-kolehmainen)
(http://www.artfacts.net/en/artist/ola-kolehmainen-11076/profile.html)
Ola KolehmainenA Building is not a Building
Modern architecture provides the source material for Ola Kolehmainen’s large scale, hand-printed, colour photographs. The artist is not concerned with documenting these iconic buildings but instead, he focuses on details in which an apparent sense of order is disrupted.
The massive scale of these works envelops the viewer; an experience enhanced by the reflective plastic surface which embraces both the viewers and the surrounding environment as part of the work. (Exhibition Booklet)
About His Work: "Minimalism is my great love. In my works I concentrate on what is essential in a space, building or structure, leaving out things that are unnecessary, which I call visual noise. The original forms of my subjects often contain many repeated elements, a single form or material, often the same, in large quantities. When three-dimensional forms of this kind are photographed they tend to become surfaces, planes. The visual cleansing of a theme, its representation in a large-format photograph laminated on acrylic will, however, produce a new kind of multidimensional image of reality."
(http://www.thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk/whats-on/exhibition/ola-kolehmainen)(http://www.artfacts.net/en/artist/ola-kolehmainen-11076/profile.html)
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