ART

Emma Sarpaniemi is an artist and photographer based in Helsinki. In her practice, Sarpaniemi investigates definitions of femininity through performative and collaborative self-portraits. She creates a playful and tender representation of a woman using herself as the character to behave, look and perform on her terms and rules. The world Sarpaniemi builds is blurred between her identity, reality, and fantasy.

Emma describes the work done for Post Bar: “Self-portrait as a Gym Star” is part of my series “Two Ways to Carry a Cauliflower”, which is a performative photography series exploring women’s self-portraiture. The photograph was created together with my dear friend and artist Iiris Riihimäki, who painted the star pants for me. I found the weights from the house we were shooting in Amsterdam and the Gym Star was born.