maalatuissa
Maalatuissa is a term used in Finnish-language art discourse to describe a mode of painting that foregrounds the materiality and process of the painted surface. Works labeled as Maalatuissa typically combine traditional brushwork with substantial build-up of paint, layered textures, and often mixed media, aiming to reveal painting as a physical, temporal act rather than a purely pictorial representation. The label is metaphorical, drawing on the Finnish word maalaus (painting) and the inessive form -ssa, and it signals a particular painterly approach rather than a single school or movement.
Origins and usage have been modestly documented in the 2010s as critics sought language to describe a
Key characteristics often associated with Maalatuissa include thick impasto, visible underpainting, glazing, and the incorporation of
Reception to Maalatuissa has been mixed and ongoing. Proponents argue that the label highlights a necessary