A visit to Parikkalan patsaspuisto in eastern Finland is an experience you will never forget. You either love it or hate it, a tepid in-between feeling is simply not possible. Veijo Rönkkönen, a self-taught artist, made in his lifetime about 500 concrete sculptures, some of them grinning with real dentures, and placed them around his cottage in Parikkala. They are an amazing bunch of people, plants and animals, full of humour and deep respect for life. The statues have never been exhibited nor did want to travel. If you want to see this famous garden, go there quickly. The artist died in March, and nobody seems ready to keep his inheritance alive. The plants are already almost swallowing the smallest statues...
Rönkkösen patsaspuisto, Kuutostie 611, Koitsanlahti, Parikkala.
Photos © Paula Hietaranta
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