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The paintings by Eemil Karila are guided by his posthumanist manifesto, according to which humanity is not above other forms of nature. In the works by Karila, wastelands, forgotten backyards and wild meadows are bathed in light and are free to flourish on areas from which all human presence has disappeared.

Karila paints straight onto unprimed linen canvas, to which he first applies copious amounts of water and ink. Once the canvas has dried, he adds paint in thick, pastel brushstrokes and spreads oil paint over it with his fingers. He likens this way of painting to gardening: after it has …