Cloe Jancis, from the series “In Process”, 2020
EKA Galerii
Start Date:
07.03.2024
Start Time:
12:00
End Date:
31.03.2024
GENTLE GESTURES OF SELF
7.–31.03.2024
Opening: 7.03. at 6 pm
Participating artists: Andre Joosep Arming, Annamaari Hyttinen, Cloe Jancis, Maria Izabella Lehtsaar, Taavi Rekkaro, Johanna Saikkonen, Marleen Suvi, Elo Vahtrik
Curator: Kaisa Maasik
The group exhibition “Gentle Gestures of Self” brings together a selection of contemporary self-portraits. The paintings and photographs primarily depict the faces and hands of the artists, pointing at the emotions brought out by their facial expressions and gestures.
Culturally, hands are attributed with a great expressive power: in addition to conveying mood, depicting hands in specific positions can communicate deep feelings and meanings. Anthropologist Ethel J. Alpenfels has said: “Hands point or lead or command; hands cry out in agony or lie quietly sleeping; hands have moods, character, and, in a wider sense, their own particular beauty.”
The exhibition stems from a curatorial perspective focusing on relationships, inner experiences and moods. It approaches hands’ special ability and vulnerability to convey all emotions, even those that people have learned to control in facial expressions.
Opening drinks from Põhjala Brewery.
EKA Gallery
Kotzebue 1, Tallinn
Open Tue–Sun 12–18, free entry
More info:
eka.galerii@artun.ee
