Exhibitions

On Sunday, the 18th of October Paul Kuimet`s installation Study for ‘Modern present now past’ was opened at Lootsi 15 as part of the programme of Rundum artist-run space.

The point of departure for the piece are two photographs taken in a European city more than two years ago. The photos depict a reflection of an abandoned and soon-to-be demolished building on a large, anonymous glass facade. On the second image that has been taken from exactly the same vantage point, a train has entered the scene, reflecting details from an identical modernist building still enduring in the sunshine.

The soon-to-be demolished building at Lootsi 15, its location, the photographs and the reflecting surfaces mounted on the windows and other components of the installation are to be seen as equal parts of a whole that creates a situation in which different modern periods, buildings, materials and inventions (photography and modern train traffic were invented approximately at the same time in the 1820s) become intertwined at the same time and at times even on a single picture plane. The installation reflects, both literally and metaphorically, the changes taking place in the Tallinn harbour area as well as in modern cities in general. The piece depicts therefore, ‘modern time’ as such.

The installation can be viewed in two different states – in daylight when the reflections of the surrounding area become visible on the building and in the evening darkness when the lights inside the building will be turned on highlighting the images mounted onto the windows.

NB! The work is visible only in outdoor circumstances and therefore clothing appropriate to the weather and temperature is strongly recommended.

The installation will remain open until the 30th of October.

The exhibition is supported by The Cultural Endowment of Estonia and The Estonian Artists’ Association

Thank you: Marten Esko, Viktor Gurov, Tõnis Jürgens, Anu Vahtra, Foku

Rundum is supported by the Estonian Ministry of Culture and the Cultural Endowment of Estonia

Rundum thanks the Port of Tallinn for having temporarily provided us with the Lootsi 15 space.

For more information:
www.rundumspace.com
https://www.facebook.com/rundumspace
www.paulkuimet.ee

On October 14, 2015, Anna-Stina Treumund, a PhD student of the Art and Design studies will open her exhibition titled “Dread” at the Hobusepea gallery. All interested are welcome.

Leather art exhibition of the Department of Leather Art, Accessory Design and Bookbinding.
08.– 28.09.2015
Eesti Käsitöö Maja rahvakunstigalerii
Pikk 22, Tallinn
E-R 10.00-18.00, L 10.00-17.00

June 18 – July 7, 2015
HOP gallery
Working hours: 11 – 18
Closed on Wednesday

You are invited!
The art jewellery exhibition of Sofja Markarova HOMEOSIS: TOWARDS PERFECTION will be opened on Thursday, June 18 at 18pm in HOP gallery.

Sofja Markarova solo exhibition HOMEOSIS: TOWARDS PERFECTION presents the attempt to capture beauty that is beyond our grasp and understanding, to which the concept of “death” merely adds an element of ungraspableness and emphasises the impossibility of such an undertaking.
Through the dialogue between author and death the perfection of the Celestial hierarchy opens up to the viewer. The intended jewellery represents a manifesto of latent divinity on the basis of shape, chromaticity and substance. The perfect symmetry of the forms, the synthetic nature of the material, latest contemporary techniques and the use of a visually monochrome palette form the code of Sofja’s aesthetic preferences. It is a metaphor of godlikeness, which transforms jewellery into virtuality, into the prototype of perfection.
In Sofja’s work the necklace, as the most independent type of jewellery, holds sole position through such materials as polyurethane plastic, urethane caoutchouc, rubber, marble, necuron, silver and gold.

Sofja Markarova graduated from Estonian Academy of Arts, MA jewellery and blacksmithing and exhibited at Denmark, UK, Belgium and Estonia.

The exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.

Artist: Carla Castiajo
Sound: Paul Beaudoin
Where: Bathroom, Lembitu 3, Tallinn
Preliminary review: 3 June at 4 pm
Exhibition: 4 and 5 June, 4–7 pm
The bathroom is an intimate space where we execute contrasting actions and behaviors. We use this private space daily for cleaning ourselves of the impurity that accumulates by washing our bodies, hands and hair. In this space, we face the mirror where our hair can be combed and plaited or remove our unwanted hair. This intimate space is also the place where we expel our filth – our repugnant fluids and excrement.
In my recent works, my attention has focused on exploring the use and significance of human hair as a material in jewellery and art. The work’s purpose is to apply of the often ambiguous features present in hair and its potential to produce different and often opposing/contradictory meanings and reactions.
After washing your hands, you are welcome to touch the objects.
Carla Castiajo has studied and taught jewellery as a medium of expression. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Konstfack in Stockholm, Sweden and is currently a doctoral student at the Estonian Academy of Arts in Tallinn. The subject of her research is Hair: Purity or Promiscuity? Exploring Hair as a Material and its Meaning in Jewellery and Art.
She has taught at the BNU in Pakistan, the Oakham School in Britain, the ESAD in Portugal and the EKA in Estonia. Her work has been exhibited internationally.
Paul Beaudoin is an internationally recognized multimedia artist.
Many thanks to Ester Kruuse / Riigi Kinnisvara AS, Prof. Mart Kalm, Tiit Rammul, Virko Kuusk, Risto Tali, Andreas Kivisild, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Estonian Academy of Arts and FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia and with special thank to Prof. Kadri Mälk.

13 young jewelry and blacksmithing students: Timmo Lember, Merlin Meremaa, Erle Nemvalts, Stig Paju, Johann Põldra, Helina Risti, Mari Saarepera, Jaan Škerin, Hanna-Maria Vanaküla, Agnes Veski, Krista Tiiu Koger, Hans Kristian Mänd, Kaur Virkebau

Telliskivi water tower, Telliskivi 59A, Tallinn

Read about the project here: 

http://chairmanstale.com

In her current exhibition, Tanja Muravskaja analyses to what extent Ukrainian war that began a year ago has influenced and changed relationships between relavtives and families. The artist contemplates her own family — some of the family members live in Ukraine, some of them have moved to Russia during the Soviet era, and some relatives live in Estonia. Muravskaja shows us the ways Maidan Conflict revealed different political views within a family, turned family relationships political and caused inner conflicts in a family. The artist is intrigued by the general human question: What are the reasons why hostility emerges within families and between relatives?

Tanja Muravskaja is an Estonian artist with Ukrainian roots. She graduated from the department of photography at the Estonian Academy of Arts in 2005 and obtained a MA degree at the same academy in 2010. Muravskaja has exhaustively studied the identities of contemporary Estonia and Estonian people — the subject was summed up by the exhibition held in Tartu Art Museum in 2010. In her personal exhibition Lost Utopia held in Tallinn Art Hall gallery in 2012, Muravskaja designated the vanishing of her cultural and historical contacts while presenting photographs depicting Ukrainian villages as disappearing images of her memories.

Exhibition will be open until May 11, 2015.

Exhibitions in Hobusepea gallery are supported by Estonian Ministry of Culture and the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.

TANJA MURAVSKAJA

EDUCATION
1996 – 2001 BA Media and Journalism, Tallinn Pedagogical University
2002 – 2005 BA Photography, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn
2004 BA Photography, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
2005 – 2010 MA Fine Arts, Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn (cum laude)

SOLO SHOWS (selection)
2012 Lost Utopia (with Marina Naprushkina), Art Hall Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2012 They, who sang together, Estonian Parliament, Tallinn
2010 Split Mind, Tartu Art Museum, Tartu, Estonia
2010 Tanja Muravskaja, M’Ars Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia
2009 Lucky Losers, City Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
2008 They, who sang together, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia

GROUP SHOWS (selection)
2015 Metamorphoses of the Black Square. Interpretations of Malevich’s Work in Estonian
Art, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, Estonia
2014 Kelias / CEĻŠ / KETT, Lithuanian Artists Association Gallery “Arka“ in Vilnius, gallery
of the Latvian Artists’ Union, Pärnu Museum, National Library of Estonia.
2014 Feminist (art) criticism, Tsehh, Minsk, Belarus
2014 Shifting Identities, MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, Italy
2011-2013 United States of Europe (2011-2013), Lodz, Helsinki, Vilnius, Sofia, Dresden,
Paris, Cork, Brussels, various cities in Europe.
2013 Loosers, Tartu Art Museum, Tartu, Estonia
2013 LadyFest Tallinn, Hobusepea Gallery, Tallinn
2012 M’artian Field, Centre of contemporary art M’ARS, Moscow, Russia
2012 Memoirs from a Cold Utopia, Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia
2011 Life in the Forest, Arsenal Gallery, Bialystok, Poland
2011 A Complicated Relation, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar, Sweden
2011 Memoirs from a Cold Utopia, Londonprintstudio gallery, London, United Kingdom

WORKS IN COLLECTIONS:
Kumu Art Museum, Tartu Art Museum (both Estonia)

AWARDS, GRANTS
2014 Cultural grant of the Republic of Estonia
2008 Annual stipend of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia
2007 Vaal Gallery, annual art award