ESTONIAN PAVILION
VIP AREA
SEPT. 2nd - OCT. 2nd 2010
õ h u L o s s
is a group of jewelry artists whose activities are linked to the Estonian Academy of Arts:
Kadri Mälk, Tanel Veenre, Piret Hirv, Eve Margus-Villems, Kristiina Laurits, and Villu Plink.
The õ h u L o s s group was formed in 1999 and has since exhibited their works jointly in Estonia, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, Denmark, Portugal, and Hungary. õ h u L o s s has compiled and published three catalogues (in 1999, 2003 and 2010), while their creations have been discussed in several dozen texts by art historians and art critics from various countries.
Comments by art historians:
Regardless of their independence and individuality, all of these Estonian jewelry artists’ works have something in common – each of them explores new spheres with the confidence characteristic of a sleepwalker.
Rena Schnabel, Cologne
Many of the õ h u L o s s artists like to create somewhat confusing jewelry pieces that float in and play with time and space. Their creations evoke some past period in time, but their choice of materials is shocking enough to bring us right back to the modern day. The value of the works is in their power of suggestion, which makes the viewer extremely watchful.
Mónica Gaspar, Barcelona
Over the years, this school of jewelry artists has become known for their ability to capture an elusive senisibility and a spiritual sacrality in their works. They have formed a protective field around themselves, like in a church where joint prayer also offers solace to those who doubt themselves. The school is, in fact, based on doubt and underestimated strengths, thus providing those who might otherwise remain silent with self-confidence and a raison d’être. In this sense, it protects itself well.
Tamara Luuk, Tallinn
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CONSECRATED LANDSCAPES III
ESTONIAN PAVILION
VIP AREA
JULY 28th - AUGUST 20th 2010
Helje Eelma is a Member of the Estonian Association of Designers and the Estonian Graphic Designers Association. She studied design at the Estonian Institute of Art and graduated in 1983 as a graphic designer. Since then, she has been designing various kinds of printed materials. She worked as a freelancer for twelve years and started working at the design office LeArt Design Management in 1994. She is currently in the process of starting a private enterprise.
In addition to taking joy in her professional work, she also enjoys expressing herself in other ways from time to time. As a result, she has created pictures and texts that have been presented at exhibitions in Tallinn, Stockholm, Pärnu and Karepa. Her digital images have been inspired by the landscapes and cultures of different countries and have been created through the combination of drawing and photoprocessing techniques. This exhibition consists of pictures inspired by travels to Peru, the islands of Scotland, Sri Lanka, Malta, and Madagascar. The artist has also “consecrated” our own Nordic homeland. Also, last but not least, a section of the exhibition is devoted to China and consists of the most recent images made in 2010.
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“TO BE ESTONIAN…” inspired by folk fashion
The exhibition is dedicated to the beliefs and aesthetic sense of our ancestors. The display provides an opportunity to reflect on what it means to be Estonian, how to keep in touch with our roots and to preserve our unique traditions in the contemporary world of ever-changing and blending identities.
The figurative language and the colours and patterns of Estonian folk culture are embedded in the aesthetic sense of modern artists, proving that the centuries-old Estonian style is alive.
The exhibition features 18 sets of clothes and a number of fashion photos taken on the background of handmade tapestries from the collection of the Estonian Open Air Museum to draw parallels between old textiles and modern fashion design.
Fashion designers：LIISI RIID, LIIS PLAATO, KRISTINA VIIRPALU, KATRE ARULA, ALDO JÄRVSOO, PIRET PUPPART, DIANA DENISSOVA, ANU HINT, KATRINA KAUBI, KAI SAAR, LILLI JAHILO, XENIA JOOST, KÜLLI KERTTU SIPLANE, SILLE SARAPUU, MONIKA KISAND, LIIVIA LEŠKIN, ASTRA MÕISTLIK, ZOJA JÄRG, ANNE METSIS, JUTA PIIRLAID, LEMBE MARIA SIHVRE, RIINA MAITUS
Supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and Estonian Open Air Museum
Organised by the Estonian Fashion Designers Association
www.hot.ee/emyhendus
Curator：Anu Hint Photos by：Anu Hint
FROM THE MARK TO THE EURO
JUNE 24th - JULY 6th 2010
The touring exhibition of the Museum of Eesti Pank “Estonian Money from the Mark to the Euro” gives an overview of our currency since the establishment of the Republic of Estonia. The exhibition introduces altogether four currencies. At the dawn of Estonian independence our currency was the Estonian mark, after which the Estonian kroon was issued in 1928 and remained in circulation until 1940. The current Estonian kroon was launched into circulation in 1992 and soon Estonia will adopt the euro. Hopefully in 2011.
The exhibition has been prepared in cooperation between Eesti Pank and Ivar Leimus, an expert on the history of Estonian money; the exhibition was designed by Tiit Jürna.
Besides the everyday circulation currency, Eesti Pank has issued different collector and commemorative coins, which are primarily made of precious metals and minted by the world’s leading mints.
Printed Matter from Estonia
Tallinn Printmaking Workshop GRAAFIKAKODA
PRINTED MATTER FROM ESTONIA reflects the printmaking techniques that Graafikakoda, the printmaking workshop at the building of Tallinn Art Hall, has cultivated, but also the changes that Estonian contemporary graphic arts has gone through. The selected artworks are diverse, trying to cover the primary trends of Estonian printmaking workshop, and the age of participating artists varies over half a century.
The workshop recently celebrated its sixtieth anniversary with the international printmaking conference Impact 5 and the 14th Print Triennial held in Tallinn in 2007. The idea of establishing a printmaking workshop goes back to 1945-despite (or due to) the hardships of the era-and the workplace was opened in 1947. this was an essential step in the preservation of the consistency of Estonian printmaking, as well as for its later rise as an innovation art form.
The formerly dominating lithography was now replaced by intaglio techniques. Creative space and achieved technical skills of the workshop lead to a blossoming period of Estonian printmaking in 1960s-1970s, bringing positive (international) attention not only to the artists but also the studio.
Although a growing number of works, especially those of newer media, are printed outside the workshop, Estonian graphic art is focused around Graafikakoda even today, also the Association of Estonian Printmakers gathers there. Various initiations and ideas with regard to developing and introducing graphic art are constantly born in this fertile atmosphere.
The participants of the present exhibition have won numerous prizes at international graphics events all over the world.
PRINTED MATTER FROM ESTONIA 2010:
Kadri Alesmaa, Peeter Allik, Herald Eelma, Sirje Eelma, Tiia Elken, Inga Heamägi, Maie Helm, Loit Jõekalda, Virge Jõekalda, Anu Kalm, Eve Kask, Avo Keerend, Kadi Kurema, Tõnis Laanemaa, Leonhard Lapin, Silvi Liiva, Ülle Marks, Raul Meel, Naima Neidre, Mall Nukke, Jüri Okas, Maret Olvet, Enno Ootsing, Kaljo Põllu, Reti Saks, Evi Tihemets, Vive Tolli, Maria-Kristiina Ulas, Peeter Ulas, Kelli Valk, Benjamin Vasserman, Urmas Viik, Vello Vinn, Mare Vint, Tõnis Vint, Jaak Visnap, Marje Üksine.
Curators: Sirje Eelma and Loit Jõekalda