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FOCUS / FUTURE
“Theoretical discussion about the national affiliation of the [20th century] avant-garde [has] gained renewed intensity.”
Elnara Taidre talks to Olha Melnyk and Ihor Oksametnyi about their curatorial project “Futuromarennia. Ukraine and the Avant-Garde” at Kumu Art Museum, avant-gardist practices in Ukraine in the first third of the 20th century, as well as the dramatic history of research on the Ukrainian avant-garde.
THEORY AND PRACTICE / ANTHROPOCENE
The melancholy of the Anthropocene
Andreas Trossek’s interview with Lou Sheppard, Evy Jokhova, Mari-Leen Kiipli, Edith Karlson and Ivar Veermäe regarding “Art in the Age of the Anthropocene”.
Thinking with the sea
Annika Toots analyses Diana Tamane’s exhibition “The Sea Is You” at Tallinn City Gallery and Kristina Õllek’s exhibition “Waters of Hypoxic Slime and Tropic Lime” at Kogo Gallery.
THEORY AND PRACTICE / POSTHUMANISM
Guidelines for cascading down the merciless waterfall of time like a drop
Solveig Lill visited Holger Loodus’ solo exhibition “18 Moments of Spring”.
Observations on the emergence of new life forms
Holger Loodus visited the joint exhibition “A Garden Without Borders” by Solveig Lill and Olev Kuma.
THEORY AND PRACTICE / CURATORIAL (EXPERI)MENTALITIES
The other side: west of the border, south of the surface
Francisco Martínez’s curatorial notes on what you can find in Ida-Virumaa as an artist.
The course of a format is a shift
Marten Esko deciphers the exhibition “Landscape Passes through the House”.
Denial
Andreas Trossek reviews Tanel Rander’s curatorial exhibition “Farewell, East! Farewell, Narcissus!”.
THEORY AND PRACTICE / TECHNOLOGICAL AND TACTILE ART
The birth of implementation from the spirit of art
Erkki Luuk visited Timo Toots’ solo exhibition “Accept All Cookies: A Selection of Works from 2008–2023”.
The human being and the human body
Juta Kivimäe visited the Estonian Sculpture Association’s group exhibition “Every Person Is Born Broken into Pieces”.
THEORY AND PRACTICE / DEPICTIVE AND ABSTRACT ART
… (minimalist) abstract symbolism
Erkki Luuk visited Sirja-Liisa Eelma’s solo exhibition “The Skin of Reflections”.
Chromatica and chroma. Subject, eye, gaze
Anders Härm visited Viktoras Paukštelis’ solo exhibition “Chromatica. Painting (2020–2023)”.
THEORY AND PRACTICE / TO BE WITH MANY PEOPLE IS BETTER THAN TO BE ALONE
In essence, art is invisible; exhibitions make it visible
Andri Ksenofontov introduces art collectives with a more or less fluid membership.
20 YEARS LATER
Sorge: “People are cool.”
Kaire Nurk interviews Margus “Sorge” Tiitsmaa.