2011 \ 1-2
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FOCUS
graphic triennial / usa-est
estonian diaspora / usa-est
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Raymond Pettibon, America, Estonia
Andreas Trossek discovers America, and pauses to ask whether Raymond Pettibon (an internationally recognised contemporary artist whose work appeared at the 15th Tallinn Print Triennial, 2011) really is half-Estonian
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THEORY AND PRACTICE
film / usa-est
collection / usa-est
tour / usa-est
biennal(ization) / venice
icon / düsseldorf
painting / vilnius
drawing / riga
urban installation / tallinn
history / sooster
history / mägi
contemporary art prize / köler
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A portrait of Kostabi in the documentary Con Artist
Andris Feldmanis teaches us how to distinguish Kalev Mark Kostabi from the artist’s media image.
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Estonian “˜mystics and moderns”™ in USA
Jeremy Canwell curated a show of Estonian painting at the Zimmerli Art Museum, the largest collection of post-war Estonian art in the United States. Questions asked by Andreas Trossek.
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Letters to my father from America
Sandra Jõgeva’s report on the 2011 American tour by the artist group, Art Container
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Significant Margins, as Seen by Liina Siib
Elo-Hanna Seljamaa analyses the art of Liina Siib whose project A Woman Takes Little Space will represent Estonia at the 54th International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia
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With and without Beuys
Margaret Tali analyses the way critical practices in art are successfully switched to the national canon of art history.
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Searching for the motifs of contemporary painting
At the request of KUNST.EE Milda Žvirblytė analyses the processes of change in Lithuanian painting, thereby completing the discussion held on the same subject in Estonian art (see KUNST.EE 2010, No. 3–4).
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An earthly journey
Vappu Thurlow introduces the work of Ilmčrs Blumbergs, nominee for this year’s prestigious Purvītis Prize
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Ülo Sooster”™s only act of infidelity
Tõnis Tatar gives an overview of the story of finding the graduation work of Ülo Sooster, the top Estonian avant-garde artist.
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(Je vous présente) Konrad Maegui, artiste-peintre
Liisa Kaljula views Konrad Mägi’s artistic development and three excellent monographs of the artist, putting on Tiit Hennoste’s spectacles of self-colonisation.
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Köler Prize 2011
Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia (CAME) launched a new contemporary art prize, Anders Härm answers the questions
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Generation BIEM/ZAIKS
Andreas Trossek writes what he thinks of Mihkel Kleis’ solo exhibition Guts’n’Roses
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Happiness 0–100
Anneli Porri writes about Happiness 0–100,the joint exhibition by Alver Linnamägi and Tõnu Tunnel
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Art as an echo of explosion – a dialogue with the artist about affect and art
Eero Kangor visits Eva Jacobson’s exhibition Affect
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