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EDITORIAL
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FOCUS / EAA 100
Signe Kivi: “No leader can get anything done alone.”
The only Estonian public university providing higher education in architecture, design, art and art theory celebrated its 100th anniversary on October 30 – Solveig Jahnke interviewed its Rector Signe Kivi.
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THEORY AND PRACTICE / PAINTING / TALLINN
Painting Allowed! 2014 A. D.
Jaan Elken introduces the brightest stars of this year’s painting shows.
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THEORY AND PRACTICE / PAINTING / IDA-VIRUMAA
Tõnis Saadoja: “I was sure I wanted to create large paintings, colourful ones, and that the works would have an emotional component.”*
Maarin Mürk interviews Tõnis Saadoja, whose solo exhibition “Architectural Photography With a Small Boy – Oil Paintings On Canvas” was on show in the Historicist villa of John Carr, former director of the Kreenholm Factory.
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THEORY AND PRACTICE / PAINTING / NON-PLACE
Architectural Photography with a Little Boy
Ingrid Ruudi looks at Tõnis Saadoja’s solo exhibition in Narva as a gesture that abstains from memory and nostalgia.
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THEORY AND PRACTICE / MEMORY / TALLINN ART HALL 80
Tallinn Art Hall 80. The Different Space-Time Realities of the Anniversary*
Johannes Saar visited the exhibition “Tallinn Art Hall 80. Art Collection: Selection II” and read the book “Tallinn Art Hall 1934–1940”.
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THEORY AND PRACTICE / CHRONICLE OF LIVONIA / AB14
Long Live New Livonia!
IV Artishok Biennale “A+B=AB14” is barely finished in Riga as Liisa Kaljula forces its exhausted curators Šelda Pukite and Indrek Grigor to look back on the whole process.
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THEORY AND PRACTICE / CHRONICLE OF LIVONIA / RIGA 2014
Dubious Friendships*
Ulrike Gerhardt on the “(Re)construction of Friendship” exhibition in Riga.
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THEORY AND PRACTICE / CHRONICLE OF LIVONIA / POSTMODERNISM
The Story of a Painting
At the request of KUNST.EE Peeter Talvistu reveals the story behind a painting that caused many art-political interpretations along the Tallinn–Tartu axis this year.
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THEORY AND PRACTICE / FEATURE FILM
A Patchwork Quilt with Many Moons
Hanno Soans analyses the debut feature film “Landscape with Many Moons” by one of the most well known Estonian painters and video artists Jaan Toomik.
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Pure Intervention
Piret Karro analyses “Rõivad ja rühid” (Attires and Attitudes), a solo exhibition by Finnish artist Pilvi Takala.
The Question of Art and Design
Anne Vetik analyses the solo exhibition “Longing For Sleep” by Marit Ilison, the 2014 winner of the Kristjan Raud prize.
Rumoured Sight in the Dark
Roomet Jakapi went to Raul Keller’s exhibition “What You Hear Is What You Get (Mostly)” and saw himself.
Almost Legal
Johannes Saar contextualises Jaanus Samma’s solo exhibition “Sweater Shop. Hair Sucks”.
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BONUS!
“STRUCTURE/METAPHYSICS” 25 SPECIAL PAGES