Artists: Marko Mäetamm, Flo Kasearu, Alexei Gordin, Madlen Hirtentreu, Sandra Kosorotova, Tanja Muravskaja, Evi Pärn, Tanel Rander Title: east end(s)? Venue: Põhjala Factory, Tallinn Curator: Maria Helen Känd Project manager: Minna Triin Kohv Visual identity: Henri Kutsar Photo: Felix Laasmäe The group exhibition ida ots(as)? / east end(s)? / край Восток(у)? examines and reflectsupon the socio-psychological …
Artist: Anetta Mona Chișa Title: The Growing Argument Venue: Zahorian & Van Espen, Bratislava Curator: Silvia Van Espen Photo: Leontína Berková Imagine matter is a dense, non-subjective and affirming force, dancing silently on chemical interactions, crystallizing passions, trickling bodily discharges, crying etymological resonance with motherhood, cracking micro-violent novelty, crashing into quantum events and crafting eerie …
Artist: Jaroslav Kyša Title: Order of Waves Venue: Trnava Synagogue – Centre for Contemporary Art Curator: Michal Stolárik There were hardly any responses to the first mentions of the virus. Violence in geographically distant lands intensified the feeling of natural detachment and a kind of fictional reality. The first infected people and initial deaths seemed …
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Artist: Magdalena Sadłowska Title: New Patterns Venue: Krupa Gallery Curator: Michalina Sablik Not many material objects were created as a result of the Wrocław ’70 Visual Arts Symposium – a few scale models, designs of sculptures, urban planning solutions, a catalogue and black-and-white photographs of the exhibition by Tadeusz Rolke. They show smartly dressed people …
Artists: Botond Keresztesi, Nika Kupyrova, Alex Selmeci & Tomáš Kocka Jusko, Céline Struger, Nik Timková Title: Anything Goes pt. 2.: Techno Ed. Venue: White & Weiss Gallery, Bratislava Curator: Michal Stolárik The international exhibition project Anything Goes pt. 2.: Techno ed. is a continuing exploration of current artistic strategies inside Central Europe. The conception targets principles …
Artists: Veronika Durová and Jakub Tytykalo Title: Liquid Sands Venue: Stuido PRÁM, Prague Lately, Jakub Tytykalo’s imaginative work has naturally expanded from drawing and painting – media traditionally used by him – into collage and spatial installations. If we were to look at work by a different artist that offers scope for interaction with Tytykalo’s …
Artist: Anna Ceipe Title: Things After Things Venue: 427 Gallery, Riga Photo: Līga Spunde Title unknown White space, there’s a seating surface. In the scene, there’s a wooden stem leaned against the wall. – Why don’t we ever eat from this plate? – You don’t understand, there are things to gaze upon only with your …
Raising the question: WILL A GLOBAL LANGUAGE SAVE US? Is there a universal language, a system of communication, through which humankind could rise to a new level of understanding and cooperation for addressing our global challenges? What could that language be? To learn more about the 1st Tallinn Biennial we spoke with Kelli Turmann and Andra Orn, who …
Artists: Alina Bliumis and Tanja Muravskaja Curator: Corina Apostol Title: Narrating Against the Grain Venue: Tallinna Kunstihoone, Tallinn Photos: Paul Kuimet Where would you go if you wanted to see the centre of Europe? What are the traits of the average global citizen? What happens to our families when our political views are crossed? How …
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A. what we have seen: 1. Edward von Lõngus’ apocalyptic church ‘Doomsday Cathedral’ – 800 m2 of space to experience – A guided tour of a mirror reflecting the soul of humanity – Street art on steel plates – frightening 25m2 large-scale works – 300,000 banknotes “Doomsday Cathedral” is not a conventional exhibition, but a …
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Artists: Kris Lemsalu Malone & Kyp Malone Lemsalu Title: Love Song Sing Alonge (Once Again With Feeling!) Venue: Kai Center, Tallinn Kai Art Center is proud to present its summer exhibition Love Song Sing Along (Once Again With Feeling!) from the artist duo of Kris Lemsalu Malone & Kyp Malone Lemsalu. Both new and previously unexhibited works will be on …
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Artists: Vladimír Ossif and Jan Domicz, Barbora Fastrová & Johana Pošová Title: paternoster Curator: Jen Kratochvil Venue: ZAHORIAN & VAN ESPEN, Prague Photo: Ondřej Polák the world around may have stopped for a moment, yet deep inside some early 20th century buildings paternoster lifts keep running nothing has really changed in the life of …
East-Central Europe film and video art screening series at post.moma.org Curators: Lukas Brasiskis and Inga Lāce From Matter to Data: Ecology of Infrastructures presents a selection 15 film and video works that will be made available in three parts from July 29 till September 9. In this selection, available to watch from July 29 to August 12, artists reflect upon …
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Artist: Kaido Ole Title: All Together Venue: Temnikova & Kasela Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia 12.06–16.08.2020 In the series, Kaido Ole finds himself in a museum dressed in overalls putting together an imaginary exhibition which brings together works by his Estonian colleagues, international contemporaries and modern classics. With help from various invented characters from his own oeuvre over the …
Artist: Adam Vackar Title: Such Sweet Thunder Venue: Gandy Gallery, Bratislava, Slovakia Curator: Domenico de Chirico 06.04 – 09.11.2020 Photo: all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Gandy Gallery, Bratislava When looking at this new body of works by Adam Vačkář what immediately catches the eye is the vitality that is intrinsic to something that …