Exhibitions 2004
28.11. 2003 - 15.02.2004 From the series of Estonian Applied Art "CLASSICS".Ceramist LEO ROHLIN”.
There is hardly anyone else in the contemporary Estonian ceramics that would deserve the honorary title of a living classic more than Leo Rohlin. Indeed, in the case of his ceramics we can talk about stylistic excellence and decorous mode in which the form and the colour, or the rationality of form and the freedom of the world of glaze (or, vice versa), complement each other sentiently. The meritorious professor of Estonian Academy of Arts has slightly opened the door to his “technological witchcraft”.
27.02 – 04.04. “LUMINAIRES”.
The lamps by designer Jukka Korpihete (Finland).
The young Finnish product designer Jukka Korpihete, who predominantly is active in lighting design and illumination solutions of rooms, exposes the wide range of his light-related products. First and foremost, Korpihete concentrates on the light itself, but he does not mould the mere external shape of the lamp, rather than firmly designs the light itself. Korpihete regards light a material of design and states that his task is to provide it with shape and shade.
08.04 – 18.04. “THROUGH FIRE”.
The Master’s students of 2004 of the Ceramics Department of Estonian Academy of Arts.
During a week, four Master’s students presented their creations accompanying their master’s theses and at the same time defended their Master of Arts degree in the museum. The topics of MA theses: Ingrid Allik – “Raku Technology”; Annikka Vilippus – “Barium Glazes in High-Fired Ceramics”; Kadri Kivi – “Experimental Techniques in Porcelain”; Reeli Haamer – “Kerafol or the Ceramic Sheet”.
23.04 – 13.06. “From the series of Estonian Applied Art CLASSICS.
Textile artist LEESI ERM”.
The exhibition provided an overview of the creative path of the textile artist Leesi Erm (1910 - 1989). There were exposed both tapestry and fabrics; the eldest items dated back to the year of 1939 and the most recent ones were from 1988.
The artist has been inspired by the nature of her homeland, ethnographic embroidery, as well as by all new in the world of textile art. Characteristic of the tapestry and painted fabrics by Leesi Erm are a special sensitivity for colour, emotionality and lyricism. The artist has eagerly experimented with different materials, turning the texture of her tapestry into an excitingly spatial and “lively” phenomenon.
18.06 – 18.07. “BLACK, WHITE AND COLOUR”.
The annual exhibition of the Estonian Textile Artists’ Association.
The exhibition introduced the most recent works by the members of the association.
18.06 – 08.08. “KERAMION IN CERAMICS”.
Contemporary Estonian Ceramics Drawing on Antique.
The antiquity-based ceramics exhibition grew out of the co-operational project between the Art Museum of University of Tartu and Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design and presupposed that Estonian ceramic artists be footed themselves in the antique world in order to create their personal vision of those times and today. From where to where and how does the line between the two worlds run - provided that it exists? One of the connecting links is definitely the earthenware, keramion in Greek language.
The exposition concentrated mainly on the works created by the Estonian ceramic artists specifically for this particular exhibition; yet there was no lack of references, hints, and items that locked the visitor in time travel.
23.07 –19.09. “FROM BLANKET TO STYLE”.
The works by students and faculty of the Department of Textile Design of Estonian Academy of Arts.
At the exhibition were presented the works created over the recent years by the students, faculty and the artists taking part in the study process in the specialty of textile design. In addition to the specialty-centred works, the selection of pieces displayed embraces the spatial objects created in course of form study classes and author’s projects.
17.08 – 19.09. “WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY, ISEA 2004”.
The exhibition is part of the major event of electronic art and culture, the ISEA 2004 (International Symposium of Electronic Arts, http://www.isea2004.net), with participating artists from Estonia and abroad. The exhibition sets the emphasis on the aspect of wearability of the new technologies and their use without the support of major research institutions and commercial firms.
23.09 – 17.10. “CHEST”.
The competition-exhibition of Estonian Metal-Artists’ Union devoted to the 95th birthday of jewellery artist Ede Kurrel and to the 80th anniversary of the Jewellery and Blacksmithing Department of Estonian Academy of Arts.
The aim of the competition-exhibition that is devoted to the 95th birthday of Ede Kurrel, one of the founders of the professional Estonian metal art, is to find out with help of the jury the winner of the annual prize of the Metal-artists’ Union. The exhibition is compiled from the works of the artists and students participating in the competition.
24.09 14.11. “Kaj Franck - TODAY”.
Kaj Franck is one of the renowned Finnish designers, whose designs have considerably determined the looks of the local daily environment. The exhibition concentrates on the meaning of Kaj Franck for the currently active Finnish designers. There are represented 11 acknowledged laureates of the Kaj Franck Award and 6 designers of the younger generation. The participants have selected one work by Kaj Franck that has influenced them, accompanying the work of the author himself/herself. A parallel exposition includes the most significant Franck’s works.
21.10 – 14.11. “THE FIFTIES. From the series “Times and Spaces””.
The founders of the professional Estonian interior architecture and design.
The series of exhibition “Times and Spaces” initiated by the Estonian Interior Designers' Union has been planned as a three-part event. The first exhibition, “The Fifties”, introduces the founders of professional interior architecture and design. On the background of the visual signs of the era and through them are presented the works of the design artists active in this contrastive period of time. The exhibition is audio-visual and includes cinema chronicle typical of the time, films, photos, video recordings, projects and different items.
20.11.2004 – 16.01.2005 “GLASS BEADS in the Cultures of the World”.
It is an exposition of the centuries-old glass beads, necklaces, beadwork (the eldest articles dating back to 400 - 200 BC) from Mesopotamia, Islamic countries, Venice, the Vikings, India, Turkey, Africa (Kenya, Mali, etc.) and the Far-East (Burma, Nepal), as well as the beads found from Estonian territory, and the contemporary beads by various authors from the USA, Germany, Italy, Finland, Sweden, Estonia, and elsewhere.
The main part of the exhibition comprises the historical glass beads from the Danish art historian Prof. Torben Sode collection (Denmark), which is the largest private collection in Scandinavia. There are also examples from the private collection of the glass artist Mare Saare as well as from various Estonian museums.
20.11.2004 – 16.01. 2005 “DIFFUSED LIGHT III”.
The glass artists’ group Hajavaloa (Finland)
The Finnish glass artists’ grouping Hajavaloa (Liisa Ikävalko, Päivi Kekälainen, Esko Kurvinen, Riikka Latva-Somppi, Anna Schroderus) is united by at least three facts: all of them were born in the 1960s, all graduated from the University of Art and Design Helsinki and all started their independent creative career in the 1990s. The most recent works of the grouping and the works created during the last two years are exhibited in the gallery hall.