2010
TAKE CARE AT AMOS ANDERSON MUSEUM
Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia announces the opening of “TAKE CARE – Politics of Emancipation”. Since 9th April 2010 the works of seven Finnish and Estonian contemporary artists are on display at Amos Anderson Art Museum. Exhibiting artists include Laura Horelli, Jaana Kokko, Marge Monko, Marko Mäetamm, Teemu Mäki, Liina Siib, Ingrid Ung.
The exhibition title contains key words to the exhibition: care and emancipation. These words are often associated with the so-called second sex. Even though the works on display often deal with women in society (e. g. Liina Siib’s photographs from the series “A Woman Takes Little Space” or Marge Monko’s film “Forum”), they also show how human beings regardless of gender always interact with others. Each work acts as a separate manifesto with emphases shifting from the personal to the communal. Together they form an entity that speaks of fear, hope, resistance, power and hierarchies.
The exhibition has been produced by AV-Arkki and the Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia (CCA) in collaboration with the Amos Anderson Art Museum. More information can be found on the homepage of Amos Anderson Art Museum.
TAKE CARE
Politics of Emancipation
Contemporary Art from Estonia and Finland
9.4.–24.5.2010
Amos Anderson Art Museum
Yrjönkatu 27, Helsinki
SAMMA & TOOMIK AT RAUMA BIENNALE BALTICUM 2010
Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia announces the opening of Rauma Biennale Balticum 2010 on the 11th of June 2010. The exhibition, which is presenting contemporary art of the Baltic Sea region, is arranged by the Rauma Art Museum and it exhibits many artists from the Baltic Sea states, including Jaanus Samma (http://www.fontaine.pri.ee/portfoolio/index_est.html) and Jaan Toomik (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaan_Toomik) from Estonia.
The topical theme of the exhibition, “What’s Up Sea?” is about sea and especially the Baltic Sea, its history and current state with emphasis on ecologic viewpoints. There will be artworks about sea, maritime nature and water and the relationship of human life and sea and the crucial role of the seas in maintaining life in general.
More information can be found on the homepage of Rauma Art Museum (http://www.raumantaidemuseo.fi/).
Rauma Biennale Balticum 2010 “What's Up Sea?”
12.6.–19.9.2010
Rauma Art Museum
Kuninkaankatu 37
Participants: A Kassen, Johanna Billing, Katja Bjørn, BlueSoup Group, Ulu Braun, Sergei Bratkov, Egle Budvutyte, Terike Haapoja, Kaspars Groševs, Ruta Kiskyte, Dara Melnikova, Antti Laitinen, M.A.R.I.N. / Tapio Mäkelä, Miks Mitrevics, Jaanus Samma, Claudia Schmacke, Dominika Skutnik, Laura Stasiulyte, Jaan Toomik, Julita Wojcik, Vadim Zakharov, Graphics/Pasi Rauhala.
KURVITZ AND KÜNNAPU AT VILNIUS PAINTING TRIENNAL
Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia announces the opening of the 14th Vilnius Painting Triennial on June 18th, 2010, where Raoul Kurvitz ja August Künnapu from Estonia have been selected for participation.
Since antiquity, painting has struggled with its status as a ‘tradition’. This constant awareness of the past is a mixed blessing for contemporary painting. Many of the approaches that contemporary painters are choosing from have been available for generations. Shall painting be used to make images, or shall it by-pass any quest for illusion and express itself through gesture and tactility? Shall painting stay on the surface or shall it create depth? Shall it visualise ideas or attract attention to its own materiality?
The 14th Vilnius Painting Triennial presents painters who exemplify the tension between tradition and newness and who articulate different attitudes towards the image, the gesture, time and subjectivity.
Artists: Jānis Avotiņš, John Baldessari, Romualdas Balinskas, Lina Bjerneld, Niels Bonde, Michaël Borremans, Koen van der Broek, Ina Budrytė, Damien Cadio, Henrikas Čerapas, Hadassah Emmerich, Takeo Hanazawa, Hannaleena Heiska, Jörg Herold, Kim Hiorthøy, O Jun, Patricija Jurkšaitytė, Tillman Kaiser, Eglė Karpavičiūtė, August Künnapu, Raoul Kurvitz, Matts Leiderstam, Tor-Magnus Lundeby, Viktor Man, Inga Meldere, Eglė Ridikaitė, Nina Roos, Viktor Rosdhahl, Adam Saks, Praneet Soi, Radek Szlaga, Ričardas Povilas Vaitekūnas, Aušra Barzdukaitė – Vaitkūnienė, Ruslan Vashkevich, Matthias Weischer, Alfonsas Vilpišauskas, Jakub Julian Ziólkowski.
Curators: Evaldas Stankevičius with Anders Kreuger and Magda Kardasz.
Organisers: The Lithuanian Artists' Association and the Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius.
14th Vilnius Painting Triennial: False Recognition
18.06–15.08.2010
Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius
Vokiečių 2, LT-01130
More information: http://www.cac.lt/en/exhibitions/future/3789
VISIBLE SOLUTIONS LTD IN CĒSIS
Contemporary art exhibition “Take Care” will be opened at the Cēsis Old Brewery at 18 hours on July 23, which is the opening day of the Festival. This year’s exhibition will feature works by artists from all three Baltic countries, presenting a wider overview of the current art trends in the Baltic region. The concept of the show entitled Take Care is rooted in an attempt to define the relationship between the artist and the society.
Estonia is represented at the exhibition by Visual Solutions LTD. Visible Solutions is a young innovative creative company that has been created by three young artists and creative entrepreneurs, Taaniel Raudsepp, Sigrid Viir and Karel Koplimets. The foundation of the company was motivated by the official estonian cultural policy that directs creative individuals towards entrepreneurship and marketability. Visible Solutions is trying to discover new methods for creating and converting symbolic and monetary capital.
The Latvian art will be represented by Andris Breže, Katrīna Neiburga, Ģirts Muižnieks, Anda Lāce, Valts Kleins, Kristaps Ģelzis and Gints Gabrāns, The Lithuanian curator Virginija Januškevičiūtė will join a group of young artists – Elva Olafsdottir, Laura Kaminskaitė, Agata Erlacher, Dalia Dudėnaitė, Juozas Laivys and Tomas Daniliauskas – to create a non-functional architectonic interactive installation which will involve the viewer in the process of exploring new space. The exhibition will run through 15 August.
Cēsis Art Festival is taking place for the forth summer in turn this year. Art, theatre, cinema events and unique musical programme will be presented t throughout the three weeks of the festival’s run. The festival will gain a wider resonance with its Care to Create international conference dedicated to the current trends in contemporary music and art; the list of participants will include professional artists and academic musicians from Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, France, Iceland and Russia.
See more: http://cesufestivals.lv/
The participation of Estonian artists in the event is organized by Center for Contemporary Arts, Estonia and made possible by Estonian Cultural Endowment.
ART FESTIVAL CĒSIS'10
23.07.–15.08.2010
"Take Care"
Participants: Visible Solutions LTD (Taaniel Raudsepp, Sigrid Viir and Karel Koplimets), Andris Breže, Katrīna Neiburga, Ģirts Muižnieks, Anda Lāce, Valts Kleins, Kristaps Ģelzis and Gints Gabrāns, Virginija Januškevičiūtė, Elva Olafsdottir, Laura Kaminskaitė, Agata Erlacher, Dalia Dudėnaitė, Juozas Laivys and Tomas Daniliauskas
Coordinator: Daiga Rudzate
Cēsis Old Brewery, Lenču Street 11
Press release is written by Margit Säde
