Kaljo Põllu. Estonian Landscape
28.05.–06.10.2013
4th floor, A-wing, Cabinet of Prints and Drawings
Kaljo Põllu (1934–2010) was an Estonian artist and major innovator in graphic art from the 1960s to the 1980s. In the 1970s, he created a series of prints called Estonian Landscape, using the intaglio (mezzotint) method. In Põllu's prints, the landscape image grows into an archetype, by metamorphosing from a realistic motif into a mythological landscape.
Irving Penn. Diverse Worlds
14.06.–06.10.2013
4th floor, B-wing
This exhibition, compiled by the Moderna Museet in Malmö, which is comprised of almost 100 photos, provides a survey of the still lifes, portraits and fashion photos of Irving Penn (1917–2009), a late 20th-century American photographer.
Critique and Crises. Art in Europe Since 1945
28.06.–03.11.2013
The Great Hall
The international exhibition is an initial attempt to take a look at European art since 1945, without the usual ideological demarcation lines that came about with the Cold War. Twelve chapters will examine the different ways in which artists have dealt with the ideals of the Enlightenment and the belief in universal human rights, freedom, equality and democracy.
The Progress of Images. Interpreting Estonian Art and Photography of the 19th-Century
20.09.2013 until 2014
3rd floor, B-wing
At this exhibition, which searches for the intersection between Estonian art and photography, one can admire the movement of motifs, parallels in composition, reality and the different forms of imitating reality, as well as the intertwining of the pictorial language and technical tools of two fields of activity focused on the recording of reality.
Out of Sync. Looking Back at the History of Sound Art
27.09.2013 until 2014
5th floor, Gallery of Contemporary Art
From the experiments in sound culture of the first Estonian sound movies to the collaboration between Estonian composer Sven Grünberg and artist Kaarel Kurismaa, and the development of the current local sound art subculture.
Monumental Painting in Estonia. Paul Kuimet's Photos
09.10.2013 until 2014
4th floor, A-wing, Cabinet of Prints and Drawings
During the spring, summer and autumn of 2012 Paul Kuimet photographed more than 100 monumental paintings in public spaces throughout Estonia. This was the first time that the history of Estonian monumental works of art was recorded. Kuimet's photos frame the works in their urban and spatial context, while also highlighting the rise and fall of Estonian public space during the 20th century. The exhibition is comprised of selected photos.
The Sacred Present. Nikolai Kormashov's Paintings from the 1960s
18.10.2013 – January 2014
4th floor, B-wing
The exhibition focuses on the first decade of Nikolai Kormashov's (1929–2012) work, where we find a combination that seems impossible at first glance: the work motifs and industrial views familiar from the official art of the day combined with the sacred aesthetics of icon painting.
Lepo Mikko (1911–1978)
22.11.2013–20.04.2014
The Great Hall
Lepo Mikko, who graduated from the Pallas Art School in 1939, was a dedicated modernist, for whom a powerful creative stimulus was provided by the spiritual liberation and changing atmosphere during the transition from the 1950s to the 1960s.
