ISFAG, Põhja pst 35 hoovis
Start Date:
03.06.2017
Start Time:
14.00
Last summer the travelling gallery met more than 500 new art friends and found a home for 50 artworks. This Saturday at 2pm everyone is invited to the season opening event in the forecourt of gallery ISFAG (Põhja pst 35, right next to EKKM)
During the festivities Kirill Tulin will replace the gallery’s broken clutch, Camille Laurelli will open a one-day exhibition and music will be selected by this season’s resident artist Art Nõukas. As always, artworks by the gallery artists Art ja Helena, Rosa-Violetta Grötsch, Johnson&Johnson, Camille Laurelli, Anna Mari Liivrand and Hanna Piksarv will be sold. A new addition to the line-up is Liina Pääsuke, whose works will be available for purchase starting this Saturday.
After touring fairs and festivals in 2016, the gallery will now set its sights on Estonia’s neighbours. This summer the gallery will host Art Nõukas’ film project “Lost and found cinema” visiting different art centres across the Baltics, but none of the capital cities. “Whether travelling in Estonia with a foreign artist or taking a local artist abroad, the aim is still to offer an alternative platform for experiencing art in a field that is largely concentrated around capitals,” comments gallerist and project initiator Siim Preiman, “that’s why this year we’ll be tracking down other small initiatives like ourselves, share each other’s experiences and hopefully meet each other’s friends.”
The opening event this Saturday is the first chance this year to be a part of the gallery’s activities and to hear the latest whispers about the future. If all goes according to plan, the summer tour will take place in the second half of July.
Kirill Tulin (b 1989) is an artist living in Tallinn who has not graduated from the Academy of Arts or any other university. He constantly questions the role of traditional galleries and other art institutions. In February 2017, he initiated the performative action “We are about to come up with a title, please bear with us” in Tallinn Art Hall that gave visitors a chance to see how exhibitions are made.
Camille Laurelli (b 1981) is a French-born artist, currently living and working in Tallinn. He has studied in art schools in Annecy and Grenoble. Laurelli started his career as a photo artist but now merges different areas of art in his practice and questions the value of art in a world increasingly overtaken by technology. He has participated in the exhibitions “Side effects” and “& So On & So Forth”, both at EKKM in 2013. In 2016, he curated the show “Infinite Lives” with co-curator Nicolas Audureau at Tallinn City Gallery.
Art Nõukas (b 1992) is an artist living and working in Tallinn. He graduated from the sculpture and installation department at the Estonian Academy of Arts in 2017. In his installations he largely relies on visuals and methods borrowed from films and often positions the silver screen at the centre of his dramatic scenographies. His latest solo show “Oh, why do we play this game?” with Helena Keskküla, took place at Hobusepea gallery in spring 2016.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/212457265938217
Thanks: Eesti Kultuurkapital, Tamara Luuk, Villem Säre
Image: Johanna Heikkilä “Nähdäkseni sinut”. Exhibition view. galerii galerii 2016.
Galerii galerii is a travelling contemporary art gallery built in the back of a ‘91 Transit van that started operating in 2016. The gallery hosts solo shows by young international artists, represents a growing number of more and less known contemporary artists and actively takes art to new publics. During its first season galerii galerii toured fairs and festivals all over Estonia, visiting the towns of Rakvere, Võru, Viljandi and Toila. In 2017 the gallery aims to visit art centres in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
More information:
Siim Preiman
gallerist
+372 53432526
galerist@galeriigalerii.ee
www.galeriigalerii.ee