Tiiu Kirsipuu and Maarja Undusk
Kunstihoone Galerii, Tallinn
8.6.-1.7.12
Textile art
It is amazing how wide
variety of materials sculptures can be made of. In this exhibition the
materials are just as interesting as the motives. The themes of the two
artists are totally different, it is the use of fabric
used in clothes or furniture that connects them.
Tiiu Kirsipuu: Ricefields
Tiiu Kirsipuu has
photographed rice fields and harvesting in South Korea and printed it on pillows. Rice
fields are great photo motives, with geometrical patterns, mirroring in
the water, bright colors. But most of all they provide
a crucial part of the daily meal for everyone, for some the only food
they get. The symbolic value is large, especially in the rice-dominated
part of the world. In Europe this becomes rather a symbol of something
exotic. As far as I know there are no rice
fields in Estonia. The nearest parallell would be the potato,
indispendable in Estonian cousine.
Tiiu Kirsipuu: Ricefields
Also the pillows may have
different meaning. Pillows may be furniture, to be used to sit on. Here
this is not possible, they are hung minutely in line on the wall. The
pillows have become elements of decoration, maybe
symbols of luxury or excess comfort. Would it be different if the
prints were made on canvas or photo paper? Maybe not so much. There is a
three-dimensional effect on the pillow in contrast to a flat surface.
Even if it bulges, the print is still done on a flat surface. But the pillow has a reverse side, which we do not see,
but know is there.
Tiiu Kirsipuu: Ricefields
Maarja Undusk: Armastus Vanas Tallinnas
Maarja Undusk has chosen rather unusual themes for her leather pictures. A romantic meeting in the old town, people lost in the woods, and a silent indoor scene. There is a strange touch added by the texture of the material, that adds something that would not have been the same in a painting of the same scenes.
Maarja Undusk: Eksinud poeg
There is a story in each work. The love story is quite easy to grasp, but the forest scene called "lost boy" is more sinister. How is he lost? Lost by directions probably, but also in a relationship?
Maarja Undusk: Vaikelu vaikuse ja pimedusega
And this stillife with darkness. What does the darkness hide? You could sow together your own story based on these pictures.
