"Kata-stroofe"
- indrekkoster9
- May 21
- 2 min read
ARS Project Space 22.05.– 15.06.2025
Wed-Sat 12–18, Sun 12–16
Opening 22 May 4 PM
Kata-stroofe / Catastrophes is the group exhibition of the second year painting students of the Estonian Academy of Arts.
The participating artists: Aleksander Kiigemägi, Alec William Peterson Hales, Kirke Kits, Marit Loitmets, Liisa Nurklik, Veronika Pavliuk, Elery Sallert, Polina Solovjova.
This exhibition brings together the works of eight different young painters who are connected by a shared studio space, common studies and the era into which they have been born. In addition, the works on display are connected by their format, the starting point of these paintings was a large blank canvas, mostly measuring around 2 x 3 metres in size. Such a surface challenges a painter in various ways, expecting sufficient planning and an ability to keep a freshness throughout the whole process. Painting big is like running a marathon, with the performer needing to keep the spark until the end, knowing and preparing in advance for the idea and resources to last for a longer time and a wider brushstroke.
The resulting artworks variate between figuration and abstraction, predominantly being poetic and introspective. The artists themselves comment on the following:
Here on the walls we have verses made of frames, canvas, paint and something else in between. We have reached for what appeals to us, haunts, nourishes, questions without giving an answer. What ought to be the answer, instead turns out to be a pair of opposites divided by a slash. Control/trust, something/nothing, serious/absurd, emptiness and fulfillment, individuality and hiding oneself.
The students were supervised by Sirja-Liisa Eelma, Alice Kask and Holger Loodus.
Graphic design by Pärtel Eelmere, photography by Mikk Keis.
The exhibition is supported by the painting department of the Estonian Academy of Arts, Rott/Rat, Estonian Academy of Arts, Estonian Artists' Association, ARS Art Factory, Põhjala Brewing AS, Kulinaaria OÜ, Punch Club OÜ.
The exhibition is held by the painting department of the Estonian Academy of Arts and is a part of the Estonian Academy of Arts Grad Show TASE’25 satellite programme.
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