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KUNST.EE special pages: The Economist II: The Economics of art in Estonia
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FOCUS
work
nation(alism)
east(ern europe)
gender
Art Centre for Dismissed Employees
Introduction by Airi Triisberg
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The end of work: the ‘Bronze Night’ ball, the pop of the real estate bubble and the unemployment blues
Andreas Trossek goes to see Anders Härm’s curatorial exhibition Blue-Collar Blues in Tallinn Art Hall, but meanwhile finds himself at the door of Statistics Estonia
Let’s talk about nationalism: between the national robot and cyberpunk
An exhibition analysis by Anneli Porri, or why it is still important to talk about nationalism three years after the ‘Bronze Night’
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The image of Eastern Europe in the Transitland video archive
The video art archive of Eastern Europe and its representative exhibition in Budapest possess both scope and weight, says Margaret Tali
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Women with balls
Heie Treier analyses the exhibition Gender Check. Femininity and Masculinity in the Art of Eastern Europe in Vienna, and the exhibition The Soviet Woman in Estonian Art in Tallinn
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Why POPart Forever!?
The director of Kumu Art Museum, Anu Liivak, gives a comprehensive overview of the arrival of pop art in Estonia within the limits of the Iron Curtain
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Aspiration
Kaire Nurk interviews Kaarel Kurismaa
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THEORY AND PRACTICE
theory (glo)
conference (est/usa)
analysis (fra)
practice (usa)
aesthetics (jap-est)
project (est)
Torture and Remedy: The End of Isms and the Beginning Hegemony of the Impure
KUNST.EE translates Jörg Heiser’s analysis of ‘isms’ (or the lack thereof) in contemporary art (all rights reserved by the author)
A ‘geography’ conference for art historians
Kristina Jõekalda scribbled down a few thoughts
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The small exorcisms of Laurel Nakadate
Karin Laansoo introduces the video art of Laurel Nakadate
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Stillness in contemporary French art
Paul Bernard gives a critical overview of the contemporary French art scene
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The village starts in the city
Paul Bernard and Alo Paistik interview Eric Troncy, the director of the Dijon Contemporary Art Centre
No Story, Just a Hero: Zidane and the Art Game
Zoe Stillpass’s contextual analysis
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The late comeback of Jack Early
Karin Laansoo is excited about the New York comeback of Jack Early
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I am going to Miami, welcome to Miami
Sandra Jõgeva’s report: Art Container at Fountain Art Fair in Miami, December 3–6, 2009
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A Danish messiah in an American ghetto
Carl-Dag Lige visited the exhibition Faith, Hope and Love – Jacob Holdt’s America
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Japan as the symbol of an ideal space in the art and spatial theory of Tõnis Vint
Elnara Taidre’s excursion into the oriental background to the art of twentieth century Estonian avant-garde classic Tõnis Vint
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III
REVIEWS
Krista Mölder and the pleasure of visual text
Elnara Taidre analyses Krista Mölder’s photographic exhibition
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Alice Kask’s dialogue with the tradition of painting
Eero Kangor delves into the quaint realism of Alice Kask
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A mirror lies between opposites
At the Window, an exhibit by Silja Saarepuu and Villu Plink comprising a selection of works done during 2004–2010. Siram reviews
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Jevgeni Zolotko’s spatial studies
Ellu Maar analyses the spatial installation Grey Signal / Retort2
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19.03.2010
Andreas Trossek views Flo Kasearu and Tõnis Saadoja’s joint exhibition 21.05.09 and 14.06.09
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The stillborn superstar Stiv
The final deathmatch of the exhibition Stiv, Superstar: Maria Juur vs Madis Luik & Jarmo Nagel
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In Vicinity, or this is what we bought
Liina Siib views Paul Kuimet’s debut exhibition about urban sprawl
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Notional sensuality and sensual notionality
Margus Ott explores Raoul Kurvitz’s project FLOW
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You, Me and Everyone We Don’t Know
Airi Triisberg analyses Anna-Stina Treumund’s debut exhibition, which may be the first exhibition in Estonia to deal with lesbian identity.
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Sven Vabar views Sven Saag and Andres Koort’s exhibition Past Continuous in Tallinn – and in relation to Juka Käärmann’s exhibition Birth of a Pond in Tartu
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Strong fragility. Jewellery by Andrus Rumm
Harry Liivrand is excited by Andrus Rumm’s jewellery exhibition Metanoia
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Mister circus director
Maria Jäärats’ exhibition report: The Circus, Artemi Troitski’s exhibit of contemporary art
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KUNST.EE SPECIAL
The Economist II: The Economics of art in Estonia
A sequel project compiled by Maarin Mürk and Margaret Tali and designed by Margus Tamm and Sverre Lasn, which focuses on private funding of art in Estonia.