Current: Kaido Ole in St. Petersburg


Kaido Ole 'Question 5' • oil, canvas • 205x205 cm • 2008

In Novy Museum in St. Petersburg on 26th of April Kaido Ole will open his first retrospective exhibition "Paintings 2003-2011". Just 10 days after closing of his monumnetal show in KUMU art museum (Tallinn) Kaido's artworks are brought to Russia.
On display there will be 4 series of paintings from recent 8 years:
THE BAND (2003), ATTENTION MATCHES! (2006), QUESTIONS (2008) and PLENTY OF STILL LIFES (2011).
The opening will be followed on the next day by artist talk with Kaido Ole moderated by Dmitri Ozerkov, contemporary art curator of State Hermitage Museum. The exhibition will remain open till 3rd of June 2012.
More info: www.novymuseum.ru

Current in Tallinn: Merike Estna


Merike Estna, still from the video 'A Big painting and a Small Painting' 2011

The opening of Merike Estna's exhibition at Temnikova & Kasela gallery (Lastekodu 1) on Thursday, the 5th of April, at 6 pm.
The exhibition's concise title "A Big Painting and a Small Painting" (“Suur maal ja väike maal”) directly hints at the nature of Estna's practice, which has been purposefully examining the essence of painting—its painterly and abstract qualities—ever since the artist has commenced her studies at the Goldsmith's College in London. Having experimented with the medium through switching between realism and abstraction, Estna eventually moved away from depicting objects in her recent paintings, and started treating paintings themselves as objects. "Big Painting and Small Painting" proposes to deepen the sensual experience of the matter of painting through reinforcing it with sculpture and video.
The exhibition is on view until the 19th of May. The gallery is open Fridays and Saturdays 4-8 pm, or by appointment (call +372 640 5770 to arrange time).


Art Fair: New York in March


Jaan Toomik, still from 'Seagulls" video 2004

Temnikova & Kasela gallery was one of 31 galleries participating in Moving Image Contemporary Video Art Fair, New York. From 8th till 11th of March in Waterfront Tunnel, Chelasea, we presented 4 videos by an renowned Estonian artist Jaan Toomik.
Press on us:
“Preview: Moving Image the contemporary video art fair,”  FAD
Katya Kazakin “Melted Legos, $5.8 Million Kline, Hotel Beds: Armory Week Guide,”BLOOMBERG News
Kyle Chayka, “Moving Image, New York’s Video Fair, Returns With Bigger, Better Screens (and More Nudity),” Artinfo
Kyle Chayka, “Meet Jaan Toomik, the World’s Foremost Estonian Contemporary Artist,” Artinfo
Paddy Johnson, “The Snail Survives: Highlights from the Moving Image Fair,” Art Fag City



About the gallery:
Temnikova & Kasela gallery is located in Tallinn and is based on partnership of gallerist Olga Temnikova and contemporary culture promoter Indrek Kasela. The cooperation of Kasela and Temnikova came out of necessity of creating new type of art institution, with inclination to break out of dysfunctional academic gallery image and of course go on with representing and introducing established and emerging authors from Baltic region and beyond. The gallery follows participative art trends, creating new rituals for perception of contemporary art through organizing interdisciplinary dynamic events, optimizing international idea circulation.