On Friday, November 28 at 5 PM gallery Pallas opens the year's annual exhibition of the Estonian Textile Artists' Association. This year the exhibition is dedicated to the meaning and importance of material.
Material is an immediate and tangible substance that a textile artist comes into contact with on a daily basis. But not only that – material influences both practical and substantive decisions throughout the process. Increasingly, however, material is associated with values, knowledge, and cross-disciplinary collaboration. The artists seek answers to the questions: What material do I work with? What makes me to do decisions about materials I work with? How important is it to me? What role does the material play for me in creative process?
Material is meaning. The story we tell begins from material we use. The meaning, state, properties of the material – it’s all comes part of the story.
Material is value. The value and valuableness of material is an increasingly important topic. What is the resource we need to make yarn, fabric, or any other (textile) material? Where or by whom is it produced? What do we know about the material we work with? How do we use this resource? What new value do we give to the material through our creation?
Material is character. Every material has its own state and character, which largely determines what and in which technique it is used. Thickness, gloss, flexibility, smoothness, structure, durability… there are much more variations.
Material is memory. It carries inside knowledge of its maker, its previous user, its long-lost company or maker. Can we read it? Does this memory come with the work and reach the viewer?
Participing artists: Reena Curphey, Ainikki Eiskop, Ehalill Halliste, Sigrid Huik, Eva Jakovits, Mariann Kallas, Riste Laasberg, Lylian Lainoja, Maasike Maasik, Epp Mardi, Johanna Mauer, Marin Nooni, Aet Ollisaar, Kadi Pajupuu, Ene Pars, Erika Pedak, Liis Pihlik, Marilyn Piirsalu, Maria Pilm, Tiina Puhkan, Anu Raud, Tuuli Reinsoo, Merike Roodla, Merle Roosimölder, Ülle Saatmäe, Belliisi Seenemaa, Eve Selisaar, Zane Shumeiko, Malle-Maria Sild, Heleri Alexandra Sits, Anneli Säre, Ludmila Swarzcewskaja, Aune Taamal, Reet Talimaa, Liisa Torsus, Ilja Uhlinov, Piret Valk, Kerttu Varik, Svetlana Vronski.
Exhibition is organized by Estonian Textile Artists Association. Exhibition curator is Aet Ollisaar, exhibition designer is Madis Liplap and graphic designer is Kadi Pajupuu.
Information regarding the exhibition tours will be shared on gallery Pallas´ Facebook page and Tartu Window of Culture website.
Exhibition is supported by Cultural Endowment of Estonia and Pallas University of Applied Sciences.
For more information:
Aet Ollisaar
Aet.Ollisaar@pallasart.ee
5067281
Gallery Pallas
Riia 11, Tartu
734 9954
Tue-Sat 11-18
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