{"id":7149,"date":"2025-04-05T14:11:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T12:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klaasikunst.ee\/?p=7149"},"modified":"2025-04-05T14:15:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T12:15:06","slug":"2025-the-secret-soul-of-shiny-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klaasikunst.ee\/?p=7149","title":{"rendered":"2025 THE SECRET SOUL OF SHINY THINGS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Annual exhibition of the Estonian Glass Artists\u2019 Union<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>THE SECRET SOUL OF SHINY THINGS<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Artium Cultural Centre, Viimsi &#8211; lobby and Viimsi Art School Gallery<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>April 5-30, 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We live in interesting times. A sense of danger can force one to withdraw into one\u2019s shell, or seek meaning and omens in the surroundings, to look for analogues in history, to notice a repetition of patterns. Today\u2019s uncontested truths may be revoked tomorrow, someone\u2019s confident glamour can turn out to be a one-day wonder. Art, while attempting to reflect the prevalent atmosphere, or posing difficult questions, does not claim to possess a monopoly of truth anymore; rather, it finds itself in the same boat as the audience.<\/p>\n<p>Artists who survived the hardships of World War II frequently sought comfort in the poetry of the mundane; for them, soulllessness and brutality had lost their charm. Jackson Pollock and others were inspired by\u00a0C.G.Jung to seek universal archetypes in native cultures. Carlo Carra wrote: \u201cIn the most ordinary things, we find a simplicity, through which we can sense a higher, meaningful content, and this is what art is all about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Through its peculiar properties, glass is a perfect means to create illusions. Under the shiny, flawless surface, dramas of light and darkness take center stage. Other media, including painting, can but dream of such expressiveness! Seemingly lifeless, frozen glass can pulse with life, a strive to break out of its confines, giving cause to speak of the artwork\u2019s soul &#8211; floating high and far on the wings of light, coming alive not just as an object, but also the surrounding space. The \u201charsh reality\u201d staged in the exhibition hall, where the \u201csouls of artifacts\u201d \u00a0are literally piled upon Cramo scaffolding, illustrates the state of affairs in Estonian glass art.<\/p>\n<p>Participants: Eve Koha, Tiina Sarapu, Agnes Torm, Kati Kerstna, Rait Pr\u00e4\u00e4ts, Riho H\u00fctt, Kairi Orgusaar, Kai Kiudsoo-V\u00e4rv, Erki Kannus, Maarja M\u00e4emets, Birgit P\u00e4hlapuu, Piret, Ellamaa, Eeva K\u00e4sper, Anne-Liis Leht, Eili Soon, Kersti Vaks, Malle Karik-Hallim\u00e4e, Tiia P\u00f5ldmets, Heli Press, Sigrid Luitsalu,Kaie Vakepea, Kateriin Rikken, Merle Kannus, Sofi Ar\u0161as.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curator:<\/strong> Sofi Ar\u0161as <a href=\"javascript:secureDecryptAndNavigate('Hf9TPBH0iPuxYYI66DD\/Zf6Uy1ef2bCa1D3Ic\/FbaLOZyneP3d4UAESCWdjJuFBVraPAzMDiPOC0nE7LuAQYKvJ6KYKFJjfRaFiT', '3676280a68af271c25ee9598e755fddfbbd9da6cbad6358d6a6319c7119140f6')\">sofiarchas [at] gmail [dot] com<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Exhibition &amp; Lighting Design:<\/strong> Kati Kerstna, Jaan Elken<br \/>\n<strong>Graphic Design:<\/strong> Merle Kannus<br \/>\n<strong>Thank you:<\/strong> Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Viimsi Artium, Viimsi Art School, Cramo Estonia AS, Estonian Glass Artists\u2019 Union.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Annual exhibition of the Estonian Glass Artists\u2019 Union THE SECRET SOUL OF SHINY THINGS Artium Cultural Centre, Viimsi &#8211; lobby and Viimsi Art School Gallery April 5-30, 2025 We live in interesting times. A sense of danger can force one to withdraw into one\u2019s shell, or seek meaning and omens in the surroundings, to look [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-annual-exhibitions","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaasikunst.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaasikunst.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaasikunst.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaasikunst.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaasikunst.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/klaasikunst.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7150,"href":"https:\/\/klaasikunst.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7149\/revisions\/7150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaasikunst.ee\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klaasikunst.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaasikunst.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klaasikunst.ee\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}