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Grisli Soppe-Kahar “Mute Scream”
22.01.2020
On Friday, 24 January at 6 p.m. Grisli Soppe-Kahar will open her personal exhibition “Mute Scream” in the monumental gallery of the Tartu Art House.
Grisli Soppe-Kahar is currently one of the most powerful Expressionists in Estonian art. The brush strokes of her large format works are always forceful but their tonality has lately become increasingly muted. This, however, does not seem to point to negative undertones. The grotesque beings seem to be participating in some ritual or a game but the precise nature of this activity remains hermetically sealed. At the same time it cannot be completely ruled out that the absurdity on the canvases does not hide a silent cry for help.
The artist adds:
Communication where you are in the background, that is overpowering, starts to oppress.
Answering with the same is not constructive.
Growing our nature, we can understand the reasons for the overpowering.
Listening in itself does not mean approval.
The fear of losing out, of belonging too much.
Answering with the same is not constructive.
Growing our nature, we can understand the reasons for the overpowering.
Listening in itself does not mean approval.
The fear of losing out, of belonging too much.
Grisli Soppe-Kahar (sb 1990) has a bachelor’s and master’s degree in painting from the Estonian Academy of Arts. She has participated in group exhibitions in Tallinn, Pärnu and Tartu. In 2015, she participated in the Young Painter Prize in Vilnius. In 2017, Grisli and Danel Kahar had a joint exhibition “Black Moomins and Planet Earth. Flowers for the Living” in the large gallery of the Tartu Art House.
The exhibition will remain open until 16 February.
Additional information:
Tanel Asmer
Tanel Asmer
Producer at Tartu Art House
Tel: +372 5562 1192
E-mail: produtsent@kunstimaja.ee
Tartu Art House
Vanemuise 26
51014 Tartu
Wed–Mon 12.00–18.00
