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Reedel, 16. mail kell 17.00 avatakse Tartu Kunstimaja monumentaalgaleriis Evelyn Grzinichi isikunäitus „Urutsoon“.
Näitus räägib mullast. Mullast kui elusast ja pidevalt muutuvast maakoore pealmisest kihist, on kunstniku jaoks saanud poeetiline ruum. Füüsiliselt saab seda kogeda vaid väga piiratud viisil, kuid kujutlusvõime kaudu avaneb meile palju laiem võimalus sellesse keerukasse keskkonda süveneda.
Grzinichi lähtekoht ja inspiratsiooniallikas on mullakeskkond – elu- ja lagupaik, pinnas uue tekkeks. Kunstnikuna otsib ta endiselt, ajades juuri ja juurekesi läbi keerulise ja vastupanu osutava keskkonna. Oma loomingus on ta pidevas suhtes olnu ja olevaga. Nii nagu taimejuured suhestuvad bakterite, seente, selgrootute lagundajate, molekulide, kivikeste ja teiste taimejuurtega, on ka tema suhestumas kultuuri, inimeste ja nende looduga. Seda kogedes ja ahmides toidab ta end ning kasvab maakoore pealmise kihi peal.
„Läbi loomingu saan ma „kaevuda“ mulda oma meelte ja mõtetega – lisades kihte, tõlgendusi ja visuaalseid kujundeid. Ma tegutsen nagu mullarahvas: uurin, otsin, lagundan ja loon midagi uut. Kujutlusvõime kaudu saab see nähtamatu ja raskesti hoomatav maailm minu jaoks elavaks ja tajutavaks,“ selgitab kunstnik.
Näitusel osaleb külalisena John Grzinich, kes on loonud spetsiaalse heliteose.
Evelyn Grzinich (s 1974) on Kagu-Eestis baseeruv kunstnik-korraldaja. Õppinud maali Konrad Mägi maalistuudios ja Tartu Ülikooli maaliosakonnas. Osalenud mitmetel näitustel ja resideerumisprogrammides Eestis ja välismaal. Kuulub Eesti Vabagraafikute Ühendusse ja Eesti Kunstnike Liitu. Eesti Loomeresidentuurid MTÜ (LOORE) juhatuse esinaine.
John Grzinich (s 1970) on töötanud alates 1990. aastate algusest kunstniku ja kultuurikoordinaatorina, ühendades oma praktikas heli, liikuvat pilti, kohaspetsiifilisust ning koostööl põhinevaid sotsiaalseid struktuure. Viimastel aastatel on kunstnik keskendunud heli ja kuulamispraktikate ühendamisele erinevate meediumitega, seades laienenud kuulamisvormide ja osaluslike kogemuste kaudu küsimuse alla inimesekeskse maailmakäsitluse.
Näitust toetab Eesti Kultuurkapital.
On Friday, 16 May at 5:00 p.m., Evelyn Grzinich will open her solo exhibition “The Burrow Zone” in the monumental gallery of the Tartu Art House.
The exhibition is about soil. Soil, as the living and ever-changing layer of the earth’s crust, has become a poetic space for the artist. It can only be physically experienced in a very limited way, but through the imagination we are given a much wider opportunity to immerse ourselves in this complex environment.
Grzinich’s point of departure and source of inspiration is the soil environment, a place of life and decay, and a place for the emergence of the new. As an artist, she is still searching, pushing out roots and buds through a complex and resistant environment. In her work, she is in a constant relationship with what has been and what is. Just as plant roots interact with bacteria, fungi, invertebrate decomposers, molecules, minerals, rocks and other plant roots, she interacts with culture, people and their creation. By experiencing and ingesting them, she nourishes herself and grows on the top layer of the earth’s crust.
“Through my artistic practice, I ‘dig’ into the soil with my senses and thoughts, layering meanings, interpretations and visual forms. I act like the soil-dwellers themselves: exploring, searching, breaking down and building anew. Through my imagination, this hidden and intangible world becomes alive and perceptible to me,” the artist explains.
The exhibition also features the guest artist John Grzinich, who has created a sound piece specially for the exhibition.
Evelyn Grzinich (b. 1974) is an artist and cultural organiser based in south-east Estonia. She studied painting at the Konrad Mägi Painting Studio and the Department of Painting at the University of Tartu. She has participated in exhibitions and residency programmes in Estonia and abroad.
She is a member of the Association of Estonian Printmakers and the Estonian Artists’ Association, and the Director of the Board of the Estonian Creative Residencies Network (LOORE).
John Grzinich (b. 1970) has worked since the early 1990s as an artist and cultural coordinator with various practices combining sound, moving images, site-specificity and collaborative social structures. His work often explores the perception of sound and space to find resonances between people and places. In recent years his focus has been on combining sound and listening practices with various media to confront anthropocentric perceptions of the world through expanded forms of listening and participatory engagement.
The exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.