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On the Stairs

Jewellery artist Ülle Kõuts’s personal exhibition On the Stairs is in the Vault Room of A-Gallery.

Ülle Kõuts:
“Being on the stairs implies movement from one point to the next.
Often such movement occurs on a winding staircase, where at times it is necessary to stop
to marshall one’s resources… to reassess…
and then still and again to move on…”

At her current exhibition the artist presents folded breastpins that have been completed in the “marriage of metals”- author’s technique where the artist creates characteristic stripes while soldering silver with copper or German silver. Kõuts’ minimalistic style is known already from her earlier works. Yet, the artist has reached a new artistic approach and arrived at a new level.

Ülle Kõuts (b. 1956, Pärnu) has graduated from the Estonian State Art Institute in 1980. Since then she has participated in numerous exhibitions in Estonia and abroad. Kõuts is a member of the Estonian Artists’ Association and Estonian Metal Artists’ Association. She is a co-founder of ON-Grupp and A-Gallery. Present exhibition On the Stairs is Ülle Kõuts’s third personal exhibition in the Vault Room of A-Gallery. Her previous exhibition Water was awarded with the Best Exhibition Prize held in the Vault Room in 2011. The annual prize serves as the recognition of jewellery artists by A-Gallery.

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Quintet

Quintet is a series of five jewellery pieces which can be both passively worn and actively played as instruments. Their forms illustrate cultural differences between Australia and Estonia as experienced by the maker. The body of the form is filled with a crushed Vana Tallinn bottle, the most accessible physical Estonian product in Australia.
Together their sounds make up the song which is played at their exhibition in The Vault.
The song for Tallinn.

More information:
http://www.clairemcardle.com

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Garten

Current exhibition will partly continue the themes the artists introduced at their previous exhibition GARTEN (=garden, a piece of ground for growing plants) held in Berlin in 2016. The art project unites two jewellery artists from different generations whose work also seem to differ at first glance. However, the works exhibited have all something in common.

“We grow and we change while being always thirsty for something. As human beings, do we differ from plants that much after all and in what way?”

Katrin Veegen (b. 1978)

“Apples of the Paradise,
beans left in the field,
mouth of gold.”

Mari Pärtelpoeg (s. 1956)

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All that glitters is not gold

Ive-Marie Köögard’s personal exhibition of classical jewellery art “All that glitters is not gold” will be open in the Vault Room of A-Gallery from January 9, 2017.
“I have always been inspired by beautiful, shining stones and I cannot resist collecting these. This leaves me with no other choice than to use the stones for making new pieces of jewellery. Thus, my work has also been my hobby for the last 49 years”

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A Jewel among Stones

The reason behind this collection lies in the artist’s endless interest in 17th and 18th century extravagant gemstone jewellery. Combining artistic analytics and free association, the aesthetic of precious jewellery merges with everyday stone constructions.
The series A Jewel among Stones playfully examines the relationship between these two different kinds of stonework. The two types are often seen as opposites, one being remarkably precious and the other merely a matter of necessity.
Common and practical stones also possess the aspect of aesthetic. Sometimes stones used in
construction execute beautiful patterns on the building walls or ground; jewels among stones, one could say. Likewise, gemstones famously desired for their preciousness and looks are utilised purely for their functional properties.
Interestingly, when put side by side, some images of gemstone jewellery and cobblestone streets make a perfect match. Often gemstone settings and the positioning of cobblestones are strikingly similar.
A Jewel among Stones presents an on-going collection of objects, jewellery and photographs.
Hanna Ryynänen is a Finnish jewellery artist currently working and living in the city of Lappeenranta. In 2016 she graduated from Saimaa UAS as Bachelor of Arts, her main field being jewellery art. Besides one-off pieces of jewellery and small series, she has been making objects, installations and small sculptures.
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FACEBOOK

FACEBOOK (What do I think about it as a person who doesn’t have a FB account)

ONE IMMENSE WEB-BASED NETWORK
FOR ME A TOTALLY UNKNOWN HIGHLAND
TAKE PHOTOS OF YOURSELF
TAG, UPLOAD, SHAKE
PASSIVELY – ACTIVELY
GIVE OUT AND STIR
SHARE OR COMMENT LIFE
ACCORDING TO YOUR INTERESTS
GROUP, ADD OR DIVIDE
CRITISIZE PARTNERSHIPS
REACT AND LIKE
UNTIL YOU FEEL SICK
ADD LOTS OF FRIENDS
OR RANT IN MESSAGES
THAT YOU ARE NOT
WASTING YOUR TIME
PURPOSELESSLY!

Kertu Vellerind (b. 1967 in Tallinn)
I spent nine years in the department of metal art at the Estonian Academy of Arts – including BA and MA studies, advanced courses in Lahti Institute of Design in Finland (1992) and Hanau Drawing Academy in Germany (1993), one year of academic leave and three wonderful summers as a member of the Fenno-Ugric expedition of SAIE in 1990–1992. Since 1995 I have been a freelance artist, since 1996 a member of the Estonian Artists’ Association. I have participated in many exhibitions in Estonia and abroad. In 2016 I was awarded Ede Kurrel Annual Art Prize.

Exhibition designed by Tea Tammelaan.
Exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.