THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM is an exhibition of fears and taboos: things that everyone is aware of, but that they like to think about and avoid talking about.
Ignoring – I see with fear that when a big and difficult subject becomes too painful, pushing it somewhere in the back of my head – the weight of the whole world can’t be borne. Is that so bad in the end? Living in peace of mind is definitely better and life would be longer – why add extra to your usual stress? But there is an elephant in the room.
Pilleriin Jürisoo is a young artist who graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts with a degree in jewellery. For the past three years, Pilleriin has lived in Dubai, United Arab Emirates and worked as a flight attendant around the world. Based on this, her work in recent years is mainly related to world travel. Over the years, various aspects of these journeys have emerged. The 2012 exhibition RELATIONSHIPS in the Vault of A-Gallery dealt with the similarities between home and abroad – it was like a discovery that everything at home exists in some form in different parts of the world. At the exhibition of LITTLE RULERS in 2014, the artist addressed the topic of building a personal home, looking at different living environments in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. This exhibition deals with fears and taboos that have arisen while traveling and looking at the world, which do not differ much from the current mood in Estonian society.