Category Archives: Exhibitions

Matti Vainio: Playground

MATTI TAPIO VAINIO’s solo exhibition „Playground“

Opening March 8, 2025 atl 11.30.
Open 09.03. – 30.03. 2025,
Tue – Fri 15.00 – 18.00, Sat-Sun 12.00 – 15.00
Tallinna mnt. 3b, Rapla

This exhibition is part of the NÖFF-i Women’s Nights Film Festival programme.

 

 

 

Escape – Room – Landscape

Anna Steinhäusler www.annasteinhaeusler.com
Helena Tuudelepp www.helenatuudelepp.com
Margit Terasmees

In Unknown Waters

25.10. – 17.11 2024

Curators Riin Pallon and Triinu Soikmets have invited 9 painters to participate in an exhibition that sees painting as a journey through soulscapes; diving into the deep waters of the subconscious, wandering the fields of emotion. Shadows grow darker, while bright light makes you feel like the Sun.

Participants: Miina Barrera Pinochet,  Manfred Dubov, Eleriin Ello, Jenny Grönholm, Kalli Kalde, Riin Pallon, Leho Rubis,  Marta Stratskas, Maria-Kristiina Ulas.

Mathura & S. J. Fowler. Kirikuju

Kirikuju, an exhibition at Rapla Contemporary Arts Centre, Estonia, opening September 20th, 2024.

A collaborative exhibition by Mathura and SJ Fowler, from Estonia and the UK, respectively, is treading the borderland of the visual and the poetic, figurative and verbal. Employing asemic writing as well as other novel forms of artistic expression, it calls to examine the presence of meaning even in an unexplained world. Can the visual form of a word change its meaning? Is poetry an art of senses rather than words? What do cave paintings tell us in a digitalizing world? These are some of the questions posed by the exhibition.

A short film by British visual artist David Spittle, displayed at the exhibition,  documents the work in process and explores its starting points.

Open at the Rapla County Centre for Contemporary Art (Tallinna mnt 3b, Rapla, 3rd floor) from Sept 21 to Oct 13. Tue-Fri 15-18, Sat-Sun 12-15.

Artist talk: Oct 12. at 14.00.

Thanks to: Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Rapla Commune.

 

 

 

A visit by the Ministry of Culture

On August 29, 2024, the RCCCA was visited by a delegation of  60 Estonian Ministry of Culture officials.

Photos by Tiina Kõrtsini.

 

Enchanted by Great Art

Copying is one of the methods by which painters learn their craft. Students of the RCCCA painting course have created copies of great artworks, including authors such as Leonardo da Vinci, Jüri Arrak, Vincent Van Gogh, Navitrolla,  Konrad Mägi and others.
The exhibition also features a number of original artworks.
Participants: Maiu Albo, Mikk Allas, Mai Klemmer, Eha Koit, Avo Päädam, Editha Salm, Olga Sokk, Ave Tislar, Eteri Tõlgo ja Siret Varimõis.
Exhibition design: Eteri Tõlgo
Poster design: Markus Orgusaar
Open 04.05 – 19.05.2024.

President Karis visits the RCCCA

On April 24,2024 the RCCCA was happy to host a visit by President of the Republic of Estonia, Alar Karis, and accompanying officials.

Photos by Tiina Kõrtsini.

Conflations

CONFLATIONS
Simone Fezer,/ Kati Kerstna / Kai Koppel
Open   March 8-31, 2024

A Conflation is defined as the process of uniting or blending separate objects, texts or ideas.

The world is made up of various opinions, viewpoints, cultures, races, religions, all mixing with each other, and it can sometimes look like there’s not enough space for them all. In tight situations, we perceive that our own point of view might not be the only valid one. To keep existing, one has a choice to encapsulate in one’s own bubble, or to react with violence, or, perhaps, to accept diversity.

Differences can enrich and enliven our world. An attempt at understanding can leave us perplexed, curious, or pleasantly surprised. It is a freeing sensation when we realize that the world is not a monoculture.

In this exhibition, we display the differing layers, analyze their past and future, interactions and fusions.

Part of the programme of the 6th Women’s Nights Film Festival in Rapla.
Opening March 7th at 19.00, with a performance by Simone Fezer.

Simone Fezer           https://simonefezer.com/
Kai Koppel                http://kaikoppel.ee/
Kati Kerstna             http://katikerstna.ee/

 

 

 

Erki Kannus: Route66

Erki Kannus
ROUTE66

Feb. 3-25, 2024 at the RCCCA


Erki Kannus (1958) celebrates his 66th jubilee with this exhibition, displaying  both very recent and very early paintings, drawings and objects.


The artist describes how the exhibition came together:
“In Spring 2023, I re-bought an old print of my own creation, that had been in the collection of Matti Milius, dissolved after the collector’s death. This is one of my earliest works ever displayed, from 1977 or ’78, and the only surviving work from that time. Back then, we used to be a group of art school graduates, enchanted by Constructivism and Suprematism.  Leonhard Lapin was our  great friend and mentor.
I have returned to those themes now and again, and now, finding inspiration from my past, I painted a whole new series.

I’m also a lifelong fan of Surrealism and the DADA movement. I’ve tried to understand the state of mind behind the creation of these works, to see what feeds the imagination. I’ve tried to find my own surreal visions, since I find this world relatable,  attractive, and safe. Sometimes, I can make it work.


Open  03. – 25.02. 2024
Tue-Fri 15.00 – 18.00
Sat-Surn12.00 – 15.00
Mon closed

Scenes from That Marriage

Scenes from That Marriage
Anne-Mai Heimola, Karmo Mende
Nov 18- Dec 10, 2023

A duo of scenographers, Anne-Mai Heimola and Karmo Mende, have set up an emotional, language-defying installation with which they seek to guess each other’s experiences.  To create the whole, they utilise ready-made objects, large-scale paintings and custom lighting.

How do real-life experiences and communication build mental spaces? Whispers. Doubts. Misgivings. Suspicion. A corner of shame…

Karmo Mende (b. 1971) graduated from Tartu Arts School in 1991 and scenography at the Estonian Academy of Arts in 1995. Worked at various theatres and TV channels as art director. Since 2000 has been living and working in Finland, where he’s served as head of the Finnish Scenographers’ and Costumers’ Union, plus artist at Seinäjoki and Jyväskylä theatres. Participated as a freelancer in numerous projects by other Finnish theatres. Recently returning to his native country, he’s also head of the Estonian Scenographers’ Union.

Anne-Mai Heimola ( b. 1960) is a painter and scenographer. She graduated from scenography at the Estonian Academy of Arts in 1995, worked as set designer at the National Drama Theatre 1980-1986, as set painter at the National Opera and Ballet Theatre Estonia in 1995-2007, as artist, decorator, prop manager and costumer at the Von Krahl Theatre 2000-2012, and participated in numerous theatre and film projects as a freelancer. Member of the Esonian Artists’ Association and the Estonian Painters’ Union, she’s been participating in exhibitions since 1995. Her creative work also includes large-scale interior paintings. She experiments with a number of techniques from classic oil and tempera painting to her own inventions with earth pigments.

Graphic design: Kati Kerstna. Photos: Tiina Kõrtsini

Thanks to: Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Rapla County Municipalities Development Foundation.