Exhibitions “Woman&Woman” and “Man&Man”

Woman&Woman in the Pärnu City Gallery in the Artists’ House (Nikolai 27) and Man&Man in the Pärnu City Gallery in the City Hall (Uus 4), 25 June -23 July 2022

The opening of the exhibitions will take place on June 25th: at 4 pm at the Artists’ House; and at 5 pm at the City Hall.

 The Pärnu Art Summer is a festival with long traditions. The first Art Summer took place in 1995, and throughout this long period, most of the great figures of the Estonian art world have participated in the event. Three years ago, two new, and more international, exhibition series called Woman & Woman and Man & Man were born under the auspices of the Art Summer. The idea of curators Marian and Jan Leo Grau was to introduce an exhibition format to accompany the body and beach rituals and nude culture of the resort town that would present different points of view regarding gender issues. Woman & Woman and Man & Man are not traditional exhibitions of nudes – the artists selected for the exhibition reveal their interpretations of gender identity, and try to make sense of the various positions of women and men in modern society, with each interpreting the features of masculinity or femininity in their own way.

Man&Man
Curator: Jan Leo Grau

Participating artists: Art Allmägi, Kenneth Bamberg, Indrek Kaeli, Marko Mäetamm, Agu Pilt, Silver Pramann, Christian Vagt, Remigijus Venckus

Woman&Woman
Curator: Marian Grau

Participating artists: Sandra Jõgeva, Lisette Lepik, Maarit Murka, Sirje Runge, Kadi Reintamm, Lilia Li Mi Yan

The exhibitions will be open until 23 July 2022.

The exhibitions are organised by the non-profit Avangard Gallery.

Special thanks: Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Pärnu City Government, Harry Liivrand

Additional information:
Pärnu City Gallery
Tel: +372 5646 3946
E-mail: avangard.galerii@gmail.com
Nikolai 27, Pärnu 80014
www.linnagalerii.ee
Tue–Fri 11:00–17:00
Sat 11.00–14.00