Mushroom Magic & Mushroom Exhange at Gallery Metropol

Gallery Metropol presents:
Monika Aan

THE MAGIC OF MUSHROOMS in gallery Metropol 6m2
&
Metropol spring exhibition MUSHROOM EXCHANGE
in Metropol Cabinet gallery

Opening on Saturday, April 9 2022 at 6 pm
Vana-Kalamaja 46, Tallinn

According to biologist Tõnu Ploompuu, this is the most mushroom-poor month of the year. In order to soften the resulting sorrows, we invite you to see the new exhibitions in gallery Metropol and prepare for the new mushroom season.
Mushrooms and everything related to them is a beloved theme in art and you can see a number of different responses to the mysterious and addictive call of the mushroom world in our galleries. Monika Aan's first solo exhibition "The Magic of Mushrooms" is dedicated to her father, who always gets lost in the forest, but during that always obtaines the mystical power to move forward and pass dozens and dozens of kilometers. Fear and sense of time disappear.

About her exhibition Monika says:
"It’s about obsession to the mushroom picking. The feeling that forest and mushroom hunting creates is a magical and special journey into oneself. You're only focused on finding mushrooms, and it's like you're in a different reality. You search, you find, and
you disappear into this magical mushroom world."

The main part of the installation consists of approximately three hundred linocut prints. At the Metropol spring exhibition (curated by Triinu Jürves) in Metropol Cabinet gallery artists will present the artworks, relics and figurative observations based on everyone's mushroom knowledge and experience. Participants and the audience can also ventilate their mushroom stocks by exchanging mushroom preserves and recipes with others.

Participating artists: Billeneeve, Uku Sepsivart, Maarit Mälgi, Erik Alalooga, Annika Tonts, Hannah Harkes, Mari Prekup, Jila Svicevic, Triinu Soikmets, Mari Kartau, Eleriin Ello, Leena Kuutma, Aet Admann, Margot Sepp, Laura Villemson, Teet Raudsepp, Sandra Jõgeva, Marge Viirg, Kaia Kadai, --> Noolegrupp, Liivi Tantaal, Kaarel Kütas, Niina-Anneli Kaarnamo, Janno Bergmann, Monika Aan, Merike Bakhoff, Karin Link, Meeland Sepp, Taave Tuutma, Aksel Johanson, Triinu Jürves and others.

At the opening, Puppet Theatre Käpardid will perform and you can visit ongoing exhibition of Steve Vanoni's outsider art collection in pop-up gallery on the ground floor.

Exhibitions will remain open until May 8. To visit, let us know in advance about your arrival – phone
+372 5102572 or +372 5217649, send a message on FB or Instagram, write trjyrves@gmail.com
and ring the doorbell.
Please come to the opening if you are feeling well. Food and drinks are welcome.

Additional information:
FB event: www.facebook.com/events/657370345374863

Triinu Jürves
Tel: +372 510 2572
E-mail: trjyrves@gmail.com
Kaarel Kütas
Tel: +372 521 7649
E-mail: kaarel.kytas@gmail.com

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