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New exhibitions at Pärnu City Gallery
HAMMER/SOOME “HOLY DINNER” 09.04–03.05.2025
Pärnu City Gallery’s Artists’ House
On Friday, April 11th at 4:00 PM, an exhibition by Kärt Hammer and Patrick Soome titled “HOLY DINNER” will be opened at Pärnu City Gallery’s Artists' House. You are welcome to attend!
HOLY DINNER is a third exhibition project by artist duo HAMMER/SOOME. HOLY DINNER dives into a form of love that is the holy act of having dinner together. Lending some details from the infamous „Last Supper“ with all its mystical controversy. The act of making and offering food for another person is as common and casual as it is a gesture of intimacy, care and support. An expression of love without words. There is something ritual and solemn in eating together. The guest shall always have the best. There shall be only the best dishes, best goods, better tableware, shiniest cutlery. The food is cooked with ultimate care and attentiveness. There’s a little splash of extra for the guest. The room is tidier, the table is cleaner and there tends to be an apologetic behavior around it. Excusing yourself throughout the room while leading your guest to the carefully set table with all its details. Consciously or not - everything is a bit better. Some things are hidden, some brought out, focusing on details and worrying about the atmosphere – is this good enough? A loving worry that creates a certain holiness in the room.
Holy Dinner without the drama.
Holy Dinner is a room-specific installative exhibition where around one real table meet different elements of a real dinner through textile, stone, silver, glass, paper and many other materials. In this holiness a somewhat religious altar-like dinner table is born. Love goes through the stomach, emotions are in details and in between them. Have a seat.
The exhibition is supported by Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Balen, Kivikoda, Momentin Eesti.
“PHOENIX” 09.04–03.05.2025
Pärnu City Gallery
On Friday, April 11th at 5:00 PM, an exhibition of female artists titled "PHOENIX" will be opened at Pärnu City Gallery in the Town Hall. The exhibition curator is Eveli Varik. You are welcome to attend!
Eveli Varik has brought together women artists of her generation to take part in the exhibition PHOENIX, or the Eternal Rebirth.
The curator emphasizes the individual artistic styles that have emerged over years of creation, as well as a strong sense of self-awareness within the artistic landscape. The message the exhibition seeks to convey is clear: we are artists today just as we were 30 years ago.
At the Pärnu City Gallery, visitors will be able to discover a selection ranging from the artists’ early experiments to their most recent works. This group exhibition of women with unique journeys, PHOENIX, will be on view at the Pärnu City Gallery from April 9 to May 3, 2025.
Artists: Katrin Valgemäe, Iris Jurma-Kangur, Alide Zvorovski, Marina
Aleksejeva, Anne Rudanovski, Katrin Saag, Meiu Münt, Maria-Kristiina Ulas, Ülle Saatmäe, Maris Siimer, Kalli Kalde, Kaire Nurk, Katrin Kaev, Lylian Lainoja, Tiina Tammetalu, Eve Ermann, Lembe Ruben, Tiiu Rebane, Eveli Varik.
The exhibition is supported by Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
Additional information:
Kärt Hammer
Artist
Tel: +372 518 3198
krt@krthammer.com
Patrick Soome
Artist
Tel: +372 5628 6328
patrick@patricksoome.com
Eveli Varik
Curator
Tel: +372 5645 2328
evelivarik@gmail.com
