“Peacetime Monuments” by Angela Soop

Peacetime Monuments
28.04.-17.05.2025
GÜ Gallery
ARS Art Factory

Mon-Fri kell 12-18, Sat kell 12-16 

The project got a kickstart in year 2019, when I started to hoist up peace flags at old abandoned houses. “Peacetime Monuments. Peace Flags” is a duration of action, which is continually taking place in public space. Natural destruction, the beauty of decomposition. Damage caused over time. Peace flags are at the abandoned places for reconciliation, forgiveness, and as the sign of peace. In the gallery space there is a site-specific comprehensive solution from the idea that has materialized over a long period of time and changed in compliance with it. Different materials and mediums express the flow, which, regardless of its incomprehensible nature, confirms the right to live despite of that. 

Peace flags are not associated with any country, political direction or institution. They are nothing more than a symbol of peace.

As part of the exhibition, the presentation of the book Four Seasons” will be held on 28.04 at 17.00. The book contains texts and photographs from the exhibition series “War and Peace” I-IV.“Peacetime Monuments. Peace Flags" is part II of the exhibition series. 

 Exhibition technical implementation: Kunskopp OÜ 

Graphic design: Lea Tammik 

Thank you: Eesti Kultuurkapital, Eesti Vabagraafikute Ühendus, Siim Soop, Lea Tammik, Lembe Ruben, Raul Keller, Mete Soop, Külli Laanekask 

Angela Soop (1970) has graduated Estonian Academy of Arts with a BA degree in Painting in 1999 and a Master's degree in Art Education in 2018. She has been exhibiting since 1997. In addition to teaching, she is active in several fields: drawing, painting, photography, sitespecific installations, exhibitions and television studio design. At Estonian Public Broadcasting, she has created designs for the programs Aktuaalne Kaamera, Välisilm, Terevisioon, Plekktrumm, etc. She has twice been awarded with the ERR's Best Artist Award. In 2021, Soop was rewarded with a diploma at the 6th Tallinn International Drawing Triennial "Impulse". The artist, who mainly uses painting and drawing tools in her work, has been reusing and reinterpreting various materials for years, such as rusty metal plates, aged wood and plywood boards, fabrics and home textiles.