Events

PerForMIA ‘23 Edge Zones Center for Contemporary Art  3317 NW 7th Ave. Circle  Miami, FL 33127 USA  T (305) 303-8852 edgezones@gmail.com www.edgezones.org

On Friday, December 1, at 6:00 PM, A-Gallery will open the jewellery art exhibition SPARK in the VAULT and on the WINDOWS, reflecting the moods and trends of 2023. The exhibition showcases 45 different artists and most of the work is presented for the first time ever. The exhibition is designed by sculptor Anna Mari Liivrand. The annual exhibition is like a spark admits of all the shine that jewellery artists have created and continue to create. A spark concentrates all the light into one point and then scatters it tirelessly. Mere sparkle, which may seem like superficial glitter, sometimes becomes a source of great comfort. A spark can freeze time, it becomes a wonderful moment in the uninterruptible flow of time. Eureka! Clarity and discovery... what every creative soul seeks. Finding it gives birth to something unique, something that brings peace to the soul, inspiring action.

On Wednesday, 7th of December at 6 pm Laurentsius will open his solo exhibition titled "AED" at Vaal Gallery. The exhibition will remain open until 13th of January. Exhibition is supported by: the Cultural Endowment of Estonia. Additional information: Vaal Gallery Tel: +372 5302 8766  E-mail: galerii@vaal.ee Telliskivi 60A/5, Tallinn Tue–Fri 12.00–18.00 Sat 12.00–16.00

On Thursday, December 7th, Urmas Lüüs will open his solo exhibition, titled "Man! God has created you out of nothing, and this is too often felt in your case" at Tütar Gallery. Lüüs' exhibition focuses on the transformation of found materials and theatrical installativity. The staged environment finds one of its foundations in cemetery culture. Instead of approaching the individual's tragedy, Lüüs addresses the theme in much brighter tones, seeing departure from this world as a merging with the highest level of collectivity.

On Wednesday, November 29 at 18:00 the duo exhibition of Art Allmägi & Katrin Piile “Origami” will open in Hobusepea gallery. The exhibition will remain open until December 23, 2023

On Tuesday, November 28, 2023, Mari Roosvalt's solo exhibition Connections. Paintings 1998-2023 will open in Draakon gallery. The exhibition will remain open until December 23.

You are invited to the opening of the exhibition LET’S GET PHYGITAL and a guest talk, where the organisers Anneleen Swillen, Mala Siamptani and Darja Popolitova will discuss contemporary jewellery practices through the prism of digital technologies. The exhibition opening and a guest talk is on the 30th of November, 17:00–18:30. The exhibition is open from 30.11 to 18.12.2023. If you can’t join IRL, sign up for a Zoom guest talk via this link: Exhibition Information:

Evald Okas / Mari Roosvalt / Mara Ljutjuk 10.11.2023-14.1.2024 The exhibition features three generations of Estonian artists from the Okas family. Evald Okas (1915–2011) is an Estonian artist whose family included many other artistic people. Okas is known above all for his painting art that adheres to classical form, but his graphic series inspired by travels are equally important. Okas' production is characterized by color saturation, figurativeness and masterful use of lines, whether the subject of the description was everyday subjects, a portrait, a nude thesis or an urban or industrial landscape.

Please join us for the launch of Crystal Grid – a new artists’ book by Paul Kuimet – on Thursday, November 23 at 6 pm. The event will begin at Draakoni Gallery with a guided tour by the artist. The tour will be held in English. After the tour the book launch will take place at Kanuti Gildi SAAL. At the launch the artist will be in conversation with the art critic Hanno Soans. Discussion is held in Estonian. During the launch the publication will be sold at a special price of 20 euros. On the evening of the launch Paul Kuimet’s exhibition at Draakoni Gallery will be open until 8 pm. Paul Kuimet’s new book presents two series by the artist – “Crystal Grid” (2020–2023) and an ensuing series of assemblages “What It Is to Be What You Are Not” (2022).

Opening 16.11.2023 at 17.00! 16.11.23 – 13.01.24 Everybody is probably beginning to realise that one era, one civilisation is about to end, and some still significant phenomena of today are quickly disappearing into the dustbin of history. People’s consciousness is also opening up, expanding. The new man sees the world as more compact, everything is connected with everything else. The new man knows that honesty, goodness and compassion are keys to wellbeing, health and happiness. Great changes are taking place in painting as well. The new, as always, comes through the back door, from aside, from above, from below. And then it has arrived and all changes. Instagram is one such back door. Kindred spirits can easily find one another, new friends, schools spring up as if by themselves. Some elitist journals and galleries no longer control the development of the art (of painting).