1. Urmas Lüüs's exhibition “Yet Another Example of the Porousness of Certain Borders”

Urmas Lüüs's exhibition “Yet Another Example of the Porousness of Certain Borders”

19.05.2021

Urmas Lüüs's personal exhibition “Yet Another Example of the Porousness of Certain Borders” will be open in Hobusepea gallery from Thursday, May 20th, 2021. Exhibition will be open until June 7th, 2021.
 
Urmas Lüüs: “After my grandmother's death I started to empty her apartment before the renovation works – 83 years of life piled up in front of me. In three summer months, I was able to dig through hardly half of the layers imbued by a human spirit. The pile included a coat hanger secured by a wooden stick and a band aid; a dress made of a curtain; mended socks; a patched oilcloth. There were some kind of knowledge and presence in all of these things. I gathered that I was able to read this knowledge more and more every day. When I discovered a shelf full of crocheted and embroidered doilies, I got the feeling that I was the one who had to continue with the tools I also found there. So I learned from what was there in front of me and gradually my skills improved. Soon I was able to read the stitches and tracing patterns just like a musician reading sheet music. It seems that the gap between two worlds was not an obstacle for communication.
                                            
A few words about myself – my name is Urmas Lüüs (b. 1987) and I have obtained BA and MA degrees in blacksmithing at the Estonian Academy of Arts. In my artistic practice I combine various media such as video, performance, conceptually charged everyday objects, photography, sculpture and sound. I work in my studio at 2 Hobusepea Str, Tallinn; supervise students at the Estonian Academy of Arts and in Gothenburg University; write about culture for different publications; and participate in a sound art group Postinstrumentum.”
 
Exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and Estonian Academy of Arts.
 
Exhibitions in Hobusepea gallery are supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, Estonian Ministry of Culture and Liviko Ltd.
 
Additional information:
Hobusepea Gallery
Tel: +372 56 451 591
      +372 52 85 324
      +372 6 276 777
E-mail: galerii@eaa.ee
Hobusepea 2, Tallinn 10133
Wed‒Mon 12.00‒18.00
Urmas Lüüs's exhibition “Yet Another Example of the Porousness of Certain Borders”
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