Arne Maasik “Jazz meets art - NYC SHOTS”

VERNISSAGE -  Arne Maasik “Jazz meets art - NYC SHOTS” at Philly Joe’s!

Created for the 2025 Jazzkaar Festival, Arne Maasik’s over-three-metre-tall, five-part photo panel “Jazz meets art – NYC SHOTS!” has now found its home at the jazz club Philly Joe’s.

The official vernissage will take place on June 27 at 6 PM!

All friends of art and music are warmly welcome!

PHILLY JOE’S
Vabaduse Väljak 10, Tallinn

In Arne Maasik's photographs, the American metropolis of New York opens up more as states of mind than as city.

These are spaces where a house does not seem to be just an object, but also the idea of the object itself.

Such an idea does not presuppose just one object, because there are so many different objects to carry the idea and are so closely together. In such a density, architecture becomes a message - a metal and glass cardiogram of society that towers over people, forces the gaze to the heights while cutting right through them.

The range of oscillation needs space to hide in. It replaces the height of the sky with the height of the architecture, so that the sky, not the building itself, acts as an incision into the whole. In this way, a reality emerges before our eyes that is both concentrated and compartmentalised.

Jan Kaus, Estonian writer

Arne Maasik
b. 28.4.1971 in Tallinn

Member of the Estonian Artists' Union since 2003.
Maasik is known primarily for his conceptual architectural photography, but more generally, he is characterised by technical and compositional perfectionism. Graduated from the Department of Architecture of the Estonian Academy of Arts in 1995.
Participated in long-term scientific research projects and presented solo exhibitions in Tallinn, Helsinki, Rome, Venice, Berlin, New York, etc. Works have been acquired by the Art Museum of Estonia and several private collections in Estonia, Finland and the USA.

Awards:
2006 Annual Award of the Cultural Endowment.
2001 First and Second Place in the Architectural Photography Competition of the Estonian Museum of Architecture.
2019 Kristjan Raud Award.

e-mail: arnemaasik@gmail.com gsm: +372 50 66 557 www.arnemaasik.org 

Organizer: Meelis Tammemägi. +372 53 908 107