“Mummuistic Beach” by Ashot Jegikjan

This Friday, August 22, at 17:00, Vabaduse Gallery will open the exhibition Mummuistic Beach by painter Ashot Jegikjan.

In his first solo exhibition at the Vabaduse Gallery, Ashot Jegikjan is exhibiting a wide selection of mainly oil paintings completed this year, which combine post-impressionist, abstract and expressionist imagery. The exhibition provides a good overview of the painter's philosophy and current creative state; works that have emerged under the influence of both the inner and outer worlds, combined on canvas into a unified whole.

Jegikjan says of the exhibition: Making these worlds visible is a certain inner compulsion for me as an artist. Poeticizing everyday situations and the desire to capture states and moods is inherent to me. I want to create paintings that perceive atmospheres, situations, and people in their everyday passage of time and being in the ‘here’ and ‘now’. Forgetfulness of time and the pleasure of being through the creative process of painting – these are the central concepts of my artistic self-expression.

Jegikjan calls his painting style mummuism. The artist derives this term from the round mummuisms on the canvas, round things and abstract spheres that form the content of his works. Mummuism is waves of inspiration, round objects, musical notes. Jegikjan's mummuist creation encompasses feelings, dreaminess, and creative freedom.

The artist adds: I am fascinated by contemporary art which gives me the opportunity to express my feelings and spontaneity with creative freedom. Creative inspiration reaches the canvas like a calmly flowing river. Paths find their ideas, and ideas find their paths. Therefore: Painting is a flowing river towards the love of life. It is movement. It is writing. Your own visions. It is movement within your inner life.

But life is wiser than me. And that is good. For me, painting is an opportunity to express myself on the level of poetry.. It is wonderful when ideas sprout from seeds of inspiration and fall onto the canvas, flowing like a river of music. And clouds float and float across the sky...

Ashot Jegikjan (b. 1955 in Yerevan, Armenia) is a freelance painter who has lived and worked in Tallinn since 1985 and regularly exhibits his work in solo and group exhibitions. He graduated from the Yerevan Conservatory (1978) and subsequently played percussion in the Armenian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra for eight years. As an artist, Jegikjan has been introducing himself as a mummuist since 1992. Jegikjan has illustrated and written books ( „Õnneks on sõna vaba“ [Fortunately, the Word is Free], 2020; „Mingi lind kaerapõllul“ [Some Bird in a Barley Field], 2015; „Kirjad Viinist“ [Letters from Vienna], 1999; „Kirjad Hamletile“ [Letters to Hamlet], 1994) and stories for magazines such as Vikerkaar, Sirp, Tallinn, and others. Ashot Jegikjan has been a member of the Estonian Artists Association since 1997 and also belongs to the Estonian Painters Association.

The exhibition Mummuistic Beach at Vabaduse Gallery will remain open until September 17, 2025.

The exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
The gallery is supported by the Estonian Ministry of Culture, the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, and Liviko Ltd.

Vabaduse Gallery is managed by the Estonian Artists’ Association.

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