Gazes lock, hands fix. The exhibition “Gentle Gestures of Self” deals with relationships, inner experiences and moods, highlighting hands’ special ability and vulnerability to convey all emotions, including those that cannot yet be articulated or that have been learned to control in facial expressions. Mimics and gestures in self-portraits point to specific moments, captures of different inner worlds.
Anthropologist Ethel J. Alpenfels has said: “Hands point or lead or command; hands cry out in agony or lie quietly sleeping; hands have moods, character, and, in a wider sense, their own particular beauty.” Similarly, the exhibition “Gentle Gestures of the Self” exhibits works that convey temporary moods or deeper meanings through specific positions of hands.
Participating artists: Andre Joosep Arming, Annamaari Hyttinen, Cloe Jancis, Maria Izabella Lehtsaar, Taavi Rekkaro, Johanna Saikkonen, Marleen Suvi, Elo Vahtrik
Curator: Kaisa Maasik
Technician: Erik Hõim
The exhibition is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia.
“Gentle Gestures of Self”
7.–31.03.2024
EKA Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
Photography: Kaisa Maasik
View from the exhibition, EKA Gallery, Tallinn, 2024
View from the exhibition, EKA Gallery, Tallinn, 2024
View from the exhibition, EKA Gallery, Tallinn, 2024
Taavi Rekkaro. thanks for everything (series). Pigment print in frame, dimensions variable
Marleen Suvi. Stupid as a Painter II. (2024). Oil on canvas, 140 × 200 cm
Annamaari Hyttinen. Emerald Eye. (2022). Oil on wood, 12 × 12 cm. Cloe Jancis. 01_Cloe_Jancis_20.04.2020. (2021). Pigment print on aluminium in display frame, 47 × 71 cm. With permission from Tartu Art Museum
Andre Joosep Arming. Non Mors (series). (2019–2020). Polaroid, 88 mm × 107 mm
Johanna Saikkonen. Self-portrait with Makeup. (2020). Oil on canvas, 155 × 200 cm. Elo Vahtrik. Soft Power 2. (2023). Acetone transfer, 43 × 52 cm
Elo Vahtrik. Soft Power 2. (2023). Acetone transfer, 43 × 52 cm
View from the exhibition, EKA Gallery, Tallinn, 2024
View from the exhibition, EKA Gallery, Tallinn, 2024
View from the exhibition, EKA Gallery, Tallinn, 2024
Annamaari Hyttinen. Shadow. (2023). Oil on canvas, 38 × 47 cm
Johanna Saikkonen. Out of Focus. (2023). Oil on canvas, 124 × 120 cm
Cloe Jancis. Object no. 1 Translated in to a Photograph. (2022). Diasec, plastic fingers, 60 × 90 cm. Untitled. (2020). From the series “In Process”. Pigment print on aluminium in display frame, 40 × 60 cm
Cloe Jancis. Object no. 1 Translated into a Photograph. (2022). Diasec, plastic fingers, 60 × 90 cm, detail
Marleen Suvi. Falling in Love with Him. (2022). From the series “18:25”, series of 18. Oil on canvas, 100 × 135 cm
Marleen Suvi. Falling in Love with Him. (2022). From the series “18:25”, series of 18. Oil on canvas, 100 × 135 cm, detail
View from the exhibition, EKA Gallery, Tallinn, 2024
Maria Izabella Lehtsaar. Loveless I. (2021). Silkscreen print on paper, 32 × 45 cm
Maria Izabella Lehtsaar. Loveless I. (2021). Silkscreen print on paper, 32 × 45 cm, detail
