Exhibition „Dear Shadow, Dear Light“ opens on the 7th of March at 18.30. The exhibition will remain open from 7.03-31.03.2023. This exhibition was demonstrated first in its primal and partial form in May of 2022 at Endla theatre gallery. Current display is completed and changed with works, which were created in the latest and current year.
In this exhibition, as well as in Kõuhkna’s creations overall, there is a special space for nature and the woman. The last one embodies the author itself or stands for a universal character. The artist has spoken about a parallel to the paintings as having a visual diary, where it can be seen herself or a representation dealing with subjects, which are interpreted into symbols. The visual metaphors and the character between them create a room for the viewer to reflect the setting according to their own story.
The core essence of this series can be an interest for the duality of this world, which is inevitable, but a harmonious and holistic experience of being alive. In addition to light and shadow, there is day and night, up and down, in short, yin and yang – it is impossible that there would be only one or the other. This two-sidedness is what the artist explores in herself and also on a collective level. The artist aims to understand that ability and courage, that if the light shines on the shadow, then the shadow ceases to be, which can be called the power of consciousness.
Anna Kõuhkna (s. 1994) is a freelance painter and photographer. She graduated last summer with an art education masters degree from the Estonian Art Academy and Tallinn University joint curriculum. Beforehand she studied in Baltic Film and Media School art department (BA) and in Tartu Higher Art School. “Dear Shadow, Dear Light ” is the fifth painting based personal exhibition from Anna Kõuhkna in addition to many other photo- and group exhibitions. The latest exhibition was „The Fifth Element” in Vaal gallery (with co-artists Sandra Sirp, Anu Muiste and Helen Sirp; 2023), also “Faithful to the Flow” (2021) in gallery Positiiv and “New Circle” in Solaris gallery (2020). Anna Kõuhkna is a member of the Estonians Painters Association from 2019.
Contact:
Jakobi Galerii:
jakobigalerii@gmail.com
Anna Kõuhkna: tel +372 56652707
www.annakouhkna.com
Galerii nimi: Jakobi gallery
Address: Jakobi 52, Tartu, Estonia
Opening hours: Tue-Fri 13:00 - 18:00
Open by appointment
Open: 07.03.2023 — 31.03.2023
Address: Jakobi 52, Tartu, Estonia
Opening hours: Tue-Fri 13:00 - 18:00
Open by appointment
Ticket info: Free
Open: 07.03.2023 — 31.03.2023