One of the greatest insights associated with the Romantic movement of the 19th century was the artists’ awareness of the inner life of the individual, unconscious human thoughts and desires. Jaan Toomik’s video offers a contemporary parallel to 19th-century landscape painting, through the themes of personal elegy, existential angst and escape into nature. As Waterfall is a deeply autobiographical work, the display includes Toomik’s earlier interviews, in which he analyses the development of his art and introduces the background to his work.
This exhibition is a part of the 3rd floor permanent exhibition Landscapes of Identity: Estonian Art 1700–1945 of the Kumu Art Museum.
Curator: Eha Komissarov
Artist: Jaan Toomik
Coordinator: Anastassia Langinen
Exhibition design: Kaarel Eelma
Graphic design: Tuuli Aule
