“Sculptured Surfaces. Three Generations in the Landscape of Fashion”
March 13 – April 26, 2026
Artists: Karl Joonas Alamaa, Marit Ilison, Sandra Luks, Triinu Pungits, Karl-Christoph Rebane, Kai Saar, Kirill Safonov, Anu Samarüütel, Mairo Seire, Lisette Sivard, Vilve Unt, Liina Viira.
Curators: Marion Laev, Bianka Soe
Designers: Erle Nemvalts, Marion Laev
“Sculptured Surfaces. Three Generations in the Landscape of Fashion” brings together fashion designers whose work sees clothing as a point of connection between the body and the surrounding environment, between physical space and a psychological sense of place. The exhibition approaches fashion as a mode of expression that carries layers rooted in nature, myths, and personal experience.
The dome landscape is a symbol of Estonian culture and memory space. In folk tales, domes mark the footprints of giants, the resting places of gods and the graves of heroes. Curved ramparts, rises and falls form a relief where stories and beliefs have been deposited. Thus, it has developed into a whole where landforms, myths and human life belong to the same system of meaning.
Geographer Yi-Fu Tuan described the concept of topophilia as a love of place — a relationship that is not limited to visual perception, but is formed through emotions, memories and physical experience. The exhibition explores the domed landscape of South Estonia through a sense of place that has inspired artists of different generations to create shapes and materials based on this environment. For fashion designers, clothes are not just decorative objects, but emotional spaces through which the body and mind interact with their surroundings.
In the work of the artists participating in the exhibition, the surrounding nature has been transformed into a visual language: as arches, folds, tense surfaces and layered textures. The sculptural cuts and flowing draperies of the works create new surface structures, where textures are deposited like layers of soil — moss, mud, soil and water. Fine silks and heavy wools, hand-woven textiles and recycled materials create a dialogue between the body and the earth.
