“I look into my own eyes and dive into myself. I swim through my heart. There are
lots of creatures living inside me. And every day I am born again. I search, investigate
and create myself through painting. I want to cut myself open on canvas and then put
together again. Be my own soul surgeon.”
The exhibition reflects artist Helena Tääker’s self searching and vision of somatic
experience in space. Tääker is fascinated by human body and its textures, approaching
them through surrealistic viewpoint. The artist compares painting materials with
human anatomy, uniting one with the other – canvas as skin, brush bristles as human
hair etc. She changes the artwork into something organic like, putting more life into it.
While exploring her inner world, the artist also considers it important to create a
dialogue with the audience, letting the viewer experience personal somatic contact.
Helena Tääker (b. 2000) is an Estonian artist, engaged mostly in painting and
installation. She studies painting at Estonian Academy of Arts, BA, third year. In her
artworks Tääker often sets the focus on human body and psychology in a surrealistic
and dreamlike way. Recently she has participated in Pärnu Art Annual Exhibition in
Pärnu City Gallery (2021), a group exhibition in the Office of the Chancellor of
Justice (2021, curated by Kristi Kongi and Merike Estna) and “Buy young art”
auction exhibition in Telliskivi Green Hall (2021).
