PRESS RELEASE

AUGUST SAI (1983) will open his personal exhibition Twenty Cases in Draakon gallery at 5pm on Monday, September 24th, 2018. Exhibition will be open until October 13, 2018.

The artist introduces his current exhibition with the story called „Parody“:
„Start. A child witnesses a boat competition from the shore. He is jogging along with the boat. The child holds a string that is attached to a toy boat sliding behind him. The contestants are gearing up. The child won't stay behind. The toy boat is twirling and circling around just like fish on a fish hook. The crowd is applauding. The child is looking on the right, towards the stands. Then he is looking on the left, two boats won't give vantage ground to the other contestant. One boat is black, the other one is white. The child clenches his fist around the string. And is gearing up. His boat called „Don Quijote!“ comes smoothly along. Everyone is ready to put on a final spurt. Oars versus the fleet-footed child. Everything else seems to be disappearing at that moment. Only the noise from heart can be heard and burning pain in feet can be felt. The eyes cannot see. The body is racing on its own at full speed. The child is abuptly pulling the string. The boats are rushing by. He lets go of the string and stops. Finish.“

Exhibitions in Draakon gallery are supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and Estonian Ministry of Culture.

AUGUST SAI
Born in 1983.
Lives and works in Tallinn.

Education
2010 FLACC Workplace for visual artists, residency, Genk, Belgium
2010 - ....  Estonian Academy of Arts, faculty of fine arts, painting, MA – not completed
2007 - 2010 Estonian Academy of Arts, faculty of fine arts, painting, BA

Solo exhibitions
2018  „Twenty Cases“, Draakon gallery, Tallinn
2014  „Behind the Backgrounds (there are Premises of Language and the Bare Image),
          Hobusepea gallery, Tallinn
2011  „1+2+3+4=10“, Draakon gallery, Tallinn

Group exhibitions
2016  „Bad Habits“, curators Madli Ehasalu and Sven Parker, apartment exhibition in
          Tehnika Street, Tallinn
2014  „ATM“ (together with Manfred Dubov and Tambet Mullari), Monumental Gallery of
          Tartu Art House
2012  „Taandumine“ / „Falling“ (together with Manfred Dubov), Haapsalu City Gallery
2011  Art Festival „Pigskin III“, curators Jaan Toomik and Johannes Deimling, 
          Haapsalu
2011  „My Eroticism“, curator Teet Veispak, Rakvere Exhibition House
2011  „Videoformes“, Video and New Media Festival, Clermont - Ferrand, France
2010  „Welcome to the Machine“, Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn
2010  „193x282“, curators Kaido Ole and Tõnis Saadoja, Vaal Gallery, Tallinn
2010  „Feisbuk“, curator Erki Kasemets, Rakvere Theatre

Bibliography
Andri Ksenofontov. „What has happened to the meaning of art?” published in Sirp, September 2nd, 2011
2011  Annual Book of FLACC Workplace for visual artists
2011  Annual Book of Transit European Young Talent Forum