Moments woven into nature by Anne Türn and Toomas Tuul at Vabaduse Gallery
On Friday, 6 December at 5 p.m., ceramic artist Anne Türn and photographer Toomas Tuul will open their collaborative exhibition A Moment at Vabaduse Gallery. The exhibition will remain open until 8 January, 2025.
The idea of artworks that merge with nature has inspired Anne Türn to create light sculptures combining glass and ceramics. Together with photographer Toomas Tuul, the artist has travelled around Estonia to find beautiful and mysterious locations, and to record various lights and moments in staged photographs. To their joint journeys, Türn brings the ‘models’, meaning her artworks combining light and ceramics, while Tuul brings his talent to capture in photographs the spell of fleeting moments. The exhibition at Vabaduse Gallery features both large-scale photographs and light installations.
Anne Türn: ‘For me the coexistence of glass and ceramics means endless experimentation and discovery. One might also say ‘control beyond control’. I let the materials do their magic in the kiln: to sink, gutter and play. It is impossible to predict what they are capable of, nor to repeat anything. It all depends on an enumerable number of small details and the results are always unforeseeable. At some point, the glass stops playing and freezes. And then you have to be patient, hold yourself back not to immediately check what has come out of it…’
Anne Türn and Toomas Tuul have already made several exhibitions together, the first of which took place in 2021 at the ArtDepoo Gallery, in 2022, they exhibited at the Mark Rothko Art Centre in Daugavpils and on the windows of the new Saue municipal building, in 2023, at the art studio of the Saaremaa Creative Centre, and most recently in 2024, in Northern Norway, in Ljones. Their collaborative work has been displayed also at the Tallinn Art Hall’s Spring Exhibition.
Anne Türn (b. 1964, Tallinn). She began her artistic education at the Tallinn Art University (1984–1990) before taking a postgraduate course at Kassel University, Germany. Her professional affiliations include memberships in the Estonian Artists Union, the Estonian Union of Ceramic Artists and the International Academy of Ceramics. Türn keeps experimenting in various mediums, such as ceramics, glass and light installations. Her international exhibition record dates back to 1997 (Merit Award at the Fletcher Challenge Ceramics Award, NZ) and includes multiple distinctions, shows, workshops and art projects worldwide.
Toomas Tuul (b. 1966) has been involved in photography since a very early age – he developed his first black-and-white photos in the darkroom as soon as he started school. Later on, he acquired professional skills at the Tallinn Technical School, Estonia, and the Institute of Visual Communication in Tampere, Finland. His photographer’s career started with jobs on television and film. He has contributed to over fifteen magazines and has worked as the photo editor for numerous books and magazines, including the Estonian Nature monthly magazine. Tuul is the author or co-author of nearly thirty photo albums and books. He has participated in numerous photo exhibitions and been on the organising team for the Estonian Nature Photo of the Year contest and several other events. At present, Tuul is a freelance photographer.
The gallery is supported by the Estonian Ministry of Culture, the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and Liviko Ltd.
Vabaduse Gallery is managed by the Estonian Artists’ Association.
Photo: Tuul, Toomas. 2024 (fragment)