Exhibition Views 2016

August 19, 2016-January 15, 2017, Adamson-Eric Museum 
Juhan Kuus started working as a photo reporter at the age of 17, and developed into one of the most influential and radical photographers of South Africa during his 45-year-long career. His photos, which were taken with utter devotion, direct poignancy and unyieldingly close contact to what he was shooting, found their way into the world’s leading newspapers, journals, exhibitions and photo festivals. He received dozens of awards, including South Africa Press Photographer of the Year on several occasions, and is the only photographer of Estonian descent ever to have received the most prestigious press photo award in the world: the World Press Photo Award, which he won twice, in 1978 and 1992.
At the peak of his career, from 1986 to 2000, Juhan Kuus worked as the South African correspondent and photojournalist for the Paris and New York editorial offices of the prominent Sipa Press Agency, founded in France in 1973. His works were published in the most significant newspapers and journals of the world: The Times, The Independent, The New York Times, Paris Match, The Los Angeles Times, etc.
Throughout his career, Juhan Kuus applied his sensitive and sharp eye and complete straightforwardness to record the various aspects of apartheid and the fight against it. He took pictures of the people involved and the events that took place, acquiring the role of an invaluable chronicler of the tumultuous times in South African history.

Curators: Kristel Laur, Toomas Järvet (both IKKUN) and Kersti Koll (Art Museum of Estonia)
Designer: Liina Siib
Graphic designer: Tuuli Aule

March 11-August 7, 2016, Adamson-Eric Museum 
It would be hard to overestimate the importance of Paris for Estonian artists in the first half of the 20th century. The city enchanted artists with its architecture and light, but also with abundant collections in museums and contemporary developments in art, not to mention the liberal creative atmosphere. A trip to Paris became an almost compulsory element in the process of maturing as an artist. While some artists, such as Aleksander Vardi, Andrus Johani and Kaarel Liimand, spent a short while in the City of Light, Karl Pärsimägi and Eduard Wiiralt made Paris their home-town for a longer period. Inspiration was also drawn from other big cities, including Barcelona, Berlin and Venice, which are represented in this display, too.

Curators: Kerttu Männiste (Art Museum of Estonia) and Kadri Asmer (Tartu University)
Designer: Taso Mähar
Graphic designer: Kätlin Tischler