Exhibition Views 2020

November 13, 2020–March 21, 2021, Adamson-Eric Museum 
In Estonian art history, Kaljo Põllu holds a unique twofold position. He was one of the leading figures of the Estonian avant-garde art during the 1960s. His works of this period are definitely among the greatest treasures of Estonian pop, op and kinetic art. At the beginning of the 1970s, Kaljo Põllu’s oeuvre witnessed a radical change. Instead of continuing active and experimental interaction with Western neo-avant-garde art, the artist began to fully concentrate on Estonians’ roots, our ancestors’ mythical world view and the ancient culture of Finno-Ugric kindred people.

Curator: Kersti Koll
Exhibition designer: Villu Plink
Graphic designer: Külli Kaats

March, 13 – October 25, 2020, Adamson-Eric Museum 
Olev Subbi (1930–2013) was a member of the Estonian Artist’s Association and a freelance artist from 1967 until his demise on 19 August 2013. Subbi quickly earned recognition as an artist. Solo exhibitions in Estonia and abroad plus an award at the Vilnius Painting Triennial in 1969 bear witness to his success. Few people are aware of the fact that from 25 March 1949 until 1957 Olev Subbi lived as a deportee in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia, so his art studies were on a forced hiatus for nearly a decade.

Curator: Ülle Kruus
Exhibition designer: Inga Heamägi