Naked
Hemingway came to Pärnu thanks to his
friend, American artist Waldo Peirce, who
photographed the writer while fishing in the
years 1929 - 35 on the Gulf of Mexico and
the Carribean. Waldo Peirce (1884 - 1970)
left the photos of the Nobel Prize laureate,
the author of The Old Man and the Sea,
Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961), to his son
Michael Peirce who gave them to a Dutch
artist Peter Diem. Consequently, Peter
Diem’s nude paintings, in the Latin-American
vivid palette, of Hemingway are here, at the
nude art exhibition MAN, WOMAN, FREEDOM. In
July the great writer will have an
anniversary of 120. We are not sure if
anyone has lived that long but Hemingway’s
heritage and his spirit are still with us.
In the
Summer Capital of Pärnu there are other
rarities to be seen until September, 1st. A
copy of the painting Kalevs Fighting the
Bear by August Jansen, Estonian classic. The
painting has only been once before shown at
the personal exhibition of Jansen and Nyman
at the Art Museum of Tartu. August Jansen
(1881 - 1957) painted this national romantic
artwork in 1929 for Riigikogu (the
Parliament of Estonia) but watching out for
the bears on the other coast of Lake Peipsi,
it was not exposed there before WW II, nor
after, nor today.
There is a
lot to discover at the 26th international
nude art exhibition. Kaupo Kikkas’s
(Estonia) nude photos of the last member of
mankind in the canyons of South America;
Ruta Jusionyte’s (Lithuania) paintings about
love between human and a bear. Jaan Toomik’s
(Estonia) fantasy of Ulysses coming home;
fresh artworks by Mikelis Fišers’s (Latvia)
renowned at the Biennale of Venice, and Kris
Lemsalu(Estonia).
XXVI nude
art exhibition Man, Woman, Freedom takes us
through artworks about contradictions in the
liberal world of today, between the beauty
of human body and soul by new performers as
well as seniority.
From Estonia: Jüri Arrak, Jaan Toomik, Kris
Lemsalu, Kaupo Kikkas, Peeter Allik, August
Jansen, Mati Hiis, Peeter Must, Andrus
Joonas, Enn Tegova, Aivar Kurvits, Nadja
Tshernobai, Erki Kannus, Kairi Orgusaar,
Priit Pangsepp, Üllar Varik, Rein Meresaar,
Elo Liiv, Yan (Jaanus Ermann). Guests from
abroad: Mikelis Fišers (Latvia), Ruta
Jusionyte (Lithuania), Sergei Isupov
(Urkaine / USA), Waldo Peirce (USA), Peter
Diem (Holland), Björn Scütze ja Gunnar
Kretscmer(Germany), Michalis Manousakis
(Greece).
The XXVI
international nude art exhibition Man,
Woman, Freedom is open in Pärnu until
September, 1st, 2019
Everyone,
loving creativity and friendly exchange of
views on the coast of the Baltic Sea, is
welcome!
Mark
Soosaar,
Curator of the XXVI nude art exhibition MAN,
WOMAN, FREEDOM
The exhibition is supported by the Town
of Pärnu, Estonian Cultural Endowment, Art
Museum of Tartu, Studio Raus.
