THE WORLD OF MUSES
05.04-05.05.2019
The World of Muses is the first exhibition curated by the Tartu Art Museum’s Youth Club. The idea of the exhibition is to show how different but equally inspiring women have been depicted in artworks. At the same time as our exhibition, the museum is also showing Among Ourselves. Woman Portraying a Woman that inspired us to choose a theme that would create a dialogue between the two shows. It was a great pleasure for all of us to select artworks from the Tartu Art Museum’s collection and work on this exhibition. We had to leave out some of our initial choices but that only means that the final selection comprises of our most favourite works.
Participating artists: Ellinor Aiki, Peet Aren, Johannes Greenberg, Andrei Jegorov, Jaan Luik, Tanja Muravskaja, Imbi Ploompuu, Enn Roos, Ene-Liis Semper, Ludmilla Siim, Matti Varik, Eduard Wiiralt
Curators: Liisa-Lota Jõeleht, Saskia Kolberg, Killu Simson, Liisa Veddel
Our supervisors Hanna-Liis Kont and Kristel Sibul were of great help with the project. We thank the staff of the Tartu Art Museum and the City of Tartu for their support.
*The Youth Club provides a gathering place and activities for young people who are interested in visual culture and its various realms. The content of the activities is developed by the participants based on their own interests.
