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Margus Tiitsmaa aka Sorge

Artist's country of origin: Estonia

Margus Tiitsmaa (born 1963) aka Sorge has had a long and coulourful road as an artist. In Soviet times he studied in Tallinn Pedagogical Institute and designed windows for shopping walls, secretly organizing performances in Saue forest at the same time. He was not accepted to the Estonian State Art Institute as his way of thinking fell out of the standard in every possible way.


However, after having proceeded to work in Pärnu Sütevaka School´s art department, Tiitsmaa was one of the founders of the Nongrata school of art and so-called South-West Estonoian anarchism as an art style. This was not enough for Tiitsmaa´s restless soul and eventually he also enrolled to the Master´s program of the Estonian Academy of Arts, even though he could have easily been a lecturer there based on his extensive experiences.


Tiitsmaa has been interesting both as a performance artist as well as a painter. The two are inseparably connected in his case. Even if the paintings do not make a clear reference to a performance, the viewer can easily think of one when looking at Tiitsmaa´s work.


Source used: Siram.”Margus Tiitsmaa´s magical anarchism“. Sirp, 22.06.2007


Painting

Harlequin with a stone by Margus Tiitsmaa aka Sorge
Harlequin with a stone  
70 x 180 cm
€1850
Estonian forest by Margus Tiitsmaa aka Sorge
Estonian forest  
67 x 136 cm
€1080
Life by Margus Tiitsmaa aka Sorge
Life  
130 x 163 cm
€4620
A trio by Margus Tiitsmaa aka Sorge
A trio  
98 x 140 cm
€2310
Ship models in party jewelry by Margus Tiitsmaa aka Sorge
Ship models in party jewelry  
61 x 64 cm
€1080
Seanina sadam by Margus Tiitsmaa aka Sorge
Seanina sadam  
50 x 60 cm
€620

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