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Kiwa

Kiwa

Artist's country of origin: Estonia

KIWA belongs to the generation of artists who entered the art scene in the end of 1990s and whom the art critics have labelled X, Y, E or TV generation. Aside from the active, as a rule deconstructible media image, the main characteristics of this generation could also be referred to as interdisciplinary and inter-textual. Quotes, pastiche, games with language and identity, (post) psychoanalysis and schizo-analysis were all seen as self-explanatory techniques; keywords such as conceptuality, simulacrum and the absurd also hold an important position. Kiwa is undoubtedly the most interesting and yet the most cryptic representative of his generation, and it is hard to subject him to a generalising analysis. The traditional polemics such as reality and hyper-reality, morality and immorality do not apply to his works; instead he adopts a certain kind of cynicism and (self)irony with the infantile, which is precisely what made him the favourite enfant terrible of the local media. All of Kiwa’s art practices––texts (articles, essays, poetry), visual art (sculpture, body painting, painting, video art, performance, installation) and sound art; or his different roles as a curator, editor, model and society figure––make up one consistent text, a personal semiosphere, where one theme is expressed through different media. For this reason Kiwa has works that share the same title, but are brought to life in different media.* Works in collections: Art Museum of Estonia, Tartu Art Museum; private collections (Estonia, Europe and USA) *Elnara Taidre. Excerpt from an essay in the collection “Artists of Estonia 3” (Tallinn: Center for Contemporary Arts Estonia, 2007)


Printmaking

untitled xii / spiral of void by Kiwa
untitled xii / spiral of void  
85.5 x 60.5 cm
€980
untitled xiv / spiral of void by Kiwa
untitled xiv / spiral of void  
85.5 x 60.5 cm
€980
untitled xv / spiral of void by Kiwa
untitled xv / spiral of void  
85.5 x 60.5 cm
€980
untitled xxiv / spiral of void by Kiwa
untitled xxiv / spiral of void  
85.5 x 60.5 cm
€980
untitled iii / spiral of void by Kiwa
untitled iii / spiral of void  
85.5 x 60.5 cm
€980
untitled iv / spiral of void by Kiwa
untitled iv / spiral of void  
85.5 x 60.5 cm
€980
untitled vii / spiral of void by Kiwa
untitled vii / spiral of void  
85.5 x 60.5 cm
€980
untitled viii / spiral of void by Kiwa
untitled viii / spiral of void  
85.5 x 60.5 cm
€980
untitled ix / spiral of void by Kiwa
untitled ix / spiral of void  
85.5 x 60.5 cm
€980
untitled i / spiral of void by Kiwa
untitled i / spiral of void  
85.5 x 60.5 cm
€980

Painting

Lightning in the lotus by Kiwa
Lightning in the lotus  
92 x 73 cm
€1900
Change of mind by Kiwa
Change of mind  
150 x 100 cm
€2700
vinn & warp by Kiwa
vinn & warp  
150 x 120 cm
€2850
Girl in blue skirt by Kiwa
Girl in blue skirt  
70 x 70 cm
€1500

Other

A4 Cut and Paste Random by Kiwa
A4 Cut and Paste Random  
60 x 50 cm
€1150

Related exhibitions (current and upcoming) View past exhibitions

The exhibition of this year’s Tartu Art Auction

09.03.2024 - 05.04.2024

Tartu Art House
Monumental gallery

Vanemuise 26, Tartu, Estonia

Opening hours: Mon 12:00 - 18:00 Wed-Sun 12:00 - 18:00

Permanent exhibition: The Future is in One Hour: Estonian Art in the 1990s

04.09.2021 - 11.09.2025

Kumu Art Museum
4th floor, B-wing

Valge 1, Tallinn, Estonia

Opening hours: Tue-Wed 10:00 - 18:00 Thu 10:00 - 20:00 Fri-Sun 10:00 - 18:00