Ordinary / Harilik: graphite drawing

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Lembe Ruben. MUM24 / EMA24

MUM24, 2011

24 graphite drawings on paper, each 42 x 29,7 cm, iron nails

24 views on baby tights in different moods and weathers.

EMA24, 2011

grafiit paberil, iga 42 x 29,7 cm, naelad

24 vaadet beebi sukkpükstest erineva tuju ja ilmaga.

Exhibition view from Y Gallery, Tartu.

Installation views from pART gallery, Põltsamaa. /

Installatsioonivaated pART galeriist Põltsamaal.

Bio

Lembe Ruben (born in 1974) lives and works in Tallinn. She has graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts graphic arts department. Then she got Master of Arts degree in fine arts.
The technique of her works is graphic art and drawing. Her grotesque figures are mostly with minimalistic lines. In graphic arts she expresses herself in handmade techniques: relief print, copper etching and dry-point.
Ruben has participated exhibitions in Estonia, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Finland, Sweden, Russia, Czech, Latvia and Lithuania. She obtained Wiiralt prize of young artist in 2011. Her works can be found in state art museums of Estonia and Denmark.
She has taught graphic arts, drawing and composition at the Estonian Academy of Arts and different hobby groups; designed and illustrated books and magazines; dealt with animation and stage decoration.
http://lemberuben.wordpress.com/

Toomas Tõnissoo

Ramps, 2011

graphite, plywood, wood, glue, sand, linseed oil

ca 110 x 140 x 25 cm

These objects are generally ramps, parabolas, symbolic forms of trick-making. Drawings on them are basically still-lives about self made wooden toys.

The objects depicted on pictures are really existing ones, they're recollections about finger-skateboard tracks, made last year under my supervision by VHK (Old Town Educational College) 3rd - 6th grade students during their woodwork classes. The original idea comes from a Japanese boy Kento, who didn't want to make just fish slices, but something else. As it turned out, there were finger-skateboards, which needed special tracks for making tricks and such tracks were too expensive at shops. Later on all the boys made tracks for finger-skateboards out of leftover plywood. The rule was to use only small pieces, which they had to add together technically correctly, so the track would hold while playing.

Before giving the boys their works, I took photos of them. I made drawings of three works using six photos. I ordered black and white copies of the photos, but somehow they came out dark gray and later, with the influence of oil, the drawings became more like nightly, just as Rembrandt's "Night Watch".

Rämbid, 2011

grafiit, vineer, puit, PVA liim, liiv, linaseemne õli

ca 110 x 140 x 25 cm

Need objektid on üldistatult rämbid, paraboolid, triki tegemise sümboolsed vormid. Joonistused nende pinnal on sisuliselt natüürmordid isetehtud puust mänguasjadest.

Piltidel kujutatud objektid on päriselt olemas, need on meenutused näpurularadadest, mille tegemist juhendasin eelmisel õppeaastal VHK 3.-6. klassi puutöötundides. Algidee pärineb ühelt Jaapani poisilt Kentolt, kes ei tahtnud pannilabidaid teha, vaid ühte teist asja. Selgus, et on olemas näpurulad, millega trikkide tegemiseks on vaja rada, mis poes olevat liiga kallis. Hiljem tegid kõik poisid vineerijääkidest näpurularadasid. Reegel oli, et kasutada tohib vaid väikesi tükke ja et need tuleb tehnoloogiliselt õigesti suureks asjaks kokku liita, et tervik mängides vastu peaks.

Enne poistele valmis tööde kätte andmist pildistasin need üles, joonistused tegin kolmest tööst kuue foto järgi. Tellisin fotodest mustvalged koopiad, kuid need tulid millegipärast tumehallid ning joonistused muutusid pärast õli mõjul justkui öisteks, nagu Rembrandti "Öine vahtkond".