{"id":1472,"date":"2019-11-27T07:58:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T07:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/konradmagi.ee\/?p=1472"},"modified":"2020-11-03T11:12:25","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T11:12:25","slug":"an-exhibition-of-konrad-magis-works-is-about-to-be-opened-in-torino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/konradmagi.ee\/en\/an-exhibition-of-konrad-magis-works-is-about-to-be-opened-in-torino\/","title":{"rendered":"An Exhibition of Konrad M\u00e4gi\u2019s Works is about to be opened in Torino"},"content":{"rendered":"

The exhibition Konrad M\u00e4gi. Light of the North<\/em> will be opened at the Musei Reali in Torino on Friday, 29 November. The President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid will open the exhibition.<\/p>\n

This exhibition has been put together jointly by the Art Museum of Estonia, the Musei Reali and Konrad M\u00e4gi Foundation, and it comes at the same time as the passing of one hundred years since M\u00e4gi\u2019s trip to Italy. The exposition consisting of more than fifty paintings, portraits and sketches is one of the largest solo exhibitions of this artist\u2019s works in Europe. The works that will be displayed are from the collections of the Art Museum of Estonia and the Tartu Art Museum, the private collections of Enn Kunila and Peeter V\u00e4rnik, and the art collection of the Estonian Students\u2019 Society.<\/p>\n

Konrad M\u00e4gi\u2019s paintings were born from the artist\u2019s intense and restless nature. Through the energised depiction of expressive landscapes that are sometimes dreamlike, the artist shows the fascination of the natural settings of the North to Europeans: the sky arching high above and cleaved by restless clouds and flashes of sunshine, lakelets, vast meadows and fields, and harsh shorelines.<\/p>\n

M\u00e4gi is considered the father of modern Estonian painting and he has been compared to Vincent van Gogh and Alfred Sisley, in whose works similar bold use of colour and lighting effects can be found.<\/p>\n

Without tying himself to any particular art movement, M\u00e4gi sailed on one current, then on another one, but ultimately always chose his own way. He loved nature and approached it as if it were someone sitting for a portrait, but also vice versa \u2013 his few painted portraits are much like paintings of nature that depict metaphysical and consecrated space. As an anarchist, eccentric, dreamer and idealist, M\u00e4gi is a unique artist in early 20th<\/sup> century Europe in terms of his style of painting and his way of life.<\/p>\n

For Enrica Pagella, the director of Musei Reali, the exhibition Konrad M\u00e4gi. Light of the North<\/em> is simultaneously a discovery and a challenge for the public. \u2018On the one hand, we\u2019re still introducing to them a relatively unknown artist and his world, which has been formed by experiences and contacts with Estonia, St. Petersburg, Paris and Rome. On the other hand, M\u00e4gi\u2019s paintings present a real challenge to the viewer because his pictorial language is admittedly direct, but it contains symbols from different art trends starting with the art nouveau style and fauvism all the way to impressionism and expressionism. This has to be interpreted on the background of concrete personal sources of inspiration, like something that originates from a distant foreign country and only observes the customs of its own homeland,\u2019 she discussed. She further said that M\u00e4gi is a painter who has added a separate chapter to Europe\u2019s cultural history with his use of images, colour and light.<\/p>\n

For Sirje Helme, the director of the Art Museum of Estonia, this exhibition is simultaneously recognition in retrospect as well as recouping in the context of European art history. \u2018The great and meaningful interest of a reputable art institution in older Estonian art history should once more convince everyone that the concepts \u201cperiphery\u201d and \u201ccentre\u201d are quickly losing their meaning in European cultural history. The exceedingly sophisticated programme and very professional organisational side of Musei Reali place M\u00e4gi\u2019s works in contexts where it was not possible to place them for a hundred years. This enriches both Estonian and European art history,\u2019 said Helme.<\/p>\n

A documentary film on Konrad M\u00e4gi created especially for this exhibition by the film director Marianne K\u00f5rver can be watched at the exhibition.<\/p>\n

The curator of the exhibition is Eero Epner, its designer is T\u00f5nis Saadoja, and its graphic designer is K\u00e4tlin Tischler.<\/p>\n

The exhibition Konrad M\u00e4gi. La Luce del Nord<\/em> will be open to the public from 30 November 2019 to 8 March 2020.<\/p>\n

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The exhibition Konrad M\u00e4gi. Light of the North will be opened at the Musei Reali in Torino on Friday, 29 November. The President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid will open the exhibition. This exhibition has been put together jointly by the Art Museum of Estonia, the Musei Reali and Konrad M\u00e4gi Foundation, and it comes at… <\/p>\n

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