On Friday, Ukrainian artist Vira Olevska’s exhibition ‘Layers of Life’ (‘Elu kihid’) and Maik Kalberg’s series of paintings exhibition ‘Greenhouse and Ocean Dreams’ (‘Kasvuhoone ja ookeani unistused’) opened at the Telliskivi Creative City Gallery.
Olevska’s “Layers of Life” is a personal journey into different experiences and memories. Having lived in Kyiv, Odesa, Dahabi, Bali, and Tallinn, the artists says every environment has influenced her artistic perspective and added important elements of new culture and nature elements.
Olevska’s creativity is closely connected to the war in Ukraine. Many of her pieces depict conflict, grief, and the harsh reality of recovery, but also raw and honest human resilience.
Estonian painter and filmmaker Maik Kalberg’s “Greenhouse and Ocean Dreams” series of paintings started with building a greenhouse for his retired father, intertwining with his interest in botany and gardening. By observing the growth of the plants as living beings, painting enabled him to amplify the sense of progress and development even more.
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