Main exhibition in the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design
17.03-21.05.2006
2006 was the fourth time that the Tallinn Applied Art Triennial is an international event. Having developed from the applied art triennials of the Baltic states taking place in Tallinn since 1979, this art event today remains the only art forum in Europe that includes all fields of applied art and design without any geographical limitations.
Notable interest in the triennial among the artists even in the three interim years has strengthened the organisers’ confidence in the need for such a series of art events. In 2003, the exhibition bucked the customary format by means of an exhibition based on the selections made by the award-winning artists from the 2000 triennial and a seminar that offered a retrospective and discussed the relationship of applied art and design during the previous triennials in Estonia. This time, the triennial allows a broad-based meditation on the roots of applied art and design, i.e., on the earlier traditions. Displaying a photo of the item that served as the source of inspiration next to the exhibited work will make viewing the exhibitions and leafing through the catalogue truly gripping.
All in all, there were 332 applications submitted by artists from 27 different countries: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Estonia, Spain, the Netherlands, Croatia, England, Italy, Japan, Canada, Greece, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, France, Sweden, Germany, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovakia, Slovenia, Finland, Denmark, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Russia.
The jury of the triennial examined anonymously the entry applications submitted by 291 artists and selected more than 110 works by 92 artists from 15 countries to be displayed in the main exhibition of the triennial.
Ketli Tiitsar
chairman
Exhibition design by: 3+1 arhitektid (Andres Ojari, Markus Kaasik and Ilmar Valdur)
