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Vahter / Kurvits
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Drive through I-IV
2008 project by Vahter / Kurvits from Estonia
Installation of four sculptures in four freezers, print below ice. -6 C degrees. Work is dedicated to people who die in car crashes over the World. Half year project ended with ice melting performance at car road near of Modern Art Museum.
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Name your price I-VI
2011 project by Vahter / Kurvits from Estonia
Annantalo gallery Helsinki FINLAND. Sales colored pricetags as complete framework targeted to make shift in thinking in modern society. Black formats. Piece was used also by Jazz Festival Jazzkaar.
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Sending the Message
2011 project by Vahter / Kurvits from Estonia
National Postage Eesti Post stamp for 'second term' president of United States of America (G. W. Bush junior) with red rose.
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Red ribbons
2011 project by Vahter / Kurvits from Estonia
Dedicated to prisoners. Installation material (photos of prisoners) were digitally manipulated. All persons had AIDS or HIV. KUMU Modern Art Museum.
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Jesus Saves
2011 project by Vahter / Kurvits from Estonia
Syringes with blessed holy water and used in drug-addicts safe houses, as methadone injections. Syringes have HIV. Installation Jesus Saves has been out of public reach due the safety (2 meters). Cristal print 'tears' are all with Jesus faces.
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Loves Me. Loves Me Not
2011 project by Vahter / Kurvits from Estonia
Work in coffee pavilion in Tartu city hall plaza in tARTuFF Love Festival. This year 'floral' theme multimedia work 'effeuiller la marguerite' with daisy on touchscreen. The printed label says: 'Loves Me' or 'Loves Me Not' as you pluck daisy petal.
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Black Fortune 666
2011 project by Vahter / Kurvits from Estonia
666 pieces of coffee cups with coffee black (for fortune-telling) left to bottom. Ongoing project 2011. Black coffee in white cups. Social conceptual art.
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"Give Art a Second Chance"
2011 project by Vahter / Kurvits from Estonia
Coming date- and site-specific live installation in Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, New York (EST, LAT, LIT, USA). As modern art has changed value(s), over the years the Statue is the Mother of Exile (read: art as form of exile). Dedicated annual C.B.N.rally
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"Two dead Artists"
2011 project by Vahter / Kurvits from Estonia
Upcoming project 2011/2012. Work is one piece of series 'Rememeber when we were together' shows one of the main direction where this series are heading.
Maris Vahter and Ilmar Kurvits. Both artists are born in Soviet Estonia. Studied in Crete University in Rethimno and Aristotle University in Thessaloniki Greece. Both have Master of Art Education and Science (Tallinn University 2007) and Fine Arts Master in printmaking (Estonian Arts Academy 2011). Grand Prix (“Welcome to the next level” Innovation award - Estonia 2011) Young Creative (Golden Egg 2009 Estonia), Participation in Eurobest 2009 Amsterdam Miami Ad School. Teacher of Year (Estonian Ministery of Education 2007). Co-founders of AHNE Art Education Festival Estonia and Finland (opening Patarei whilom prison for public as culture park etc) cooperation of Tallinn University and Aalto University School of Art and Design. From 2000 working for culture newspaper KesKus, that has got no funding from national/private/EU or other grants. Also teached children, as Art and occupational guidance teachers in Rocca al Mare School. "Spot a kid / Märka last" children problems artistic program co-authors. Mentors and instructors of many children's innovative projects and spoke-persons of movement "children art is real art". Teaching international contemporary art for children and possibilities their involvement in it, also making more possibilities for new talented youngsters to participate in art communities. Currently both artists living and working in Tallinn and in beautiful island Hiiumaa.
