Käesoleva näituse taustalugu algab ühel 2023. aasta kevadõhtul, kui me kumbki ei tahtnud enam üksi kodus olla ja leppisime kokku kohtumise kanali ääres. Ärevust maha surudes küürisin kätelt maha värviplekid, proovisin mööda korterit ringi joostes selga ligi poole riidekapi sisust ning hakkasin seejärel mõnusas varaõhtuses valguses metroopeatuse suunas astuma. Mõned tunnid hiljem oli selge, et kohtumine oli olnud hea mõte.
Sellest õhtust möödunud kahe aasta sisse on mahtunud muuhulgas kolm erinevat ateljeed, uus elukoht, paarkümmend külastatud linna, mitmed näitused ning rohkelt vestlusi täis hellust, valu ja õndsust. Sõnad ja mõtisklused täitsid päevad armastuse ning avastustega – nii enda sees kui ka ümbritseva suhtes laiemalt. Tasapisi hakkasid seesmised müürid murenema ja tekkinud pragude vahelt paistma terved uued maailmad oma eripäraste huvide, teadmiste ja tõekspidamistega. Ehkki vahel karmid ja segadust tekitavad, olid need samas liigutavad, vabastavad ning vastuvaidlematult tõesed.
Kõik eelnev oli rikkalikuks pinnaseks ligi 70 uue maali loomisel, millest valitud osa moodustab siinse näituse tuumiku. Lisaks sellele jõudis seinale paar teost varasematest aastatest, viitamaks järjepidevuse ning juurte olulisusele muutuste ja kasvu keerises.
Paul Kormašov (35) on Berliinis elav ja töötav eesti maalikunstnik. Läbi aastate on tema loomingus peamine suund olnud värvitundlik abstraktsioon, kuid järjest enam esineb ka figuraalset laadi – portreesid, (linna)maastikke ning muid elemente loodusest ja ümbritsevast keskkonnast.
Kormašov on lõpetanud Tartu Kõrgema Kunstikool Pallase (2013) ning viimased kümme aastat elanud Berliinis. Käesolev väljapanek on tema seni kolmeteistkümnes isikunäitus, samuti osaleb ta regulaarselt grupinäitustel. Tema looming on esindatud arvukates erakogudes, lisaks Eestile muuhulgas Saksamaal, Rootsis, Itaalias, Ameerika Ühendriikides ja Kanadas.
Paul Kormašov “Findings and discoveries”
The origin of this exhibition starts on a spring evening of 2023, when neither one of us wanted to be on our own at home any longer and so decided to meet up by the canal. Pushing down the growing anxiety I cleaned my hands from the paint spots, tried on half my wardrobe while pacing about the apartment and finally proceeded to walk towards the nearest metro station, right as the evening light was turning warm. A couple of hours later it was clear that it had been a good idea to meet.
The two years that have passed since that evening have included three different art studios, a new living space, around twenty visited cities, numerous exhibitions and endless conversations full of tenderness, pain and bliss. Words and thoughts filled the days with new discoveries and love – within the self, but also in a wider sense, eventually touching everything around. Little by little, the inner walls started to crumble and from between the cracks whole new worlds started to reveal themselves, each with their own unique beliefs, knowledge and interests. Although harsh and confusing at times, they were also deeply moving, freeing and undeniably true.
All of the above created a rich ground for the creation of nearly 70 new paintings, of which a selected part also forms the core of the exhibition presented here. In addition to that, a few works from earlier years were added, to indicate the importance of roots and continuity in the spiral of change and growth.
Paul Kormašov (35) is an Estonian painter who is living and working in Berlin. Throughout the years his main style of work has been colourful abstractionism, which in recent years has become increasingly figurative – adding elements such as portraits, (urban) landscapes and other depictions of nature and life in the city.
Kormašov has graduated from the Pallas University of Applied Sciences (Tartu, 2013) and has been living in Berlin for ten years. The current exhibition is his 13th solo show; he also regularly participates in group shows and auctions. His works are represented in multiple private collections, in addition to his native Estonia also in Germany, Sweden, Italy, the United States and Canada to name a few.
