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Haus Gallery 05.09.2019-03.10.2019

Toomas Kaasik

HIDDEN SIDE

A text about art often begins with the name of the author of the work, followed by sentences about his or her studies, experiences and achievements. A context is created, a box where further information about an exhibition or a piece of artwork could be placed. However, art does not want to stay in a box, but is rather longing to fly with the birds in the heavenly depths of the work.

Toomas Kaasik (1951) has taken nude, portrait and landscape photos, creatively combining different photographic techniques in his works, playing with large contrasts and editing options. He has been present at exhibitions both here and on the international arena since 1979. He is a member of Tallinn Photo Club, the creative association O and the Estonian Society of Photographic Art. His photos have been published in many publications, including the US magazine Aperture. In 1990, Kaasik received the annual Estonian Photo Award. We could go on, but then we would probably hear the artist saying: „That’s enough now, let the photos do the talking instead.“

In September, The Hidden Side, a retrospective of Toomas Kaasik’s older work, can be seen at Haus Gallery. Kaasik opens up one side of his work himself, and leaves the other for the viewer to interpret. Kaasik’s photos are hints rather than viewpoints, horizons rather than closed room. His poetic, at times dramatic, yet dreamily soft motifs feel like they have been created at the point of contact between thoughts and reality, in the creative space that each artist has. In the photos this point seems to be a real place, a place or figure in the world, yet it dissolves into a completely different world created by the artist. The photographs by Toomas Kaasik are like excerpts from dreams from the other side of the solar system, projections on the reflective surface of the world. This point is a movement through the multisphere layers of consciousness, where every previous thought has left its mark, both visible and invisible. The photographic solutions used by Kaasik are presented in layers: one surface covers the next, giving translucent results.

But isn’t it so that everything we consider to be something real is only the fruit of our imagination, an illustration of reality created by our own experience? And that is what Toomas Kaasik’s photos make one think about: the hidden side, perception and reality, photorealism and interpretation.

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Päev III
Toomas Kaasik Päev III 1982. author technique 26 x 38 cm (framed) price 300
Toomas Kaasik "U" I 2019. author technique 20 x 29 cm (framed) price 450
Toomas Kaasik "N" XXVII 1987. author technique 19 x 29 cm (framed) price 525
Toomas Kaasik "N" XXVI 1987. author technique 19 x 29 cm (framed) price 525
(sold)
Toomas Kaasik "N" XXV 1987. author technique 29 x 20 cm (framed) price 450
Toomas Kaasik "N" XXIV 1989. author technique 29 x 20 cm (framed) price 450
(sold)
Toomas Kaasik "N" XXI 1988. author technique 29 x 20 cm (framed) price 450
(sold)
Toomas Kaasik "N" XX 1987. author technique 29 x 20 cm (framed) price 450
N XVIII
Toomas Kaasik N XVIII 1989. author technique 29 x 19 cm (framed) price 495
Toomas Kaasik "N" XV 1989. author technique 30 x 22 cm (framed) price 375
Toomas Kaasik "N" XIX 1987. author technique 29 x 20 cm (framed) price 450
Toomas Kaasik "U" III 2019. author technique 19 x 29 cm (framed) price 450
Linnaseeria I
Toomas Kaasik Linnaseeria I 1990. author technique 25 x 37 cm (framed) price 600
Linnaseeria II
Toomas Kaasik Linnaseeria II 1990. author technique 25 x 37 cm (framed) price 600
Päev II
Toomas Kaasik Päev II 1982. author technique 26 x 38 cm (framed) price 300
Päev I
Toomas Kaasik Päev I 1982. author technique 16 x 23 cm (framed) price 300
Linnud IV
Toomas Kaasik Linnud IV 1991. author technique 20 x 27 cm (framed) price 450
N XVII
Toomas Kaasik N XVII 1991. coloured pencil, photo print km 29 x 20 cm (framed) price 650
Linnud III
Toomas Kaasik Linnud III 1991. author technique 20 x 27 cm (framed) price 500
Linnud II
Toomas Kaasik Linnud II 1991. author technique 20 x 27 cm (framed) price 450
Linnud I
Toomas Kaasik Linnud I 1991. author technique 20 x 27 cm (framed) price 450
Linnaseeria V
Toomas Kaasik Linnaseeria V 1990. author technique 25 x 37 cm (framed) price 600
Linnaseeria IV
Toomas Kaasik Linnaseeria IV 1990. author technique 25 x 37 cm (framed) price 600
(sold)Linnaseeria III
Toomas Kaasik Linnaseeria III 1990. author technique 25 x 37 cm (framed) price 600
Toomas Kaasik "N" XIV 1989. author technique 30 x 22 cm (framed) price 375
Toomas Kaasik "N" XII 1988. author technique 30 x 22 cm (framed) price 375
Toomas Kaasik "M" XI 1988. author technique 20 x 29 cm (framed) price 600
M III
Toomas Kaasik M III 1990. author technique 26 x 39 cm (framed) price 450
Toomas Kaasik "M" IX 1982. author technique 26 x 39 cm (framed) price 450
Toomas Kaasik "M" V 1982. author technique 26 x 39 cm (framed) price 450
M II
Toomas Kaasik M II 1988. author technique 26 x 39 cm (framed) price 450
(sold)N XXII
Toomas Kaasik N XXII 1989. km 25 x 38 cm (framed) price 450
Maastik I
Toomas Kaasik Maastik I 1998. km 15 x 38 cm (framed) price 450
(sold)N II
Toomas Kaasik N II 1989. coloured pencil, photo print km 21 x 30 cm (framed) price 300
N I
Toomas Kaasik N I 1987. km 18 x 24 cm (framed) price 265
N III
Toomas Kaasik N III 1987. km 18 x 24 cm (framed) price 265
Toomas Kaasik "M" VI 1982. author technique 25 x 38 cm (framed) price 495
Toomas Kaasik "M" VII 1982. author technique 25 x 38 cm (framed) price 495
M VIII
Toomas Kaasik M VIII 1982. author technique 25 x 38 cm (framed) price 495
Toomas Kaasik "N" XI 1982. author technique 29 x 19 cm (framed) price 495
Toomas Kaasik "N" X 1990. author technique 30 x 22 cm (framed) price 375
Toomas Kaasik "N" VI 1987. author technique 39 x 26 cm (framed) price 450
Toomas Kaasik "N" V 1987. author technique 39 x 26 cm (framed) price 450
Toomas Kaasik "N" IV 1987. author technique 39 x 26 cm (framed) price 450
Toomas Kaasik "M" XIV 1988. author technique 20 x 29 cm (framed) price 525
Toomas Kaasik "M" XIII 1988. author technique 20 x 29 cm (framed) price 600
Toomas Kaasik "M" XII 1988. author technique 20 x 29 cm (framed) price 600
Toomas Kaasik "M" X 1993. author technique 20 x 27 cm (framed) price 450
Toomas Kaasik "M" IV 1982. author technique 26 x 39 cm (framed) price 450
N IV
Toomas Kaasik N IV 1991. coloured pencil, photo print km 25 x 38 cm (framed) price 400