In case we try to take the easy way out and attempt to classify artists somehow, then one of such doltish classifications could be the following.
There exist artists, who get their inspiration directly from things going on around them and who constantly reflect in their creation their personal fears, joys, doubts, experience.
And there exist artists, for whom art is strictly detached from everyday life and they are diffident of any visitors from the real life. It is claimed that in Estonia artists have since the dawn of times rather been the representatives of the second trend and we usually find from the paintings motifs of the nature, cities, anonymous groups or celebrities than from the artist’s personal life.

Piret Mildeberg definitely belongs into the first group. Her art gets its power from the artist herself. Let us even leave for a second aside the fact that the woman on these works reminds in a suspicious way to a great extent the artist herself and one work depicting a man is reminding of her husband. While being at the exhibition, it is much more important to understand that here is clearly been told one certain story.

While putting it in simple words, it could be a story “of the life of a modern woman”, but why to simplify things? On the pictures are being depicted motifs, which even every toddler could connect to a woman and furthermore – with mother: toys, cookery books, etc. But the skill of Mildeberg does not only lie in the choice of themes and objects, but in the way she interprets her life. Because as soon as the artist has passed a silent decision (this “passing” is certainly not just passing by, but it is conscious activity) that in her creation she is going to talk about herself, she is facing a number of possibilities.

One possibility is to be critical in a modern way, to reflect in an analyzing manner woman’s becoming of an object and a puppet on a string. Another possibility is for example being gently romantic, to weave a so-called poetic pink net around all objects. But Mildeberg’s approach is something completely different – it is something for which it is difficult to find a suitable term, as very different key-words are joined in it.  Here meet mild humour and ancient forces, honest view and warm evaluation.

Yes, Mildeberg tells us about herself, mother and woman. And that’s the way things are: in the first range this exhibition reminds us of talking, telling a story. In an Astrid-Lindgren-manner is unfolded in front of us a sincere and direct story of everyday life. In a strange manner we could notice that these most common and sincere talks are the longest, most interesting and – the deepest ones.

Exhibition will be open until August, 25.
Mon-Fri  9.00 AM- 6.00 PM