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Raivo Korstnik. Red Kunda

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Järvi Pust, gallerist at Haus Gallery

Raivo Korstnik (1932–1992) is definitely a phenomenon by himself on the Estonian art scene. Precisely “by himself”, as on one side he was known and respected in the art circles, but on the other, the exhibitions he participated in during his lifetime can be counted on one hand. Having graduated from the State Art Institute of the Estonian SSR in 1957, in addition to his creative work he was active in several fields that were connected, in one way or another (either as an artist at Estonian National Television or the Tallinn Cinema Studio), to art, but it was his teaching work (Tallinn Culture University, Tallinn Pedagogical Institute, the State Art Institute of the Estonian SSR) that was the most important thing to him during his life. His most prolific creative period was definitely the 1960s, when he developed his signature style as an artist.

On the picture: Raivo Korstnik. Red Kunda

While the Raivo Korstnik’s topic matter, painting style and technique were, on the one hand, lyrical and respectful of tradition, we also see expressive composition with colour schemes reaching their boiling point, which also became his absolute trademark. Red Kunda treads cheerfully somewhere between the uncharted area between the “Severe Style” and pop art. Like a mischievous, chuckling child, the artist has taken the solemn industrial landscape and presents to us a spectacular cityscape with lush colour and a sophisticated rhythm of lines that are otherwise only seen in animated films. He has taken great pleasure in the formation of different planes, forms and perspectives. Instead of an ode to the production of concrete, industrial progress and the exceeding of quotas, the result is a dynamic and vibrant play with avant-gardism.

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