Miljard Kilk

Sündinud / born 1957

Leda. 2015

Oil, canvas. 110 x 86.5 cm (framed)
price 11 800


Miljard Kilk "Leda"

Who was Leda? A beautiful princess from ancient Greek mythology, with beautiful black hair and white skin, who became the queen of Sparta. In mythology, on the basis of which she has been portrayed by many artists over the centuries, Leda was associated with the swan, i.e. Zeus, the arch-god transformed into a swan. From this seduction was born the beautiful Helen, the cause of the Trojan War. 

In Miljard Kilk’s version, there is a surreal subconscious process going on here, where the swan (the pinnacle of power and politics) and Leda (the beautiful queen) look at the viewer rather than at each other, as in many paintings on the same theme. Leda has the head of a night owl and the body of a real woman, not a body painted after an ancient Greek ideal sculpture. A scarlet devil steals the limelight and there is a blue devil in the background. The scarlet rose in Leda’s hand suggests passion. The powerful symbols of the subconscious here seem to derive more from Sigmund Freud’s theory of dreaming, subconscious desires and urges, and the censors that guard them. The theatrical, dramatic scene was created by Miljard Kilk as an artist who has worked in theatre and film, and who had a major survey exhibition at the Estonian National Museum in Tartu in 2022. 


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Appearance in auctions

Leda
Miljard Kilk
Leda
2015. Oil, canvas 110 x 86.5 cm (framed)
ESTONIAN ART AUCTION - 1966 TO PRESENT Haus Gallery 07.05.2023
13 000
Final price:
Play
Miljard Kilk
Play
1994. Oli, canvas 115 x 155 cm (not framed)
CONTEMPORARY ART CLASSICS Haus Gallery 30.10.2022
11 500
Final price: 11 500
Pikk Jalg Street
Miljard Kilk
Pikk Jalg Street
2014. oil, canvas 82 x 127 cm (not framed)
ESTONIAN MODERN ART CLASSICS AUCTION - FALL 2021 Haus Gallery 13.11.2021
5 200
Final price: 6 100
Don't Kill Me, I'm...
Miljard Kilk
Don't Kill Me, I'm...
1986. Oil, canvas 123 x 150.5 cm (framed)
EESTI MOODSA KUNSTI KLASSIKA OKSJON Haus Gallery 08.05.2021
7 700
Final price: 8 000
Citizens Have Exited onto the Streets
Miljard Kilk
Citizens Have Exited onto the Streets
1992. Oil, canvas 110 x 120 cm (framed)
AUTUMN 2020 Haus Gallery 30.10.2020
12 000
Final price: 12 000
(sold)"> (sold)Vanalinna motiiv
Miljard Kilk
Vanalinna motiiv
2002. 104 x 82.5 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery's anniversary auction Haus Gallery 03.11.2017
3 400
Final price:

Appearance in exhibitions

Spring
Miljard Kilk
Spring
2008. Oil on canvas 124 x 98 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY Haus Gallery 08.03.2024

(sold)"> (sold)Diana and Actaeon
Miljard Kilk
Diana and Actaeon
2006. Oil, canvas 132.5 x 173 cm (framed)
HAUS GALLERY Haus Gallery 16.01.2024

Leda
Miljard Kilk
Leda
2015. Oil, canvas 110 x 86.5 cm (framed)
Haus Gallery 24.01.2023-06.02.2023
price: 15 000
Fööniks
Miljard Kilk
Fööniks
2017. oil, canvas 154 x 140 cm (not framed)
Miljard Kilk Haus Gallery 26.09.2017-21.10.1999
price: 12 000
Lambakarjus
Miljard Kilk
Lambakarjus
2016. 126 x 146 cm (not framed)
Miljard Kilk Haus Gallery 26.09.2017-21.10.1999
price: 14 000
Leda
Miljard Kilk
Leda
2015. Oil, canvas 110 x 86.5 cm (framed)
Miljard Kilk Haus Gallery 26.09.2017-21.10.1999
price: 10 000
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