Temnikova & Kasela gallery, presents Kaido Ole's solo exhibition MDF, metal, rubber & paint on Friday, 20 January, at 6 pm.

Kaido Ole, Composition with Melted Aluminium I, mixed technique on MDF board, 120×120 cm, 2022

Kaido Ole MDF, metal, rubber & paint 21 January – 12 March 2023 opening 20 January, 6 pm   Temnikova & Kasela gallery is pleased to invite you to the opening of Kaido Ole's solo exhibition MDF, metal, rubber & paint on Friday, 20 January, at 6 pm.    The exhibition consists of abstract works created by the artist during the last three years.   A certain pleasure taken from using different materials, or at least putting them to a test, was part of Ole's work also in the 90s. At the time, above all, this was evident in the choice of the base material of the painting; for example, in the use of large and small or white planks and small plywood or MDF. Now, some of the materials have found their way from the base to the foreground and are no longer merely materials but, having become almost main characters, demand another kind of attention. At the same time, other materials and identifiable objects are created using other means and are mediated virtually – these have been depicted. This seems to cancel out the abstract in Ole's work but only at first glance, because all depicted or positioned elements, identifiable or not, are in some sort of rivalry and it is precisely in this relationship that the abstract is expressed in these paintings. –Marten Esko   Kaido Ole (b. 1963) lives and works in Tallinn. He studied design and painting at the Estonian Academy of Arts (1982-1992) and has worked at the Academy as a drawing and painting teacher and as a professor in the painting department (2003-2010). He has been a freelance artist from 2010 onwards, having been featured at exhibitions since 1989. In 2003, he represented Estonia at the 50th Venice Biennale, appearing together with Marko Mäetamm under the alias John Smith.   A selection of recent solo and group exhibitions includes "Counting to Ten" at CSW Centre of Contemporary Art, Toruń (2022/2023); "A Sparrow in the Hand", with Benjamin Badock, Tallinn Art Hall Gallery (2020); a solo retrospective "Dance at the Lonely Hearts Club" in Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga (2019); “Related by Sister Languages. Estonian-Hungarian Contemporary Art Exhibition”, Ludwig Museum, Budapest (2018); "Blind Date", Triumph Gallery, Moscow (2017); "Nogank Hoparniis", Tallinn Art Hall (2016); "The New Building", Tartu Art Museum; "The Meaning of Life", with Marko Mäetamm, FUGA, Budapest (2015); "Freaks", Tallinn Art Hall Gallery; "Typical Individuals", Tartu Art Museum; "100 Painters of Tomorrow", One Art Space, New York (2014); "...oh, and also...", Temnikova & Kasela, Tallinn (2013); "Archaeology and the Future of Estonian Art Scenes", Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn; "2003-2011", Novy Museum, Saint Petersburg; "Handsome Hero and Plenty of Still Lifes", Kumu Art Museum; "Collection of Desires. Privatized Art", Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn (2012).

Current exhibitions   Edith Karlson, Jaanus Samma Still Lifes on National Motifs Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design, Tallinn until 22 January   Edith Karlson, Merike Estna Is There Hope for Lovely Creatures? Tallinn Art Hall’s Lasnamäe Pavilion until 5 February   Inga Meldere Archaeologists of Memory: Vitols Contemporary Art Collection Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn until 9 April Jaanus Samma, Kris Lemsalu And I Trust You Salon Dahlmann, Berlin until 25 March   Jaanus Samma The Latvian Collection Malmö Art Museum, Sweden until 16 April   Kaido Ole Counting to Ten CSW – Centre of Contemporary Art 'Znaki Czasu', Toruń, Poland until 5 February   Katja Novitskova Museum Ludwig, Cologne - History of a Collection with Civic Commitments MoMAK – The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto until 22 January   Katja Novitskova Where Shall We Plant the Placenta? A Tale of A Tub, Rotterdam until 22 January   Katja Novitskova Conditioned Movement Moderna Museet Malmö until 29 January   Katja Novitskova present perfect. New Acquisitions of the Collection of Contemporary Art of the Federal Republic of Germany Museum Gunzenhauser, Chemnitz, Germany until 12 February   Kris Lemsalu Je Veux, Vienna 1975–2022, Galerie Meyer Kainer Kunst Meyer Kainer, Vienna until 28 January   Kris Lemsalu THE FEST: Between Representation and Revolt MAK Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna until 7 May   Upcoming exhibitions   Kaarel Kurismaa Esther Shipper gallery, Berlin opening on 20 January, 5–8 pm Kris Lemsalu Earth Spells: Witches of the Anthropocene RAMM – Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, United Kingdom open from 11 February     Follow us on Instagram and Facebook   Kai Art Center building Peetri 12, 10415 Tallinn Wed–Sun 1–6 pm or by appointment t        +372 640 5770  e       info@temnikova.ee    w      www.temnikova.ee #temnikovagallery#fineartmagazine#fineartfun