„Mina metamorfoosid. Henn Roode autoportreed“
Schedule
Sat Nov 01 2025 at 11:00 am to 06:00 pm
UTC+02:00Location
Raekoja plats 18, 51004 Tartu, Estonia | Tartu, TA
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-English below-Tartu Kunstimuuseumis 1. novembril avaneval näitusel eksponeeritakse silmapaistva Eesti modernisti Henn Roode (1924–1974) ulatuslikku ja omanäolist autoportreede pärandit.
Tartu Riiklikus Kunstiinstituudis (1944–1949) ja hiljem ENSV Riiklikus Kunstiinstituudis (1956–1959) õppinud Roode kujutas iseennast järjekindlalt läbi elu – sealhulgas ka Karagandõ vangilaagris veedetud aastatel (1950–1956). Tema vähemalt kuuekümnest maalist ja saja kuuekümnest joonistusest koosnev autoportreede kogum on mastaabilt ainulaadne mitte ainult Eesti kunstis, vaid ka rahvusvahelises kunstiloos.
Kui peegelpilt on kunstnikule kõige kättesaadavam ja vähenõudlikum modell, siis Roode puhul oli autoportree ühtlasi vormiliste ja sisuliste eksperimentide lähtepunkt. Eriti tähelepanuväärne on 1965. aasta paiku alustatud modernistlike autoportreede sari, milles radikaalsed deformatsioonid ja sõltumatus traditsioonilistest kujutamisviisidest viitavad otsekui teadlaslikule lähenemisele nii näole kui ka selle taha jäävale isiksusele. Roode kui veendunud modernisti jaoks olid vormiküsimused alati ka sisulised – ja vastupidi.
Henn Roode autoportreede kõrval saab näitusel näha ka tema koolikaaslaste, nn Tartu sõpruskonna kunstnike autoportreesid. Erilise tähenduse saab Roode teoste võrdlus ta sõbra Ülo Soosteri samavõrd hulljulgete enesejäädvustustega. Paljusid eksponeeritavaid teoseid näidatakse avalikkusele esmakordselt.
Teosed pärinevad kunstniku perekonna kogudest Eestis ja Rootsis, samuti Tartu Kunstimuuseumi, Eesti Kunstimuuseumi ning mitmete erakollektsionääride kogudest.
Näitust saadab kataloog Henn Roode elu ja loomingut käsitlevate artiklitega, tütre mälestustega isast ning rohke pildimaterjaliga.
Kuraator: Tõnis Tatar
Kujundaja: Peeter Krosmann
Graafiline disainer: Katrin Nõu
Koordinaator: Rene Kriisa
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ENGLISH
"Metamorphoses of the Self. Henn Roode’s Self-Portraits"
01.11.2025–01.02.2026
On 1 November Tartu Art Museum will open an exhibition focusing on the many distinctive self-portraits made by the remarkable Estonian modernist painter Henn Roode (1924–1974).
Having studied in the Tartu State Art Institute (1944–1949) and later the State Art Institute of the ESSR (1956–1959), Roode consistently painted self-portraits throughout his life, including while in a prison camp in Karaganda (1950–1956). The sheer number of his self-portraits, at least sixty paintings and one hundred and sixty drawings, is unique not only in Estonian but also in international art.
Although oneself is the most easily accessible and the least demanding model an artist can have, for Roode the self-portrait was also the starting point for experiments in form and content. Especially remarkable is the series of modernist self-portraits made from around 1965 onwards, whose radical deformations and independence from traditions of pictorial depiction reflect an almost scientific approach to both the face and the personality behind it. For Roode, a dyed-in-the-wool modernist, questions of form were always questions of content, and vice versa.
Next to Henn Roode’s self-portraits will be exhibited a selection of self-portraits from his schoolmates, artists who formed the so-called Tartu Circle. Of particular significance is the comparison of Roode’s works with the equally radical self-portraits of his friend Ülo Sooster. Many of the works on display are being shown to the public for the first time ever.
The works are provided courtesy of the artist’s family in both Estonia and Sweden, as well as from the collections of the Tartu Art Museum, the Art Museum of Estonia and several private collectors.
The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue with articles on Henn Roode’s life and work, reflections on the artist by his daughter, and reproductions of a wide selection of Roode’s works.
Curator: Tõnis Tatar
Exhibition design: Peeter Krosmann
Graphic design: Katrin Nõu
Coordinator: Rene Kriisa
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