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Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: “The State is Not a Work of Art” is on view at the Tallinn Art Hall in Estonia, through Sunday, April 29. The group exhibition, curated by Katerina Gregos and featuring work by 24 artists, is timed to the centennial anniversary of the Estonian Republic. The show “aims to examine the problematics, contradictions, and ideologies underlying nation and nationalism in the constantly transforming European socio-political landscape,” according to a press release.
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Lise Harlev, My Own Country, 2005, offset print.
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Marina Naprushkina, You are obliged to tell the truth (detail), 2017, video.
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Marta Górnicka, Constitution for the Chorus of Poles (still), 2016, single-channel digital video.
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Marta Górnicka, Constitution for the Chorus of Poles (still), 2016, single-channel digital video.
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Daniela Ortiz, The ABC of Racist Europe (detail), 2017, digital print.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND ÁNGELS BARCELONA GALLERY
Szabolcs KissPál, From Fake Mountains to Faith (Hungarian Trilogy) - The Rise of the Fallen Feather, 2016, digital print on canvas.
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Thomas Locher, UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS Article 15, 1. Everyone has the right to nationality. 2. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality., 2005–6, C-print, Diasec, aluminum frame.
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Cristina Lucas, Vexilology (detail), 2017, photograph.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND GALERIA JUANA DE AIZPURU, MADRID
Daniela Ortiz, The ABC of Racist Europe (detail), 2017, digital print.
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Jaanus Samma, New Year's Boy, 2018, mixed material.
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Katarzyna Przezwanska, Early Polishness, 2017, diorama installation.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND GALERIA DAWID RADZISZEWSKI, POLAND
Kristina Norman, Bring Back My Fire Gods (still), 2018, single-channel digital video with sound.
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Larissa Sansour, Nation Estate (still), 2012, video.
Lise Harlev, Mõtleme oma emakeeles (You think in your own language), 2018, fabric banner, installation view.
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Tanja Muravskaja, from the series "Soldier," 2018, photograph.
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Installation view of "The State is Not a Work of Art," 2018, at Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia.
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Installation view of "The State is Not a Work of Art," 2018, at Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia.
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Installation view of "The State is Not a Work of Art," 2018, at Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia.
©KAREL KOPLIMETS AND TALLINN ART HALL
Installation view of "The State is Not a Work of Art," 2018, at Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia.
©KAREL KOPLIMETS AND TALLINN ART HALL
Installation view of "The State is Not a Work of Art," 2018, at Tallinn Art Hall, Tallinn, Estonia.
©KAREL KOPLIMETS AND TALLINN ART HALL