Kris Lemsalu

Kris Lemsalu at the opening of "Birth V – Hi and Bye", Estonian pavilion at Venice biennale, 2019. Photo by Kent Märjamaa, Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art.

Kris Lemsalu (born 1985, Tallinn) is a contemporary artist based in Tallinn, Estonia and Vienna, Austria. She studied art at the Estonian Academy of Arts, the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, and the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Eccentric with color and material, she uses props, costumes, and other natural materials to portray her artwork. In these installations, Lemsalu sculpts an installation that "gives birth to a world of shamanic force, visionary weirdness, and collective revival."[1] By playing with traditions, Lemsalu blurs the origin and scenically removes their dogma.[2] She avoids "concrete labeling, simultaneously showing us the absurdity of as well as the effectiveness of rituals. From this collective transformative euphoria emerges a belief in the possibility of human redemption."[2] "A punk pagan trickster feminist sci-fi shaman, Kris Lemsalu gathers together both collected and crafted objects into totemic sculptures and hallucinatory environments, animated with performances by the artist and her coterie of collaborators;" her work being shown in many places, including Berlin, Copenhagen and Tokyo.[1] In 2015, she participated in Frieze Art Fair New York, where her work Whole Alone 2 was selected among of five best exhibits by the Frieze New York jury.[3]

  1. ^ a b Venezia, Giudecca 211 See on Google Maps (2019-05-03). "Biennale Arte 2019 | Estonia". La Biennale di Venezia. Retrieved 2020-05-15. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b www.dandelion-burdock.com, dandelion & burdock. "Venice Biennale 2019: Kris Lemsalu: Birth V – Hi and Bye". thisistomorrow. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
  3. ^ "When the only way to live is through humour. Interview with Kris Lemsalu". Echo Gone Wrong. 2016-06-15. Retrieved 2020-05-13.