1983– · Estonian sculptor (born 1983) Eesti Kaasaegse Kunsti Muuseum; Eesti Kunstiakadeemia muuseum; Eesti Kunstimuuseum; Tartu Kunstimuuseum; Temnikova & Kasela; Vaal galerii
trained at Estonian Academy of Arts
Edith Karlson (1983) is a sculptor who is mostly working with large-scale installations. The figures in Karlson's work evoke the duality encoded within working as an artist and also being a member of society. Frequently creating animal forms and anthropomorphic figures, she approaches humans as animalistic beings whose impulses, wants, and desires are hidden beneath their morals.
(2016), consisting of 100 animal figures and rabbit droppings, Karlson moved from massive large-volume sculptures to demanding small forms and ceramics, looking closer at the laws of nature and the food chain.
(2012-2013) reflected on people’s (and the artist’s) personal doubts about the world around them. This series can be seen as the artist’s method for dealing with conflict in everyday life, and potential dramatic scenarios. For example,
(2013) presented a plaster cast army of child-size ghosts, which simultaneously referred to fears from childhood but also to the anxiety of adulthood, emerging after Karlson’s 30th birthday. The exhibition.
3 auction lots · 1 sold · 2023–2024 · €3,000 — as the auction houses published them; not a valuation
36 works with a picture; the first 21 here, all in the catalogue. Pictures for public-domain works, live gallery listings and the works galleries and artists show on their own pages, from those servers.
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Museum records from MuIS and the EKM Digital Collection; gallery stock from the galleries' own catalogues; auction results as Haus Galerii, Vernissage, Allee galerii, Vaal galerii, E-Kunstisalong, Eesti Kunsti Oksjonid and Kunstikoda published them, and the lots Osta Noort Kunsti offered (it publishes no results). Full catalogue · Corrections, removals, questions: info@museaal.ee · Privacy
What Happens in Family, Stays in Family
Vox Populi
Return to Innocence
Past and Future
Doomsday
Sisters
Weather series
Drama is in Your Head
What Happens in the Family, Stays in the Family
What Happens in Family, Stays in Family. Mama
Can't See
Hora Lupi /neanderthals and snake/
Hora Lupi /sleeping dog/
The Storks are Leaving
Hora Lupi /female figures/
Hora Lupi III - terracotta series
Hora Lupi II - terracotta series
Hora Lupi I - terracotta series
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