1985– · Estonian artist (born 1985) Eesti Kunsti Oksjonid; Eesti Kunstimuuseum; Tartu Kunstimuuseum; Temnikova & Kasela
trained at Estonian Academy of Arts
Flo Kasearu (1985) is an artist whose work brings together performative practices with video, painting, drawing, sculpture and installation, and explores themes like domestic violence, small businesses, unemployment, gender, identity, freedom, patriotism, nationalism and the oppositions of public and private space. In her art, Kasearu reacts to social and political processes with a fine sense of humour. She often uses biographical material as the basis for her works.
In one of her first performances, “Estonian Sculpture” (2005), Kasearu stood on a podium in a gallery, dressed in Estonian national dress, with a sign hanging from her neck “I am dead”, as a marker of her fears regarding her identity and the fate of her country. In the video “Mulgi Travels” (2007), a woman in Estonian national dress introduces Estonia in Berlin. The main character in the video acts like a self-appointed diplomat, with the duty of introducing her home country to the people she meets in the street. Acting like a sales agent, her actions evoke Estonia as a company operating according to the logic of the market. In the video “Estonian dream” (2011), Kasearu looks at the idea of patriotism and discusses being home sick, and being a hostage in your own home. The protagonist of the video is a great example of in-betweenness: she wants to be here and elsewhere, home and away from home.
In 2013 Flo Kasearu founded a house museum, a site specific and continuously developing thematic exposition of the artist’s work in her own home. The house museum is an artwork and a conceptual project, encompassing the Pebre Street house in its entirety, from basement to attic, and also her garden. For example, as part of the Gwangju Biennale, Kasearu invited a professional gardener to create a traditional Korean style garden in her backyard. “Korean garden” (2016) is the most extensive installation in the museum, and one of the few of its kind in Europe. Since Kasearu mostly works at home, her art addressed current everyday themes. For example, she has created several site-specific works in the museum, looking at issues of building ownership – “Nightmares of the house owner” and “Ars Longa Vita Brevis” (both 2013).
Kasearu’s work also features a playful approach to spatial studies. For example, she conducted guided tours in her home and house museum, designed to shift people’s perception of private and public spaces. A similar approach is evident in the work titled “Party next door” (2014) and the participatory performance “Members only” at the Performa Biennial (2017). Kasearu notably addressed.
1 auction lots · 1 sold · 2026 · €14,100 — as the auction houses published them; not a valuation
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Renewable Energy I
Renewable Energy II
Hedges Having a Row
Hedges Having a Row select
International Fun
Uprising 22
Basic Pride
Startup 6
Startup 4
Startup 5
Startup 1
Startup 7
Hairy Towels
Disorder Patrol, shirt
Disorder Patrol, hat
Soap For a Lifetime