Give up, and leave all behind VI€4,200 · Artrovert ↗
Give up, and leave all behind VIII€4,200 · Artrovert ↗
1987– · Estonian artist (born 1987)
Artrovert; Eesti Kunsti Oksjonid; Osta Noort Kunsti; Tartu Kunstimuuseum; Vaal galerii
trained at Estonian Academy of Arts · trained at University of Tartu
Mihkel Ilus, view to exhibition "Up to a Point" with Árpád Forgó, curated by Gábor Pintér at Klaipėda Culture Communication Center (KKKC), 2024. Photo by: Gediminas Sass Mihkel Ilus (1987) is visual artist, who works in the expanded field of painting. Often, he makes large installations to which a painterly approach is central. An important part of his oeuvre is made up of an intertwining critical approach to contemporary exhibition culture and performance art. Lately, he has been focusing on the effect of object-based art in the settings of the black box and white cube. One of his first painting-critical exhibitions was “Robusto” (2013), in which he exhibited constructive architectonic objects, from which expressive canvas surfaces were robustiously clinging on. Seldom aesthetic methods and similar treatment of canvas was continued in the series “First Method” (2014), in which Ilus experimented with ornamental and other decorative intentions on stripped frames. His master thesis’ project “Outlet Workspace” (2015) progressed from the surface of the canvas by exhibiting a voluminous installation made of fluorescent lamps. The found-situationist work, derived from the former factory’s conditions and material memory, followed the same compositional notions as tension, rhythm, figure, surface, contour, which are used for describing a painting, allowing to understand “painting” and “painterly” much more freely.
5 auction lots · 2 sold · 2021–2026 · €750 – €1,300 · 4 offered, result not published — as the auction houses published them; not a valuation
2 works at Artrovert, €4,200. Prices as the galleries state them.
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Similar artists — same period, media and subjects: Mirjam Hinn · Anatoli Strahhov · Mihkel Maripuu · Andro Kööp · Margus Meinart · Eduard Zentšik
Also trained at University of Tartu: Richard Uutmaa · Peeter Allik · Eerik Haamer · Siim-Tanel Annus · Maire Männik
Also trained at Estonian Academy of Arts: Eduard Wiiralt · Evald Okas · Andrus Johani · Johann Naha · Leonhard Lapin
Contemporaries in Tartu Kunstimuuseum: Jevgeni Zolotko · Viktoriia Berezina · Anna Kaarma · Keiu Maasik · Anna Hõbemäe
By decade: 2010s · 2020s
By medium: Painting · Other
Where the works are: Tartu Art Museum
| Year | Title | Technique | Dimensions | Held by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Esimene meetod I | mixed technique | laius: 80.0 cm; kõrgus: 120.0 cm | Tartu Kunstimuuseum |
| 2014 | Esimene meetod II | mixed technique | laius: 80.0 cm; kõrgus: 120.0 cm | Tartu Kunstimuuseum |
| 2014 | Esimene meetod III | mixed technique | laius: 80.0 cm; kõrgus: 120.0 cm | Tartu Kunstimuuseum |
| 2014 | Esimene meetod IV | mixed technique | laius: 100.0 cm; kõrgus: 120.0 cm | Tartu Kunstimuuseum |
| 2021 | Soultrain | Reljeefvärv and acrylic on canvas | 120 x 140 cm | Osta Noort Kunsti · Osta Noort Kunsti 1. oksjon · Result not published |
| 2022 | NEU/ROOS_TERAV/MOON_PIIRI/TULP | Oil on canvas | 60 x 50 cm | Osta Noort Kunsti · Osta Noort Kunsti 3. oksjon · Result not published |
| 2022 | Parketikõlbulikkus | oil, canvas | 120 x 140 cm | Vaal galerii · Vaal galerii sügisoksjon 2022 · Unsold |
| 2022 | Володимир | Struktuurvärv on canvas | 220 x 160 cm | Osta Noort Kunsti · Osta Noort Kunsti 2. oksjon · Result not published |
| 2023 | Give up, and leave all behind VI | author’s technique on veneer | 100 × 120 cm | Artrovert |
| 2023 | Give up, and leave all behind VIII | the author’s technique on veneer | 120 × 100 cm | Artrovert |
| 2023 | Kompulsioon | Acrylic, alküüd mdf on panel | 90 x 90 cm | Osta Noort Kunsti · Osta Noort Kunsti 4. oksjon · Result not published |
| 2023 | O_1 | alküüdemail, aerosool, plywood | 100 x 120 x 5 cm | Vaal galerii · Vaal galerii sügisoksjon 2023 · Unsold |
| 2023 | O_2 | alküüdemail, aerosool, plywood | 100 x 120 x 5 cm | Vaal galerii · Vaal galerii sügisoksjon 2023 · Unsold |
| 2023 | ’für Laine S.’, II | Ofset-lithograph | 97 x 62 cm | Eesti Kunsti Oksjonid · EKL 2. päev — Graafika ja Maalid · Sold €750 |
| 2026 | Exitus XI | vitraaž, valguskast | 16 x 31 x 5 cm | Vaal galerii · Vaal galerii kevadoksjon 2026 · Sold €1,300 |
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