1984– · Estonian artist (born 1984)
Artrovert; Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseum; Eesti Kunsti Oksjonid; Eesti Kunstimuuseum; Kogo galerii; Tallinna Linnamuuseum
Paul Kuimet (1984) explores a world in his work that can only be experienced through a camera lens. He creates photo installations and films, which he shoots on 16 mm film. His practice centres on modernist forms and materials such as steel and glass, examining their relationship to the development of capitalism since the mid-19th century. One of Kuimet’s earliest photo series – “In Vicinity” (2010) – presents a personal and collective experience of the 21st-century Estonian landscape. The series also captures new residential districts, where middle-class dreams meet relentless emptiness. In the exhibition “Viewfinders” (2011) at Tallinn Art Hall, Kuimet continued to explore questions surrounding the urban environment and the formation of its identity, placing the viewer at the heart of contradictions between objects, landscapes, and place names. As a documenter of the urban environment, he has also contributed to the book “Notes on Space: Estonian Monumental Painting 1879–2012”, which records local art history. The photographs published in the book combine a cool style, arithmetic clarity, and conceptual romanticism. Kuimet’s films “2060”, “Exposure”, and “Golden Home”, produced between 2014 and 2017, express an interest in modernist forms. “Golden Home” originated from photographs depicting a terraced house named Kuldne Kodu (Estonian for Golden Home), built in the 1970s by the Pärnu KEK construction company (architect Toomas Rein). The film was inspired by the architectural similarity – but ideological contrast – between this building and a nearby apartment block built in the 2000s. Both films are defined by their dialogue with space, use of continuous repetition, and a meditative rhythm. The exhibition “Late Afternoon”, held at the Tallinn City Gallery in 2016, examined reflections in architecture and interiors, the shifting qualities of light, and the subtleties of modernist experience of space. The works explored the viewer’s relationship with both real and photographed environments, as well as with movement and stillness. A highlight of the exhibition was “Perspective Study”, which featured reflections of the Atomium building, constructed in Brussels in 1958. The piece also connected to Kuimet’s ongoing interest in modernist utopias and their everyday manifestations. His films and photographs captured office spaces emptied at the end of the workday, where anonymous furniture, piles of documents, and a solitary potted plant on a windowsill combined to evoke a world that is at once ordinary and aestheticised.
3 auction lots · 1 sold · 2023–2026 · €1,300 — as the auction houses published them; not a valuation
8 works at Artrovert, Kogo galerii, €7,500–€8,680. Prices as the galleries state them.
Suite 2
Suite 3
Suite 4
Suite 1 (blue diagonal)
Photo book “Compositions with Passing Time“
A Brief History of Scaffolding 11 (Tallinn, Vabriku)
A Brief History of Scaffolding 13 (Tallinn dust)
A Brief History of Scaffolding 14 (Tallinn, Jahu)Follow new works for sale (RSS)
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A Brief History of Scaffolding 11 (Tallinn, Vabriku)A Brief History of Scaffolding 13 (Tallinn dust)A Brief History of Scaffolding 14 (Tallinn, Jahu)Suite 1 (blue diagonal)Suite 2Suite 3Suite 4Photo book “Compositions with Passing Time“8 works with a picture; the first 8 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.
Similar artists — same period, media and subjects: Karel Koplimets · Mark Raidpere · Anatoli Strahhov · Kristiina Hansen · Annika Haas · Kristel Sergo
By decade: 2010s · 2020s
By medium: Photograph · Other
Where the works are: Tallinn City Museum · Art Museum of Estonia · Tartu Art Museum
| Year | Title | Technique | Dimensions | Held by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2060 | filmimine | tiraaž: 5.0 tk (1/5 + 2 AP) | Eesti Kunstimuuseum |
| 2021 | A Brief History of Scaffolding 11 (Tallinn, Vabriku) | C-print (framed), 1/6, Edition 6 + 2 AP, 2021 | 48 × 48 cm | Kogo galerii |
| 2021 | A Brief History of Scaffolding 13 (Tallinn dust) | C-print (framed), 2/6, Edition of 6 + 2 AP, 2021 | 48 × 48 cm | Kogo galerii |
| 2021 | A Brief History of Scaffolding 14 (Tallinn, Jahu) | C-print (framed), 1/6, Edition 6 + 2 AP, 2021 | 48 × 48 cm | Kogo galerii |
| 2021 | Photo book “Compositions with Passing Time“ | Kogo galerii | ||
| 2022 | Mis on olla see, kes sa ei ole I 1/1 | raamitud assemblage, C-print alumiiniumkomposiidil, taimelehed, epoksiidvaik | 70 x 55 cm | Vaal galerii · Vaal galerii sügisoksjon 2023 · Unsold |
| 2022 | Mis on olla see, kes sa ei ole II 1/1 | raamitud assemblage, C-print alumiiniumkomposiidil, taimelehed, epoksiidvaik | 70 x 55 cm | Vaal galerii · Vaal galerii sügisoksjon 2023 · Unsold |
| 2023 | Study for After Untitled (Perfect Lovers) | Kromogeennee värvifoto (c-print) | 60 x 49 cm | Eesti Kunsti Oksjonid · EKL 2. päev — Graafika ja Maalid · Sold €1,300 |
| 2026 | Suite 1 (blue diagonal) | chromogenic color photograph | 138 × 138 cm | Artrovert |
| 2026 | Suite 2 | chromogenic color photograph | 138 × 138 cm | Artrovert |
| 2026 | Suite 3 | chromogenic color photograph | 138 × 138 cm | Artrovert |
| 2026 | Suite 4 | chromogenic color photograph | 138 × 138 cm | Artrovert |
| — | Rotermanni soolaladu, Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseum, Ahtri 2, Tallinn. Arhitekt Ernst Boustedt | Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseum | ||
| — | Rotermanni soolaladu, Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseum, Ahtri 2, Tallinn. Arhitekt Ernst Boustedt | Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseum | ||
| — | Rotermanni soolaladu, Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseum, Ahtri 2, Tallinn. Arhitekt Ernst Boustedt | Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseum | ||
| — | Rotermanni soolaladu, Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseum, Ahtri 2, Tallinn. Arhitekt Ernst Boustedt | Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseum | ||
| — | Rotermanni soolaladu, Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseum, Ahtri 2, Tallinn. Interjöörivaade. Arhitekt Ernst Boustedt | Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseum | ||
| — | Tallinna Lennujaama ooteala - sisevaade | digitaalfotograafia | Tallinna Linnamuuseum | |
| — | Väike tamm I | kromogeenmenetlus; värvifotograafia | Tartu Kunstimuuseum | |
| — | Öine talvine vaade üle vanalinna - esiplaanil Laia tänava algus, taustal Tallinna laht | digitaalfotograafia | Tallinna Linnamuuseum |
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