Sigrid Viir

1979– · Estonian artist (born 1979)
Eesti Kaasaegse Kunsti Muuseum; Eesti Kunsti Oksjonid; Eesti Kunstimuuseum; Kogo galerii; Tartu Kunstimuuseum; Temnikova & Kasela

Sigrid Viir, A Sea of Gigs. Pigment print on acrylic, 62 x 60 cm, beech frame, series of 10 + 1 photos in a collage technique, glass, 110 x 80 cm, straps, 2021. The landscape photo used in the collages is from “The Sea”, Robert C. Miller, 1966, photo by: Ray Atkeson Sigrid Viir (1979) is a photo and installation artist. Her work often addresses unspoken rules and morals, while also questioning the nature and limitations of the medium of photography. Viir has said that as an artist she values questioning things that are taken to be self-evident and examining behavioural patterns and the self in both a public and private context. In her earlier work Viir explored unspoken rules, expectations or taboos in society, using the motif of family. In her photo series “Postcard for Grandparents” (2007) the artist examined a social stereotype and also highlighted her own unwillingness to adhere to it. The series, made up of pairs of images that juxtapose, on the one hand, a family sitting on the sofa at home and, on the other, a young woman (embodied by the artist), photographed in the same surroundings. With this Viir pointed to the societal expectation that at a certain age women should start a family. Presenting an alternative perspective was her protest against this expectation. In 2009, together with Karel Koplimets and Taaniel Raudsepp, Viir founded the artist collective Visible Solutions LLC. The aim of the enterprise was to bring together the operating mechanics of art and economy, find new methods to create symbolic and real capital, and transgress that to the context of the creative economy. One of their more prominent works is performance- and photo-series “Hoisting the Banner”, in which the group members impose a new power relation with their theatrical composition. The banners always include a national flag and the “invisible hand”, referring to the philosopher and economist Adam Smith. In 2012 Visible Solutions LLC participated at the 9th Manifesta Biennial.

1 auction lots · 1 sold · 2026 · €1,900 — as the auction houses published them; not a valuation

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Object No. 2 Translated in to a Photograph
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2021 · shown at Temnikova & Kasela10_Sigrid_Viir_08.05.2020
2021 · shown at Temnikova & Kasela06_Sigrid_Viir_01.05.2020
2021 · shown at Temnikova & KaselaCompromise no: RXP-1209-18 from series "Routinecrusher"
2011 · shown at Temnikova & KaselaHans_55 (Marquee)
2016 · shown at Temnikova & KaselaHans_55 (Move)
2016 · shown at Temnikova & KaselaSweet Smiles and Golf Clubs (Leg)
2016 · shown at Temnikova & KaselaSweet Smiles and Golf Clubs (Nose)
2016 · shown at Temnikova & KaselaSweet Smiles and Golf Clubs (Cactus)
2016 · shown at Temnikova & Kasela12_Sigrid_Viir_13.05.2020
2021 · shown at Temnikova & KaselaObject No. 2 Translated in to a Photograph
2022 · Kogo galeriiOffice Sweet Home (All You Can Work Buffet)
2019 · Kogo galeriiObject no: 5
2021 · shown at Temnikova & KaselaObject no: 4
2021 · shown at Temnikova & KaselaObject no: 3
2021 · shown at Temnikova & KaselaObject no: 2
2021 · shown at Temnikova & KaselaObject no: 1
2021 · shown at Temnikova & Kasela

17 works with a picture; the first 17 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: Anu Vahtra · Kristina Õllek · Krista Mölder · Ove Maidla · Annika Haas · Raul Keller

Contemporaries in Eesti Kunstimuuseum: Erki Kasemets · Brit Pavelson · Kristi Kongi · Aime Kuulbusch-Mölder · Sten Saarits

By decade: 2000s · 2010s · 2020s
By medium: Photograph · Other · Print · Installation
Where the works are: Art Museum of Estonia · Tartu Art Museum

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