Tanja Muravskaja

1978–
Eesti Kunsti Oksjonid; Eesti Kunstimuuseum; NOBA; Tartu Kunstimuuseum; Vaal galerii

Tanja Murasvkaja (1978) works with photo, video, and installation, focusing mainly on questions of identity in Estonian society, influenced by historic processes and global developments. Muravskaja is well known for her series of portraits, one of the earliest of which, “Positions” (2007), juxtaposes young Estonian artists with young Estonian Neo-Nazis – the first group wearing nothing but the Estonian flag covering their bodies, the second standing to attention next to the national flag. The series of portraits, “They, who sang together” (2008), and the exhibition of the same title, depicts politicians and key figures of the Singing Revolution and the Popular Front of Estonia. The close-ups show, on the one hand, how people have aged, but also raises the question of what has become of the new republic of Estonia that had its beginnings in the Singing Revolution of the 1980s. Muravskaja continues with a closely related theme in “Lucky Losers” (2009), presenting video portraits of real, imaginary, and potential local Russian leaders on a black background. The portrait series “Estonian race” (2010) shows young men, although without a hint to their names or social background. With this the artist speculates on the identity of “a typical Estonian” and asks if a “race” of such kind actually exists. She continues exploring nationality and race in the series “Our Own” (2017), that depicts NATO soldiers sent to serve in Estonia. The series focused on national security, the impact of political conflicts on the sense of self, and the creation of contemporary identities in the changing geopolitical reality. In the two-channel video work “Three sisters” (2015), Muravskaja interviewed her cousins who live in two different information spaces after the political and military conflict flared up in Ukraine. The video shows ideological differences between close relatives, and its permeation in the private sphere, fuelling conflict. “Three sisters” centres on a question of ethics: how to refrain from offending your family, making enemies of your sisters, insulting viewers' convictions, how to stay true to oneself and stand your ground.

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2015 · NOBA

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Similar artists — same period, media and subjects: Karel Koplimets · Toomas Volkmann · Herkki Erich Merila · Na Kim · Malev Toom · Martin Lazarev

Contemporaries in Tartu Kunstimuuseum: Margus Tamm · Indrek Grigor · Eesti Litograafiakeskus · Tõnu Tamm · Mariliin Kindsiko

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

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