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Lost Summer Skies: Kristi Kongi & Tõnis Saadoja

Past exhibition
3 May - 6 July 2024
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Lost Summer Skies, Kristi Kongi & Tõnis Saadoja

Pontone Gallery is excited to present an inaugural exhibition by Estonian artists, Kristi Kongi and Tõnis Saadoja. Mid-career and with prestigious curriculum vitae, they are academic colleagues at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Both are painters but work in distinct ways that are quite different from each other. For this exhibition, each artist has generated work on the theme of the sky and its symbolic significance within the Baltic and Estonian cultural context.

Kristi Kongi makes paintings and site-specific installations. Her work is rooted in a formal exploration of light, colour and space, initiated by her memories and experiences of significant landscapes and their emotional associations. The artist's original encounter with place and atmosphere is translated into a modified visual code for us to decipher. She uses a sumptuous range of vibrant, almost psychedelic colour to accentuate a feeling of heightened perception. Her contribution to the exhibition consists of paintings inspired by such sublime geography and a 'spatial intervention' in the form of a wall painting.
 
Tõnis Saadoja deploys a controlled, programmatic method. He documents his response to personal source material in two discrete sets of paintings: small pictures of skies and larger ones of architecture. He deploys a different technique for each. The skies are rendered with a full-colour palette in a naturalistic mode of representation, while the architectural subjects are graphically described in a minimal range of muted hues which emphasises flatness and a sense of cool detachment. The subtlety and nuance of his picture-making evokes a romantic atmosphere, an echo of lost summer skies.
 
Each artist displays a strong attachment to a sense of place, articulated through sophisticated manipulations typical of their respective practices. Kongi makes a directly expressive response, mediated by compositional devices. Saadoja essays thoughtful enquiries into the controlled presentation of content. In the process both of them reveal an insightful yearning for their native Baltic landscape.
 
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Works
  • Painting of Norrby Lower Lighthouse (After Photo by Helene Fendt), 2023 Oil on canvas 248 x 176 cm 97.6 x 69.3 in
    Painting of Norrby Lower Lighthouse (After Photo by Helene Fendt), 2023
    Oil on canvas
    248 x 176 cm
    97.6 x 69.3 in
  • Evening Sky III, 2024 Oil on canvas 35 x 45 cm 13.8 x 17.7 in
    Evening Sky III, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    35 x 45 cm
    13.8 x 17.7 in
  • Variations on the Summer Sky I, 2024 Oil on canvas 28 x 43 cm 11 x 17 in
    Variations on the Summer Sky I, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    28 x 43 cm
    11 x 17 in
  • March. Pale Purple, 2022 Oil on canvas 195 x 150 cm 76.7 x 59 in
    March. Pale Purple, 2022
    Oil on canvas
    195 x 150 cm
    76.7 x 59 in
  • Variations on the Summer Sky III, 2024 Oil on canvas 35 x 45 cm 13.8 x 17.7 in
    Variations on the Summer Sky III, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    35 x 45 cm
    13.8 x 17.7 in
  • Variations on the Summer Sky II, 2024 Oil on canvas 30 x 40 cm 11.8 x 15.7 in
    Variations on the Summer Sky II, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    30 x 40 cm
    11.8 x 15.7 in
  • October. Silver Grey, 2021 Oil on canvas 195 x 150 cm 76.7 x 59 in
    October. Silver Grey, 2021
    Oil on canvas
    195 x 150 cm
    76.7 x 59 in
  • Evening Sky II, 2024 Oil on canvas 35 x 45 cm 13.8 x 17.7 in
    Evening Sky II, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    35 x 45 cm
    13.8 x 17.7 in
  • Evening Sky I, 2024 Oil on canvas 35 x 45 cm 13.8 x 17.7 in
    Evening Sky I, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    35 x 45 cm
    13.8 x 17.7 in
  • Details from Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow - Magenta, Yellow and Crimson, 2024 Oil on canvas 90 x 70 cm 35.4 x 27.6 in
    Details from Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow - Magenta, Yellow and Crimson, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    90 x 70 cm
    35.4 x 27.6 in
  • Shadows in the Lilac Sky, 2024 Oil on canvas 35 x 35 cm 13.8 x 13.8 in
    Shadows in the Lilac Sky, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    35 x 35 cm
    13.8 x 13.8 in
  • The Moon Gave Hope with the Stars and Sky, 2024 Oil on canvas 55 x 45 cm 21.6 x 17.7 in
    The Moon Gave Hope with the Stars and Sky, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    55 x 45 cm
    21.6 x 17.7 in
  • The Sky Full of Shadows, 2024 Oil on canvas 55 x 45 cm 21.6 x 17.7 in
    The Sky Full of Shadows, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    55 x 45 cm
    21.6 x 17.7 in
  • The Sky. Shadow of the Bird, 2024 Oil on linen 55 x 45 cm 21.6 x 17.7 in
    The Sky. Shadow of the Bird, 2024
    Oil on linen
    55 x 45 cm
    21.6 x 17.7 in
  • Twilight Moved the Landscape. Evening Came with Stars, 2024 Oil on linen 55 x 55 cm 21.7 x 21.7 in
    Twilight Moved the Landscape. Evening Came with Stars, 2024
    Oil on linen
    55 x 55 cm
    21.7 x 21.7 in
  • The Daylight Transformed into the Light of Dusk. The Evening Came with its Shadows, 2024 Oil on canvas 55 x 45 cm 21.6 x 17.7 in
    The Daylight Transformed into the Light of Dusk. The Evening Came with its Shadows, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    55 x 45 cm
    21.6 x 17.7 in
  • Only in Darkness, Only in Light, 2024 Oil on canvas 55 x 45 cm 21.6 x 17.7 in
    Only in Darkness, Only in Light, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    55 x 45 cm
    21.6 x 17.7 in
  • The Light Cloud was So Beautiful in the Evening Sky. The Tones of the Plants and the Landscape were Transferred All Over. The Air was Fresh and Everything Felt New, 2023-2024 Oil on linen 55 x 45 cm 21.6 x 17.7 in
    The Light Cloud was So Beautiful in the Evening Sky. The Tones of the Plants and the Landscape were Transferred All Over. The Air was Fresh and Everything Felt New, 2023-2024
    Oil on linen
    55 x 45 cm
    21.6 x 17.7 in
  • Once in Water, Once in Mind, 2023-2024 Oil on canvas 55 x 45 cm 21.6 x 17.7 in
    Once in Water, Once in Mind, 2023-2024
    Oil on canvas
    55 x 45 cm
    21.6 x 17.7 in
  • It Takes Time to Notice. The Freezing Twilight, 2023-2024 Oil on canvas 55 x 45 cm 21.6 x 17.7 in
    It Takes Time to Notice. The Freezing Twilight, 2023-2024
    Oil on canvas
    55 x 45 cm
    21.6 x 17.7 in
  • The Red Hole and the Bright Light, 2024 Oil on canvas 40 x 40 cm 15.8 x 15.8 in
    The Red Hole and the Bright Light, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    40 x 40 cm
    15.8 x 15.8 in
  • The Sky Full of Hope, Full of Fear, 2024 Oil on canvas 40 x 35 cm 15.8 x 13.8 in
    The Sky Full of Hope, Full of Fear, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    40 x 35 cm
    15.8 x 13.8 in
  • The Sky. Twilight at the End of Summer, 2023-2024 Oil on canvas 55 x 45 cm 21.6 x 17.7 in
    The Sky. Twilight at the End of Summer, 2023-2024
    Oil on canvas
    55 x 45 cm
    21.6 x 17.7 in
  • Twilight in the Garden, 2024 Oil on canvas 35 x 35 cm 13.8 x 13.8 in
    Twilight in the Garden, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    35 x 35 cm
    13.8 x 13.8 in
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