Mina åror från Estland och minnen

by Enno Hallek

Artist Enno Hallek (Sverige, född 1931)

Alternate Title

My Oars from Estonia and Memories

Date1975

MediumTrä och bemålat trä

DimensionsHöjd: 210 cm

ClassificationSculptures

Credit LineDonation 2006 from the artist

Countries

Sweden

Object NumberMOM/2006/66

The artwork is not on display

About the artworkWith a mixture of humour and skepticism Enno Hallek plays with a plethora of artistic impulses - kitsch painting, pop art, Kandinsky's colour theories, Estonian folk art, sunsets and vivid rainbow colours. Enno Hallek has always stayed clear of the abstract modernism that dominated art in the 1950s when he was an art student. His art is never stylistically pure. It is populated with personal memories and narratives. Enno Hallek came from Estonia with his family in a boat across the Baltic in 1943. My Oars from Estonia are painted in all the colours of the rainbow. The unpainted oar is a blank page. Together with the annual rings, the old oars, worn by rowing hands, illustrate the time that has passed.
Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad på komponent :2 Selected exhibition history Molnen mellan oss (2006) Moderna Museet, Stockholm

Works by the artist