Eesti kunsti oksjonid

Aquatint on paper. 1980.
Signature: “Lillepaviljon” akvatinta 3/50 / UPloomipuu 80

The motif and compositional aesthetics derived from photography were typical of modern art of the 1970s and 1980s. This is where the graphic work of the talented but late artist Urmas Ploomipuu (1942-1990) also falls. Although his black and white, dynamic tonal transitions in aquatint still-lifes and cityscapes are based on a specific frame, they have a lot of creative freedom.

The foreground, which looks like water foam, is also based on the field of roses in front of the Flower Pavilion in the original. But as is typical of Ploomipuu, in his work even the most everyday objects find a completely new meaning – flower fields become sea waves, railway tracks become a dreamily bright ideal world, and architectural schemes become a visual spectacle.

Text: Katre Palm, Harry Liivrand