Eesti kunsti oksjonid

Aquatint, soft varnish on paper. 1988.
Signature: “FIGUURIGA TUBA II“ /AKVATINTA, PEHMELAKK/ / VTaiger ’88

Vladimir Taiger (b. 1950) inherited his phenomenal drawing talent from his father and honed it before entering the ERKI with Meeta Viks, an art teacher in Pärnu, who took the talented student by hand to art classes. When Vladimir Taiger began designing banknotes for the newly independent Republic of Estonia, he did not start by simply drawing portraits but by deeply thinking about what was depicted. Thus, the nightingale did not end up next to Lydia Koidula who decorated the 100 Kroon note by chance but as a result of a well-thought-out plot.

Every little nuance plays its own role in his graphic pages. The composition of “A room with a figure II”, consisting of a bed, a wardrobe, a wavy-haired beauty and a nightlight, takes us into the bosom of the fantasy world that is so characteristic of Taiger. These are secret fantasies that arise in our subconscious, dreamlike moments of enlightenment that speak of our true selves. Of who we are when no one is looking, when there are no doors, windows or walls in front of us. When we are truly free…

Text: Katre Palm