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🍸 Reedel, 4.09 kl 18 avaneb A-Galerii AKENDEL Štěpán Hála (CZE) ja Christoph von Rohdeni (GER) ühisnäitus VENITUSED. Olete oodatud!
Näituse pealkiri viitab sepistamistehnikale, mis on mõlema loomingus oluline ja ühendav element. Seppade koostöö sai alguse residentuuri Not Quite ajal Rootsis, kus nad esmakordselt kasutasid materjalina raudteerööpaid, luues neist õrnu ruumilisi joonistusi.
Venitamine on võime nihutada materjali piire: massiivsed terase kamakad muutuvad peeneteks ruumis kulgevateks joonteks, mida saab seejärel lõputult painutada, keerutada ja pinguldada. Raudteerööbaste profiil ja mass pakuvad sepistamiseks ja vormimiseks erilisi võimalusi. Lõplik väljanägemine kujuneb mänglevalt gravitatsiooni ja pinge mõjul. Teosed toovad esile materjali ambivalentsuse, selle olemuslikud vastuolud massiivsuse, peensuse, tugevuse, hapruse, jäikuse ja lõtvuse vahel.
Lisaks koostööna valminud teostele esitlevad mõlemad kunstnikud ka oma iseseisvat loomingut. Rohden mängib mõõtkavadega, esitledes haaknõeltest inspireeritud väikeseid prosse kõrvuti märksa suuremate, samas laadis ja samu tehnikaid kasutavate teostega. Käsitsi käitavat valtspinki kasutades loob ta mängulisi, kohati absurdseid teoseid, mis kasutavad materjalina välja venitatud äratuntavaid terasprofiile.
Štěpáni teosesari „Kihistuste esemed“ (ingl Objects of Grain) uurib puidu ja terase sarnasusi. Isikliku loomingu kohta ütleb ta: „Nii nagu aastarõngad paljastavad puu mineviku, on ka sepistatud raua ajalugu talletunud selle kihtidesse. Rauda on ümber vormitud ja kohandatud uutesse rollidesse ning need töötlused on jätnud jälje selle struktuuri.“
Štěpán Hála (2003) on Tšehhist pärit kunstnik ja sepp, kes omandas taide põhialused kodumaal ning hiljem jätkas õpinguid Göteborgi Ülikooli metallikunsti osakonnas. Oma praktika kaudu on ta välja arendanud isikupärase stiili ja lähenemise terasega töötamisele. Tema loomingut iseloomustavad selged vormid ja sügav huvi materjali olemuslike omaduste vastu.
Christoph von Rohden (1998) on materjalipõhine kunstnik, kes töötab peamiselt terasega. Juba kaheteist aastaselt hakkas ta sepistama ja tööriistu valmistama. Kolmeaastase kunstsepa õppepraktika jooksul Saksamaal valmistas ta arhitektuurseid metallitöid ning tegeles ajalooliste detailide restaureerimisega. 2024. aastal omandas ta Göteborgi Ülikoolis bakalaureusekraadi metallikunsti erialal. Pärast 2025. aastal Eesti Kunstiakadeemias läbitud Erasmuse praktika perioodi naases ta Rootsi, et jätkata õpinguid Stenebys metallikunsti magistriprogrammis.
▫️ Näitusi A-Galeriis toetab Eesti Kultuurkapital
▫️ Näitus on akendel 24/7 vaadeldav kuni 30.11. 2026.
▫️ Veeb: https://agalerii.ee/christoph-von-rohden-ger-stepan-hala-cze/
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🍸 On Friday, 4.09 18.00 Štěpán Hála (CZE) and Christoph von Rohden (GER) will open the exhibition STRETCHES on the WINDOWS of A-Galerii. You are welcome!
The title refers to a technique of forging, a key element and common ground in both of the blacksmiths' works. Their collaboration started during a residency in the blacksmith workshop Not Quite (SWE) as they transformed railway tracks into delicate line drawings.
Stretching is an ability to push material boundaries: solid chunks of steel transform into lines in space, which then can be bent, twisted and tensioned in endless ways. The profile and mass of the railway tracks offers specific possibilities for manipulation and forging. The final form is not determined but emerges through a play with gravity, mass and tension. The works emphasize the contrasts found in the material between massiveness and delicateness, strength and vulnerability, rigidity and precarity.
Besides collaborative pieces, both of them also present individual works. In his work Rohden plays with scales presenting brooches inspired by safety pins, accompanied by much larger works made in similar style and techniques. By using a hand driven rolling mill to make steel wire he can create playful, sometimes absurd works that question the integration and strength of steel readymades.
Štěpán’s “Objects of Grain” are an exploration of the material qualities of wood and steel. Regarding his personal work he states: “Just as age rings reveal the tree’s past, wrought iron has also its history embedded into its structure. It has been reshaped and repurposed adapting to its new roles when the original purpose reached an end, embedding the stories into its layers.”
Štěpán Hála (2003) is an artist and metalworker from Czechia where he first studied artistic blacksmithing and learned the foundations of the craft. Later he continued his studies in the Metal Art Department at the University of Gothenburg. Through his practice, he has developed his own style and approach to working with the steel. His work is characterized by clean forms and a fascination with the material's inherent properties.
Christoph von Rohden (1998) is a material-based artist mostly working in steel. Already at the age of twelve he started to forge and make tools. During a three-year apprenticeship as artist blacksmith in Germany he created architectural metalwork and worked with the restoration of historic ironwork. In 2024 he received a bachelor degree in Metal Art at the University of Gothenburg (Sweden). After an Erasmus traineeship at the Estonian Academy of Arts in 2025 he returned to Sweden to study the Master program in Metal Art at Campus Steneby (University of Gothenburg), where he is currently based.
▫️ Exhibitions in A-Galerii are supported by the Estonian Cultural Endowment.
▫️ Exhibitions will be open until 30.11. 2026.
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