ESTONIAN SYMPHONIC MUSIC. THE FIRST CENTURY 1896-1996.
countries: Finland in 1983; Sweden and Norway in 1984; exhibition of ceramics in Italy
and France in the same year.
The painter Jüri Palm (b. 1937) expresses the loneliness of man, its tragedy and
the striving after perfection. He was the leading artist in the group DARA 89; the
members declared their confidence in inner spontaneous insight. In the mid-Eighties
one can recognise some manifestations of national Romanticism again: Raul Meel with
his serigraphic series Aknad ja maastikud (Windows and Landscapes).
For young artists performance, happening and installation became important. A
ritualistic essence was emphasised. They seemed to be more interested in human
relations, turning to a close intimate circle like Epp-Maria Kokamägi (b. 1959), who
explored the world of the young. The last public art exhibition of the young under the
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