Virtual exhibition
The Literature Centre`s Christmas cards
Beginning in 2003, the artist Maarja Undusk has designed the Under and Tuglas Literature Centre`s Christmas cards. She has found inspiration in Marie Under, Artur Adson, Elo Tuglas, Friedebert Tuglas, the spirit of Siuru, and the artworks, photographs and books from the Literature Centre`s collections.
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The composition of the card makes use of Gori`s work „Dead Fountain“, which belongs to the Under and Tuglas Literature Centre`s art collection. Christmas card from 2009.
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2017 marked the centenary of one of the most important modernist groups in Estonian cultural history (the so-called „Siuru“). The 2017 Christmas card envisioned Chrismas Night as experienced by the members of „Siuru.“
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The text of the Chrismas card reads: „So you are not completely alone. Someone wakes you, goads you. Somewhere in time and space…“ (Friedebert Tuglas)
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The inspiration for the 2004 Christmas card was motifs from the artworks of Nikolai Triik.