On Thursday, December 18 at 18.00 the exhibition “Amuse” by Petra Vehviläinen & Tuomas Lehtomaa will open at Hobusepea gallery. The exhibition will remain open until January 11, 2026.
Amuse is a collaboration between two sculptors, exploring what play may mean for them. The exhibition takes shape through material, spatial and functional means and actions. The result is an ongoing negotiation of thoughts, feelings and ideas, present in sculptural form at Hobusepea Gallery.
For the exhibition, Petra works with a large hand-bent metal structure inspired by play settings, from board and arcade games to outdoor play. She explores movement, trajectories, loops, and schematic representations of play, allowing these elements to shape the work’s rhythm and material presence in the space. By using everyday materials and objects, Tuomas builds sculptural systems and collages. In addition to conversing with the site and Petra’s practice, notions of consumption, joy and restlessness were considered while making.
The exhibition is supported by Alfred Kordelin foundation and Greta and Alfred Runeberg foundation.
Exhibitions in Hobusepea gallery are supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, the Estonian Ministry of Culture, and Liviko AS.
On Thursday, 18 December, Art Allmägi’s solo exhibition Obsessions opens at Draakon Gallery. The exhibition will remain on view until 11 January 2026.
Art Allmägi: “My initial intention for this was to present my first exhibition on the theme of WORK. However, as I began preparing the show, this framework was increasingly unsettled by a renewed engagement with formal play, almost as an unplanned continuation of my exhibition Symbiosis which took place in October 2024. After that exhibition, I had been convinced that I would no longer produce works within the same formal register, as such explorations no longer felt necessary or conceptually justified within my practice.
Yet in the course of developing this new exhibition, I became aware that I was repeatedly sketching soft, fluid forms. What initially appeared as a marginal by-product gradually crystallised into a persistent mode of thinking. These seemingly insignificant formal experiments had clearly taken root in my subconscious, where they were evidently accorded the status of something akin to Michelin-starred haute art.
At a certain point, these recurring patterns of thought transformed into obsessive ideas, intruding my sleep. I came to understand that, in order to release myself from them, I would have to abandon the original WORK-based concept and instead foreground formal play – an approach that may appear secondary to my conscious intention, yet one that my subconscious evidently insists upon. I hope this exhibition offers viewers a sense of pleasure. For me, above all, it represents an attempt to restore mental equilibrium and to move forward.”
Supported by: the Cultural Endowment of Estonia
Artist thanks: Eva Mahhov
Exhibitions at Draakon Gallery are supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia, the Estonian Ministry of Culture, and Liviko AS.
Avatud
K, R-P 12.00-18.00 / N 12.00-19.00
Hobusepea 2, Tallinn, 10133
Avatud
K, R-P 12.00-18.00 / N 12.00-19.00
Pikk 18, Tallinn, 10133