Sea I, 2011, Oil on Canvas, 150 x 150cm
Sea II, 2013, Oil on Canvas, 150 x 170cm
Works by Ivar Kaasik (Estonia, *1965)
in the exhibition
Four Positions of Contemporary Painting
February 27th - June 14th, 2014
Using op-art techniques, but also new multimedia technology, Kaasik puts painting in a modern context. His works are full of 'naturalness' - the viewer is free to form their own opinions and not merely swallow the predestined thoughts of the painter or follow any strict guidelines. - Peeter Kormasov
Ivar Kaasik was born in 1965 in Kuressaare, Estonia where he witnessed in 1991 the independence of his home country which emancipated of the socialistic Soviet regime. From 1983 till 1986 he studied architecture and changed then to art at the Estonian academy of art in Tallinn where he stayed till 1992. Meanwhile he graduated a study in the University of Art and design in Halle, Germany where he learned the art of goldsmithing. In 1996 his goldsmithing won the De Beers prize in Paris. His major passion remains at the sector of art, so he started to expose his paintings world wide since 1988.
In 1996 his works were firstly presented in Berlin, which liberality and directness he appreciates. The city of Berlin, especially as a city of contrasts and of new beginnings, offered the opportunity to enrich the art with new impulses to Kaasik.
