![]() ![]() Lehtsaar's new linocut works “Pillow Princess” and “Unknown Pleasures” continue expanding the artist's visual queer vocabulary. On one hand, it is an object of power and violence that is used for punishing disobedient bodies on the other hand, the whip has its place in sexual practices where harshness, care and pleasure are combined. For instance, Nomm's artwork “Little Switch” refers to a whip as an object with the purpose of hurting, that can be read in several ways. The artworks at the present duo exhibition have been inspired by the contradictions related to the intimacy of a bedroom where the expressive means of tenderness and harshness are intertwined. ![]() And yet, not all bedrooms are safe – besides softness, there could also be violence experienced under the roof of love. It is something that entirely belongs to oneself and at the same time is completely shared with the dearest ones. This place is intimate and reveals the nuances about us that are private and make us vulnerable. The “bedroom activities” form a socially controversial subject. It is also a place where one reads texts that shape us as human beings and creators and the place where meetings for this collaboration have taken place. Current exhibition is based on the concept of bedroom as a place where one can rest, dream, feel pleasure and fear. With their duo exhibition Beauty in the Belly of the Beast, Maria Izabella Lehtsaar & Sarah Nomm focus on their shared interests towards intimacy, sexual self-expression and various representations of love and violence between people. ![]()
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