20.8. – 8.9.2024

In this exhibition, Estonian artist Liis Koger has created and collected paintings that
belong to the category of elements, in terms of Earth, Water, Wind and Fire.
Accordingly, paintings in one category resemble the physical world of the element:
Earth paintings are rather yellow, water paintings blue… But that would be a childlike
description. In Feng shui, the fifth element is Metal.

All of these are roots to existence, for an environment to achieve harmony and
balance. The idea behind this system begun in early Taoism, but has gathered
popularity ever since and spread all over the world. People believe organising their
homes accordingly – using certain elements in one part of the house, brings good
luck in that precise field of life.

Liis Koger has developed these philosophical principles into abstract paintings,
considering that each of these elements has its own consciousness. Here, we can
see a lot of different aspects about them, being largely channelled to elastic-plastic
form within the handwriting of a painting.

Liis Koger was born in 1989 in Estonia and has graduated from University Of Tartu
with a degree in Painting. She has exhibited actively the past 10+ years. In 2023,
she had a personal exhibition at Estonian House in New York City, USA. She has
participated at joint exhibitions in Sweden, Finland, Italy, Germany, Luxembourg. Her
works are up to see at public spaces: The Parliament Of Estonia, Institute Of
Mathematical Statistics, Pärnu Hospital. 

This exhibition is organised as a collaboration between Gallery Pirkko-Liisa Topelius
and Simson Holding. 

Opening: 20.08.2024 5pm-7pm