Karl-Kristjan
Nagel
karlnagel@email.ee
erztria@narod.ru
biography:
Karl-Kristjan
Nagel was born in Tallinn, 3 of may, 1977. He grew up in artist family,
his father and grandfather were both
well-known
Estonian painters. Karl studied in Tallinn Secondary Science School, after
that he entered Estonian Academy
of Arts, as
a painter. Academy years between 1995-1999 made a strong change to start
his own art. The conditions to
be an artist
as a painter were complicated. The diploma was named "Lovers abort time"
- two 3x7m paintings, showing
woman and
man, images that based to popular arthouse movies. Aside of painting he
wrote a novel "Simple Time"
(1997-2000)
and was interested of making videoart (film "Epoch" with Tiiu Rebane, 1999).
He was planning to go to
the filmschool,
but choosed to learn in homestudio (Last-Studio). Between 1998-2005 he
made series of videos
("Lumpen intelligence",
"Media enthropy", "Erudition of a misanthrope" etc), all together more
than 100 works. He
also started
with sound projects ("Rule", "Tyrisalu", "Reri Brix") to make music for
his movies.
In his first
soloexhibition "Suffer Like Animals"(2000) he used painted texts in his
works. Between 2000 and 2004 he
made eight
exhibitions, where he also presented variety of his videoseries. "The truth
in Vienna (2001),
"Neoconformism"
(2001), "Comedy pathology" (2002), "Matter" (2002) and "Surrend" (2003,
with Tiiu Rebane) were
some of them.
Paintings in this period were about practical connections between health
and mind (using texts by the
famous estonian
writer and doctor Luule Viilma), and rebellious death (series about dead
soldiers and chechen fighters).
His abstract
and agressive painting style turned more realistic and figurative. Year
2005 he exhibited new series of
works about
young russian political activists ("Homeland daughter calls"). After that
he was interrogated by the
Estonian Security
Police. At that year he also presented his works ("State Terror") in open
space close to II World War
Monument of
Liberators in Riga, Latvia. Year 2007 exhibition "Execution" was with Tiiu
Rebane in Tallinns main gallery
Vaal. Paintings
were portraits of Luule Viilma, Buryat Buddhist lama Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov,
russian opposition leader
Eduard Limonov
with his family and one more work about movies - japanese samuraiepic "Daibosatsu
Pass" and its
main character.
Last two years he has continued with paintings about movies. "The Drummer
Crab",
"The Desert
of Tartars" and "The Mother and the Whore" are the titles from the past
that represent poetic approach
to the local
restrained culture. Also he has done several paintings about russian punk-rock
musician Egor Letov
(group "Grazhdanskaya
Oborona" / "Civil Defence").
In 2009 he
started to make new series of art about world secret societies and their
crimes against humanity like health
care / climate
gate scam, global economy crash to build One World Government and possible
World War III in 2012.
main
exhibitions:
1998.03
Room. Nowadays myth (painting-video) + Tiiu
Rebane / Sammas Gallery
1999.06
Lovers abort time (diploma) / Rotermann
Salt Storage
2000.05
Suffer like animals (painting-video) /
Raatus Gallery
2001.03
The truth / Vienna, Yüttner Gallery
2001.09
Neoconformism / Rapla Library
Ones repairment / Pärnu, Jazzcafe
2001.12
C
, hoi ! / Türisalu
2002.02
Comedy pathology / Viljandi , Ugala Theatre
2002.09
Matter (painting-video) / City Gallery
2002.10
Stoicism / Tallinn
2003.03
Antideath / Deco Gallery
Surrender (painting-video) + Tiiu Rebane , Neeme
Külm / Hobusepea Gallery
2003.05
Gone with the conscious / Estonian
Bank
2004.11
Oedipus Complex exhibition 3 Nagels
/ Tartu Art Hall
2005.03
Homeland Daughter Calls (painting-video) /
Hobusepea Gallery
2005.09
State Terror / Latvia , Riga , Park Victory
2007.02
Execution + Tiiu Rebane / Vaal Gallery
2007.06
Mental-Aesthetical Criticism + Tiiu Rebane
/ Pärnu , Endla Theatre
2007.09
Los Angeles, 2007 (photo) + Tiiu Rebane
/
2008.02
Unsung Soldier + Tiiu Rebane / Gallery
La-People
2009.06
Solutions + Tiiu Rebane / Estonian Embassy
in Moscow
2009.10
Punkt / Period + Tiiu Rebane / Academic Library
of Tallinn University
Contactee / Period + Tiiu Rebane / Institute
of Cybernetics
2011.05
Men of Honour + Tiiu Rebane, Reri / Institute
of Cybernetics
2011.07
Court case - Epic Winning (painting-installation-video)
+ Tiiu Rebane, Reri / Draakon Gallery
group
exhibitions:
1996-1998
group exhibitions ( paintings: 1996-Halinga, 1997-Academy of
Security Sciences, 1998-Narva )
2000.05
Meaning changed (video-installation) , exhibition
natural / Tallinn Art Hall Gallery
2001.08
Painting participation in exhibition
/ Seliste Church
2002.07
3 Great Pain Things exhibition the
young & the old / Albu Estate
2003.08
Limonov (installation), exhibition Last Hero
/ Rotermann Salt Storage
2003.12
Repression (videoinstallation) , exhibition rehabilitation
/ Hobusepea Gallery
2004.05
Hot estonian bride exhibition EU /
Lithuania , Nida , Savickas Gallery
2007/2008
Ongoing past. Soviet era signs in
new estonian art / Tallinn , KUMU
2008.04
Stranger (painting-installation) + Tiiu Rebane ,
exhibition Plaisirs de LImagination / France , Chateau De Tours
2010.10
Relocation + Tiiu Rebane, Lemming Nagel / Pirita
Vaba Aja Keskus
Catalogues:
"Pain
Things", Eha Komissarov / "Artists of Estonia 3", Center for Contemporary
Arts, 2007
(est/eng
text)
Articles
and Reviews:
1998.03 -
"Sammas" galeriis astub üles kunstniketandem - Tiiu Rebane ja Karl
Nagel projektiga:
"Ruum. Tänapäeva
müüt" Kreg A- Kristring / "Sirp"
- "Anum on
purustatud" Karin Paulus / "Sõnumileht"
- "Tänapäeva
müüt" Mari Sobolev / "Sirp"
2000.05 -
"Kes kannatab kui loom" Riin Kübarsepp / "Sirp"
2002.02 -
"Soodustab haiguste ravi" Mari Sobolev / "Eesti Ekspress"
- "Piiritu
preservatiiv" Mari Sobolev / "Sirp"
2003.03 -
"Noorte kunstnike grupinäitus "ALISTU" Hobusepea galeriis" Johannes
Saar / "Eesti Päevaleht"
- (galeriiring)
Barbi Pilvre, Margaret Tali / "Eesti Ekspress"
2004.11 -
"Nagelid tutvustavad eesti kunsti ajalugu" Külli Aleksanderson / "Postimees"
2005.02 -
"Viktor Kingissepp kummitab edasi" Johannes Saar / "Eesti Päevaleht"
- (pressiteade)
Elin Kard / Hobusepea Galerii
2007.03 -
"Jumala poeg ja heitlikud otsingud" Teet Veispak / "Postimees"
2011.08 -
"Üleminekuga kaduma või üle läinud ?" Andri
Ksenofontov / "Sirp"
Grants &
Scholarships:
Unesco Artist
Residence in Vienna, Austria, 2001 (3 months)
Estonian Culture
Capital, 2005 (1 year scholarship)
Works in
collections:
Estonian Bank
KUMU (Estonian
Art Museum)
TKM (Tartu
Art Museum)
AS Estonian
Artgallery
& other
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peamised
näitused:
1998.03
Ruum. Tänapäeva müüt (maal-video) +
Tiiu Rebane / Sammas galerii
1999.06
Lovers about time (diplom) / Rotermanni
Soolaladu
2000.05
Suffer like animals (maal-video) / Raatuse
galerii
2001.03
The truth / Viin, Yüttner galerii
2001.08
Maal osalemine näitusel / Seliste
Kirik
2001.09
Neokonformism / Rapla Keskraamatukogu
Ühe parandus / Pärnu,
Jazzcafe
2001.12
T..., hoi ! / Türisalu
2002.02
Komöödia patoloogia / Viljandi, Ugala
Teater
2002.09
Mateeria (maal-video) / Linnagalerii
2002.10
Stoitsism / Tallinn, Thom Tehnika
2003.03
Antisurm / Deco galerii
Alistu (maal-video) + Tiiu Rebane, Neeme Külm
/ Hobusepea galerii
2003.05
Teadvusest viidud / Eesti Pank
2004.11
Oidipuse kompleks näitus 3 Nagelit
/ Tartu Kunstihoone
2005.03
Kodumaa Tütar Kutsub (maal-video) /
Hobusepea galerii
2005.09
Riigi Terror / Läti, Riia, Võidu
Park
2007.02
Execution + Tiiu Rebane / Vaal galerii
2007.06
Mentaal-estetistlik Kriitika + Tiiu Rebane
/ Pärnu, Endla Teatrigalerii
2007.09
Los Angeles, 2007 (foto) + Tiiu Rebane /
2008.02
Unsung Soldier + Tiiu Rebane / Galerii
La-People
2009.06
Solutions + Tiiu Rebane / Eesti Saatkond
Moskvas
2009.10
Punkt / Period + Tiiu Rebane / TÜ Akadeemiline
Raamatukogu
Contactee / Period + Tiiu Rebane / Küberneetika
Maja
2011.05
Aumehed + Tiiu Rebane, Reri / Küberneetika
Maja
2011.07
Kohtucase - Epic Winning (maal-installatsioon-video) +
Tiiu Rebane, Reri / Draakoni Galerii
grupi
näitused:
1996-1998
ülevaatenäitused EKA õpingute käigus:
(1996 Halinga, 1997 Sisekaitseakadeemia, 1998 Narva)
2000.05
Mõte vahetus (video-installatsioon), näitus
naturaalsus / Kunstihoone galerii
2001.08
Maal osalemine näitusel / Seliste Kirik
2002.07
3 Great Pain Things osavõtt näitusest
noored ja vanad / Albu mõis
2003.08
Limonov (installatsioon) , näitus viimane kangelane
/ Rotermanni Soolaladu
2003.12
Repressioon (videoinstallatsioon) , näitus rehabilitatsioon
/ Hobusepea galerii
2004.05
Hot estonian bride osalemine näitusel
EU / Leedu , Nida , Savickas galerii
2007/2008
Kestev minevik. Nõukogude aja märgid
uuemas eesti kunstis / Tallinn , KUMU
2008.04
Võõras (maal-installatsioon) + Tiiu
Rebane, näitus Plaisirs de LImagination / Prantsusmaa,
Chateau De Tours
2010.10
Relocation + Tiiu Rebane, Lemming Nagel / Pirita
Vaba Aja Keskus
Kataloog:
"Pain
Things", Eha Komissarov / "Eesti Kunstnikud 3", Kaasaegse Kunsti Keskus,
2007
(est/eng
text)
Artiklid
ja Arvustused:
1998.03 -
"Sammas" galeriis astub üles kunstniketandem - Tiiu Rebane ja Karl
Nagel projektiga:
"Ruum. Tänapäeva
müüt" Kreg A- Kristring / "Sirp"
- "Anum on
purustatud" Karin Paulus / "Sõnumileht"
- "Tänapäeva
müüt" Mari Sobolev / "Sirp"
2000.05 -
"Kes kannatab kui loom" Riin Kübarsepp / "Sirp"
2002.02 -
"Soodustab haiguste ravi" Mari Sobolev / "Eesti Ekspress"
- "Piiritu
preservatiiv" Mari Sobolev / "Sirp"
2003.03 -
"Noorte kunstnike grupinäitus "ALISTU" Hobusepea galeriis" Johannes
Saar / "Eesti Päevaleht"
- (galeriiring)
Barbi Pilvre, Margaret Tali / "Eesti Ekspress"
2004.11 -
"Nagelid tutvustavad eesti kunsti ajalugu" Külli Aleksanderson / "Postimees"
2005.02 -
"Viktor Kingissepp kummitab edasi" Johannes Saar / "Eesti Päevaleht"
- (pressiteade)
Elin Kard / Hobusepea Galerii
2007.03 -
"Jumala poeg ja heitlikud otsingud" Teet Veispak / "Postimees"
2011.08 -
"Üleminekuga kaduma või üle läinud ?" Andri
Ksenofontov / "Sirp"
Auhinnad
& Stipendiumid:
Unesco Kunstnike
Residents Viinis, Austria, 2001 (3 kuud)
Eesti Kultuurkapital,
2005 (aasta stipendium)
Tööd
kollektsioonis:
Eesti Pank
KUMU (Eesti
Kunstimuuseum)
TKM (Tartu
Kunstimuuseum)
Eesti Kunstigalerii
AS
& teised
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