A Gift of Bleeding Hearts by Keiu Koppel

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Keiu Koppel

The exhibition reflects today's pressures to be happy, beautiful and satisfied through the form of the flower Bleeding hearts (Dicentra spectabilis). All of this is also present in the romantically-emphasized tradition of Valentine's Day: the pressure to consume and celebrate happy relationships and love. As a contrast to this Koppel observes the reality of people's loneliness; the side in us we rarely and briefly see and often not before the fractures have finally broken and the disintegrations have irreversibly collapsed.

A Gift of Bleeding Hearts is supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia. Keiu Koppel is a jewellery artist who graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts, majoring in jewellery and blacksmithing, whose creations inspired by an admiration for nature combine detail, meaningful thoughts and a high level of goldsmithing. Keiu’s playful works have inspiring stories and details and with their spatiality and mobility, offer the wearer a kinetic jewellery experience.

Opening hours:Monday to Friday: 10 am-6 pm. Saturday: 11 am - 4 pm.