Blog tagged as art-historical

From Applying Paint to Directing Pigment

It allows the medium to be investigated not only as something that carries color, but as a physical material whose movement, distribution and structure can be deliberately shaped.
01.09.26 07:08 AM
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When Paint Is Not Applied but Pigment Is Directed

Richter works through successive layers, movement and removal. I direct pigment through controlled micro-movements within a single painting session. So what actually changes when the artist stops applying paint and starts directing pigment?
30.08.26 06:41 AM
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Beyond the Intermediate: Can Painting Move Beyond Modernism?

There is a strange moment in the history of painting when one begins to wonder whether painting has already passed through too many lives. It has been academic, romantic, impressionist, expressionist, abstract, conceptual, deconstructed, revived and repeatedly declared dead.
19.08.26 07:53 AM
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What Defines My Work

I position my work in dialogue with artists such as Gerhard Richter, J. M. W. Turner, and Anselm Kiefer, as well as in contrast to Vija Celmins and Hiroshi Sugimoto.

What connects these practices is not subject matter, but a shared concern with materiality, time, and perceptual tension.

31.03.26 10:38 AM
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Timeline Series Context

Lunchtime is part of Margus Veisveer’s long-term Timeline series, which approaches time as a structured, measurable, and culturally regulated system.
18.12.25 08:10 AM
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Poetry Poster Series

Veisveer’s 1987 diploma series represents an early and singular example of text-centred authorship in Estonian poster design, preceding several text-driven visual trends that would emerge in the 1990s.
09.12.25 05:33 PM
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Parallels to 2 sec

Margus Veisveer’s 2 sec (shut down) occupies a unique position within contemporary painting, merging geometric abstraction, atmospheric nature, and post-digital conceptual thinking.
04.12.25 10:06 AM
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