18 July 2026, 18:00
Raul Meel “Love Spells”
Introduction
Raul Meel “Love Spells”
XXXI PÄRNU ART SUMMER
18 June –18 July 2026
Pärnu City Gallery Artists’ House Project Space, Nikolai 27, Pärnu
Curators: Marian Grau & Jan Leo Grau
While a large part of Raul Meel’s oeuvre is based on text-images and is extremely systematic, intellectual, and calculated down to the finest details both visually and conceptually, “Love Spells” has been born intuitively or, relying on the author, one could say revelationally.
During the last year Meel has dealt extensively with archetypal forms and “Love Spells” is an abstract output of archetypal forms. Both the line and the colouring refer to one of humanity’s greatest energetic forces that occurs in nature, and that, in Meel’s treatment, is the Freudian life drive.
The exhibition is part of the XXXI Pärnu Art Summer program.
This year, taking place for the 31st time, the Art Summer festival brings together five exhibitions across four exhibition venues, which open up the endless possibilities of expression of graphic art as one of the most versatile art forms. The exhibitions explore the intertwinings of graphic art with painting, place different generations and viewpoints into dialogue, and cast a look at both contemporary and decades-old Estonian graphic art.
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Introduction
Raul Meel “Love Spells”
XXXI PÄRNU ART SUMMER
18 June –18 July 2026
Pärnu City Gallery Artists’ House Project Space, Nikolai 27, Pärnu
Curators: Marian Grau & Jan Leo Grau
While a large part of Raul Meel’s oeuvre is based on text-images and is extremely systematic, intellectual, and calculated down to the finest details both visually and conceptually, “Love Spells” has been born intuitively or, relying on the author, one could say revelationally.
During the last year Meel has dealt extensively with archetypal forms and “Love Spells” is an abstract output of archetypal forms. Both the line and the colouring refer to one of humanity’s greatest energetic forces that occurs in nature, and that, in Meel’s treatment, is the Freudian life drive.
The exhibition is part of the XXXI Pärnu Art Summer program.
This year, taking place for the 31st time, the Art Summer festival brings together five exhibitions across four exhibition venues, which open up the endless possibilities of expression of graphic art as one of the most versatile art forms. The exhibitions explore the intertwinings of graphic art with painting, place different generations and viewpoints into dialogue, and cast a look at both contemporary and decades-old Estonian graphic art.
