Temnikova & Kasela Gallery (EE) was established in 2010 by Olga Temnikova, an artist with previous experience as a gallery director, and Indrek Kasela, a creative entrepreneur, philanthropist, and film producer. The gallery provides local and international representation for established and emerging artists from the region, including Estonia, Latvia, and Finland. The core of the gallery’s programme is conceptual contemporary art with a strong social message. For the past 15 years, Temnikova & Kasela has presented a regular schedule of exhibitions in its Tallinn space, working closely with artists and collectors, and playing an active role in regional and international art scenes.
Here, Flo Kasearu’s Thaw and Sigrid Viir’s Time Use of Useless Time are shown in dialogue. Kasearu’s melting ice creams capture a moment of slow collapse, reflecting the fragility of small businesses and pointing to overproduction and ecological imbalance. Viir’s chromogenic compositions approach time as a structured system, referencing the slogan “Eight hours for what we will” to question how contemporary life divides labour and leisure. Together, these works address time as something both material and abstract. Elsewhere, Krista Mölder’s installation focuses on perception and the photographic image, exploring the tension between stillness and movement, and revealing what lies beneath the visible surface. Through reflection, layering, and spatial shifts, she creates moments of uncertainty, where the image appears to flicker between presence and absence. This approach emphasises intermediacy: states of transition that resist fixed meaning.
