The book is published alongside the exhibition „Hora lupi“ at the Estonian pavilion of the 60th Venice Biennale and features contributions by 16 artists and writers: Cecilia Alemani, Maria Arusoo, Bärbel Balodis, Eero Epner, Edith Karlson, Nikolai Karlson, Quinn Latimer, Emilia Palmipuu, Alana Proosa, Risto Pärna, Agne Raceviciute, Melany Raud, Dieter Roelstraete, Mona Lee Tšetõrkina, Anu Vahtra, Piero Vespignani. The visually rich publication brings together multifaceted texts from overviews of Karlson’s previous work, the history of the location of „Hora lupi“ in Venice as well as more poetic approaches from writers of very different age.
Edith Karlson is a sculptor who often presents her work as installations, using the entire exhibition space. Her works tackle the most inexplicable feelings and sensations in the current world: fear, melancholy, brutality and joy, which she transforms into material form, often in clay, concrete or found materials. Frequently working with animal forms and anthropomorphic figures, she approaches humans as animalistic beings whose impulses, wants, and desires are hidden just under the surface of their well-pressed suits. Karlson studied installation and sculpture at the Estonian Academy of Arts (BA, 2006; MA, 2008). She was awarded the EAA Young Artist’s Prize (2006) and Köler Prize People’s Choice Award (2015). Karlson is among the recipients of the national artists’ salary between 2018-2020 and 2022-2024 and was granted the Estonian Cultural Endowment’s main award (2020).
