With their duo exhibition 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵, Maria Izabella Lehtsaar & Sarah Nõmm focus on their shared interests towards intimacy, sexual self-expression and various representations of love and violence between people. Current exhibition is based on the concept of bedroom as a place where one can rest, dream, feel pleasure and fear. It is also a place where one reads texts that shape us as human beings and creators and the place where meetings for this collaboration have taken place. The “bedroom activities” form a socially controversial subject. This place is intimate and reveals the nuances about us that are private and make us vulnerable. It is something that entirely belongs to oneself and at the same time is completely shared with the dearest ones. And yet, not all bedrooms are safe – besides softness, there could also be violence experienced under the roof of love.

The artworks at the present duo exhibition have been inspired by the contradictions related to the intimacy of a bedroom where the expressive means of tenderness and harshness are intertwined. The stories of the interwoven destinies of a beauty and a beast are as old as our civilization. These usually begin with the imprisoned princess and end with marrying the prince who has killed the dragon. Sometimes these stories have also been told from the point of view of a princess with a higher agency, revealing for instance that the prince might be even more monstrous than the dragon, or that the princess could save herself on her own, or will choose another partner in life.Yet these stories won't tell us anything about the daily life of the new couple nor the fact that there are beasts sleeping underneath their bed. 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 attempts to offer more diverse narratives about intimacy and to enrich the common ground for mutual understanding while emphasising the importance of safe experiences to people's welfare.