Eye in the Egg

Eye in the Egg (Silm munas) is an 1962 oil on paper painting by the Estonian artist Ülo Sooster in the Tartu Art Museum. This painting shows an abstract egg-shaped form that opens into an infinite number of such opened-egg-shaped forms. It was painted in the period after the artist was released from 7 years hard labor in a Soviet prison camp when he was living in Moscow on Sretensky Boulevard with several other artists then painting and working in the non-conformist style.

Eye in the Egg

Eye in the Egg (Silm munas) is an 1962 oil on paper painting by the Estonian artist Ülo Sooster in the Tartu Art Museum. This painting shows an abstract egg-shaped form that opens into an infinite number of such opened-egg-shaped forms. It was painted in the period after the artist was released from 7 years hard labor in a Soviet prison camp when he was living in Moscow on Sretensky Boulevard with several other artists then painting and working in the non-conformist style.