“Yah”. 3D. Hardi Reiter. 2025. Concrete, Glass, Epoxy resin, Glass, Metal, Rust. 29 X 44 cm.
This work is dedicated to Syriac Christians. Author visited couple of years ago Christian area in nowaday´s Iraqi Kurdistan. Mor Mattai Monastery…..
This is the ancient Syriac symbol for God. Pronounced Yah and read right-left. Containing two characters. ‘Yodh’ ‘Heh’. *Out of respect for the name of God (Yahweh). The early Syro-Aramaic Christians would abbreviate it to “Yah”. And would often right Mor Yah (Lord God). This would refer to both Jesus and the Father (the same abbreviation was used for both names), making it clear that the early Christians truly believed in the divinity of Jesus. Thus this symbol became both a symbol of God and Christ.
The two letters ‘Yodh’ ‘Heh’ symbolise Christ’s Manhood and Divinity. United, without confusion or change, without division or separation.
The three dots on top of the “Heh” symbolise the Holy Trinity.
The one dot on the bottom of the “Heh” symbolises ONE God.
“ÜV”. Hardi Reiter. 2025. Concrete, Glass photo, LED. 29 X 44 cm.
ÜV means Ülemiste vangla (translated in English Prison of Ülemiste). The glass photo shows two windows of the isolation ward of the Estonian Tax and Customs Board’s investigation department. The isolation ward (prison) is located at 8A Lõõtsa Street in the Ülemiste district, near Tallinn Airport.
“Canis Major/Sirius („Suur Peni/Siirius“)“ 3D. Hardi Reiter. 2025. Concrete, Epoxy resin, LED. 28 X 28 cm.
“Orion“ 3D. Hardi Reiter. Concrete, Epoxy resin, LED. 28 X 28 cm.
“Leo („Lõvi“)“ 3D. Hardi Reiter. 2025. Concrete, Epoxy resin, LED. 28 X 28 cm.
“Libra („Kaalud“)“ 3D. Hardi Reiter. 2025. Concrete, Epoxy resin, LED. 28 X 28 cm.
“Taurus 2” 3D. Hardi Reiter. 2025. Concrete, Epoxy resin, LED. 28 X 28 cm.
“Gemini („Kaksikud“)“ 3D. Hardi Reiter. 2025. Concrete, Epoxy resin, LED. 28 X 28 cm.
“Children´s Toy From Artsakh..” 3D. Hardi Reiter. 2025. Concrete, glass, cartridge cases, epoxy resin and metal. 28 X 28 cm.
The author of the work visited Armenia and Artsakh in 2015. The two are connected by the Laçın Corridor. While cycling through there, we met local children. One of the children was playing with a toy made of two cartridge cases and between them was a piece of red fabric (a piece of the preserved fabric is also in the work). He was twirling it between his fingers. In 2020, Azerbaijan, in cooperation with Turkey and Russia with quiet neutrality, occupied Artsakh again and hundreds of thousands of Armenians were forced to leave their homes there. The last act of the Armenian genocide.
“Lost World. Hongkong.” 3D. Hardi Reiter. 2025. Concrete, glass, metal, epoxy resin. 28 X 28 cm.
The picture depicts a game of tic-tac-toe, in which the People’s Republic of China and Hong Kong were participants. In the middle of the grid is a Hong Kong $2 coin, symbolizing the principle of “one country, two systems”, which was the basis for the unification of Hong Kong with Red China. After the 2020 protests, democracy was stifled. The 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration, which would have preserved the autonomy of Hong Kong’s executive, legislative and judicial branches, was also violated. A unfair game, when Red China took advantage of the covid-19 hysteria. Unfair game (Unfair game). Only one side had the right to move. The author of the work misses the Hong Kong of the past. He always stayed there in a hotel next to Kowloon Park with a “million-dollar view” of Victoria Harbour and the skyscrapers of the Business District. Kowloon Park was built to replace the Walled City of Kowloon. Interesting story to read… This was a densely populated and largely lawless Chinese enclave within the borders of the former British Hong Kong Kowloon City (2.6 ha, 35,000 inhabitants). There were also schools, churches, temples…
PS! trips traps trull (Tic-Tac-Toe in Estonian) is a Baltic German loanword, meaning: “little, less, the least”.
“Aquarius” 3D. Hardi Reiter. 2025. Concrete, Epoxy resin, LED. 28 X 28 cm.
“McConcrete” 3D. Hardi Reiter. 2025. Concrete, glass, epoxy resin and Mc fries. 28 X 28 cm.
“Rust In Peace.” 3D. Hardi Reiter. 2025. Concrete, glass, epoxy resin and rusted metal. 28 X 28 cm.
The painting is dedicated to the decaying Tallinn City Hall. The piece of rusted reinforcement in the lower right corner is like a mourning ribbon. The metal material used in the work was found by the author behind the City Hall on the edge of Kalaranna. The building is being destroyed before our eyes, but should it be restored or demolished? The entire milieu is cluttered with new buildings that are coming up closer and closer. If there were a park around it and a downtown waterfront area, I would be in favor of preserving it. But I guess it’s too late… or..
“Aries („Jäär“)“ 3D. Hardi Reiter. 2025. Concrete, Epoxy resin, LED. 28 X 28 cm.
“2024” 3D. Hardi Reiter. 2025. Book (coins and notes inside), Epoxy resin. Oak frame. 40 X 30 cm.
Jaak Roosaar, the author of the book “The Book of Getting Rich”, took out loans from people on favorable terms and invested the money in a bankrupt business. In 2024.
“Deceitful lips /”Petvad huuled”)” 3D. Hardi Reiter. 2024. Broken glass, Paper, Epoxy resin. Oak frame. 36 X 31 cm.
Dedicated to ex Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and sitting Prime Minister Kristen Michal. Both their words and actions diverge.
Hardi Reiter (born 1971) is a Estonian lawyer with over 30 years of work experience, whose side activity is also contemporary art. In his works, he uses concrete and epoxy resin as materials and also adds LED systems to them. He also uses wooden frames, metal, glass photographs, etc. There are two other people in the team.
