Additions to the Discussion of Post-colonialism

This article demonstrates that the Soviet occupation of Estonia can be discussed as colonisation. Since Estonia was the victim of colonisation, it is right to use the approach and the terminology of the theory of post-colonialism to explain the history of Estonian art. The colonial administration founded the institutions suitable for the subjugation of Estonian art and restricted it ideologically and administratively. Compensatory trends in Estonian art developed. One of the trends was based on prewar art, but also on the search for an authentic indigenous culture. The other trend tried to imitate Western avant-garde art. In the study of the Estonian art of the colonial period, it is important to consider its singularity.