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In Enn Põldroos's (b. 1933) work, freedom has remained his unwavering criterion – even during the deepest years of the Soviet era.
At the center of the painting “Finger in the Mouth” is a provocative and bold image, which can be interpreted as carrying both sexual connotations and a sense of irony about the era. If a finger on the lips is a gesture of silence, then what does a finger coming out of the mouth suggest?It seems that the artist is playing with the viewer's expectations and evokes cognitive dissonance – a gesture that appears to lack logical meaning, yet nonetheless provokes numerous associations and thoughts. These, however, depend on the viewer's personal mindset.