Marko Mäetamm (b 1965) is an Estonian artist. He graduated from Estonian Academy of Arts in 1993 with BA in printmaking and in 1995 with MA in Fine Arts. Mäetamm is the first artist whose artworks open a PoCo temporary exhibitions hall. Currently one can see the artist’s work from 30 years ago and also a brand new artworks “Surmatants” and “Love Poems” made especially for PoCo. In the PoCo museum one can see two different versions of “Dance of Death”, one from Mäetamm and the other in the last hall from Edward von Lõngus. Both start a dialogue with the 15th century “Dance of Death” by Bernt Notke and offer their own perspective. Namely Mäetamm’s artwork deals with current equality topics and von Lõngus stresses how it’s a Death dance party, as every day species become extinct. The artworks from the 1990s are influenced by the colourful Pop art of the 1960s. As Estonia was part of the Soviet Union in the 1960s the explosion and different directions in the 1960s Western art only properly reached Estonia in the early 1990s, when Estonia regained its independence. In the works of Mäetamm one can see comic book style, narrative and humour, caricature and absurd are also part of his art. The text and images in his artworks are equally important. Mäetamm has represented Estonia twice in the Venice biennale, in 1993 together with Kaido Ole (b 1963) under a pseudonym John Smith and in 2007. The artist has also published books, where diary, illustrations and fiction come together. For example in 2013 a book called “Perekonnalood ja igasugused teised lood” was published and besides other stories it talks about the artworks, in which his family and home are the topic of his artworks.