International exhibition opening and awards ceremony of the Memory Box Competition
Anticipating the centenary of the Latvian State and the 2nd Latvia International Ceramics Biennale, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Ceramics, in cooperation with Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, announces the exhibition opening and award ceremony of the international ceramics competition “Memory Box”. The event is scheduled to take place at 4 p.m. on 1 December 2017 at Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre.
To participate in the exhibition, applying artists were invited to submit a miniature clay representation of their memories, i.e. their ‘memory box’ with a brief description of the memories captured in the artwork. 209 applications were received from 45 countries. To select artwork for the exhibition, an international jury was assembled, featuring Valda Podkalne (Latvia), artist; Ieva Nagliņa (Latvia), artist, curator, Rīga Porcelain Museum; Māris Čačka (Latvia), artist, curator, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre; Rasa Stružienė (Lithuania), manager, Ceramics Pavilion of Panevežys Municipal Art Gallery; Pille Kaleviste (Estonia), artist; Valentīns Petjko (Latvia), artist, curator, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Ceramics.
The jury selected artwork for the exhibition from photographs and added descriptions. The names of the artists remained unknown to the jury right until the end of the voting process. Prior to the opening, the jury will review the artwork in person and select 3 winners – works whose authors will have an opportunity to organise a solo exhibition at Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre and participate in the next year’s ceramic art symposium “Ceramic Laboratory”.
77 works were selected for the exhibition at the Rothko Centre, including 11 works by Latvian artists and 66 by artists from overseas.
The exhibition of the Memory Box Competition is open to the public at Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre until 21 January 2018.
The event is supported by: Latvijai 100, A/S „Lode”.
