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Stasys Eidrigevičius Roots and Branches

Drawings for the exhibition “Roots and Branches" were selected by myself, considering - WHICH ONES? Searching for the answer - WHY? All the time consulting with my son Ignacy, asking him questions - IS THIS OK? DO YOU APPROVE IT?

Saules Skola from Ethnography to Design

The history of Daugavpils School of Art and Design named "Saules Skola" or “Sun School” begins in 1917, when by the initiative of a cultural society "Saule" ("Sun") courses on sewing and craftwork were opened in the town. At the beginning of the 1920s it became a school of needlework and in 1927 it was granted a status of women's college.

Ieva Nagliņa Discarded

Refusing of, or as they say, casting away the excess, we get something more valuable and realize that we can move along in a better quality. On the other hand, the “ discarded ” – are people we consciously or unconsciously turn away from, throw them out of society, or consider them unfit to anything. Do we get anything from that?  

Latvian contemporary graphics

Exhibition of Latvian contemporary graphics continues series of exhibition held by Daugavpils Rothko Art Centre, which began with selection of paintings by Latvian contemporary artists, followed by ceramics and now featuring six representatives of Latvian contemporary printmaking art. They are bright and distinct personalities who reveal the specific smack of printmaking and raise the question on borders in graphic art. These six artists cover the range from the old masters and artists who have proven themselves, as well as young artists just emerging on the art scene.

Patrick Peltier REBIRTH

Prehistoric/ancient man, drawing on cave walls, intended/aimed to speak about something more essential and mysterious than just to show decorations of his home: he spoke with Nature. Already then, in those figures, created before painting appeared, there was a certain dialogue between the Universe and the Artist. And this dialogue brought joy and satisfaction. Although it cannot be compared, but when 20,000 years later, Fra Angelico painted walls of his monastery, his purpose was bigger than just making illustrations of the New Testament! He asked for help from the Almighty, and when he returned to his monk cell, he felt the presence of God and similar to his ancestor of the prehistoric era, he felt satisfaction from his own work. And he did it! The same thing happens with art, which proves itself powerful! Undoubtedly, it is necessary to make efforts to share these feelings: to see, one has to be ready to open eyes in order to see, so the artist shows us the reality that we would not have seen without him. Paul Klee mentioned once: "Art does not represent the visible, but it makes it visible."

Signe Vanadziņa Which season?

Just like bright, contrastive, intense strokes of the brush in larger and smaller fields brushwork of Signe Vanadziņa explodes on canvas. With the presence of some seemingly minor, yet optimistically challenging image, sometimes, just a stroke of colour in the composition, this lights up even a grey day.

Sigita Daugule, Jānis Liepiņš IN ONE ROOM

The exhibition has brought together Sigita Daugule and Jānis Liepiņš – two artists representing two different environments, people and time placing them both in one room. This is the first time when previously created while not exhibited, as well as new works by Sigita Daugule will be displayed alongside works by painter Jānis Liepiņš from private collections of the artist’s heirs, Guntis Belēvičs and the Zuzāns collections, as well as from the collection of Latvian National Museum of Art.

COMPETITIVE LITHUANIAN TEXTILE’S EXHIBITION “TRADITION AND THE PRESENT. BALTIC SIGNS IN TEXTILE“

The exhibition entitled “ Tradition and the Present . Baltic Signs in Textile “ is organized in the context of the project “Different Textile”, which has been held each year by the Lithuanian Artists’ Association, Kaunas Department, Textile Section since 2009. The main mission of the project is to spread ideas of textile art in the regions of Lithuania (as well as neighbouring countries) located away from cultural and artistic centres.

Worlds of Dream and Fantasy An International Group Exhibition

Curators: Nour Nouri, Māris Čačka … …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Curatorial Statement We all have had dreams from childhood till now. This realm of dreams has long been the subject of interpretation from classical antiquity. Apart from medieval manuscripts on interpretation of dreams, Freud’s seminal work lent a high significance to dreams in psychology. In a simple general sense, we dream when we are sleeping or daydreaming and it is then that the iceberg of the unconscious starts to appear more on the face of the deep sea of psyche. Fantasy, in a very simple definition, is the creative imagination. While we generally think that the borderline between sleep and wakefulness is clear-cut, it is actually not so. The unconscious is always present at work in its mysterious ways. In dreams we are closer to truth since we are on a higher state of mind.

Nataļja Marinoha FLOW

Nataļja Marinoha FLOW “Creation for me is always a new adventure. It feels great to be in core of the process when you come face to face with unexpected things and emotions. And it’s curious to see what is coming at the end.”  (Natalya Marinoha) Natalya Marinoha – an artist from Daugavpils – is an artist of moods who can portray a delicate state of a soul in flow and fluidity. Her world of feelings in her paintings is not spontaneous, but rather balanced and harmonious, a mood perceived in nature, and visions inspired by forces of nature which open for the viewer through a special artist’s framing, allowing an easy "slide into" her composition.