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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.

“ PING PONG. CHEMISTRY OF IDEAS ” Exhibition of the Latvian Artists’ Union Museum

The Museum of the Artists’ Union of Latvia (LMS Museum), renewing its collection of artworks, calls to remember or to view artworks of the 2nd half of the 20th century which though the display of the exhibition “Ping-pong. Teamwork of ideas” reveals the spirit of competition in art life of the time.

Eva Harut REALITY

Eva Harut – an artist, a writer, a journalist, an author of several documentary films. Born in Gyumri (Armenia). Studied art in the State Academy of Fine Arts in Yerevan (Armenia). Currently lives and works in Dresden (Germany).

CHARM OF THE VICTORIAN FASHION Collection of Alexandre Vassiliev

For the second time, in the result of a successful cooperation, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre is presenting an exhibition from the collection of Alexander Vassiliev. This exhibition is a unique project of high artistic and cultural significance. It is the first time in Eastern Latvia to have such a rare opportunity to show a collection of authentic women’s clothing characterizing cultural environment and fashion of people who lived in the period of reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901).

ZAIGA PUTRĀMA THE MEETING OF SUNS

ZAIGA PUTRĀMA THE MEETING OF SUNS “I have always been interested in secrets of perception of art and annoyed by public intolerance and incomprehension. Therefore in my teaching career where I teach composition at RTU Faculty of Architecture (5 years) as well as in my studies of psychology and development coaching (6 years) I have been looking for ways to simply and respectfully extend mindfulness and awareness, in this case – art awareness.” (Z. Putrāma).