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Irina Ošleja In Klerkopolis?

The word “Klerkopolis” combines two words “klerks” and “polis” which translated from Greek means “city”. The word “klerks” [clerk] means office worker, secretary, clerk. Denotation: an employee of a bureaucratic system of some administrative institution.

Jānis Murovskis exhibition THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE FEELING OF DISTANCE?

“Instead of text I would go for ciphers, dots and stripes drawn with passion.” Muris  “Man is the measure of all things.” Protagoras

UPB Collection of art exhibition QUARTER

   In 2016 UPB holding celebrates its 25th anniversary. It is a Quarter of Century. The UPB art collection is a compilation of contemporary art that expresses the primary aspiration of giving a personal insight into the realm of artistic values which are developing in modern world. This collection started fourteen years ago, back in 2002, at the UPB office in Liepaja, when the first works were purchased.

Gundega Strautmane Love infinity

Gundega Strautmane Love infinity   Gundega Strautmane has studied textile art at the Experimental Textile Design Institute in Berlin Art University, the Art Academy of Latvia and Riga Technical University. She carries out textile projects in disciplines of art experimental design. In her art projects Gundega makes use of the Braille code and creates works which are perceivable for both the viewers with good eyesight and also visually impaired people. Though works created by Gundega Strautmane may be considered as modernization of traditions, the ornament in them appears in a peculiar way, essentially differing from the traditions. The artist has employed Braille and transcribed in it phrases from Christian prayers, writing these phrases with the help of tangible beads. These clusters of bead signs are arranged in a symmetrical rhythm,   both repeating the prayer text and creating an impressive decorative ornament. In the result, these works illustrate a classical move during which a somersault has been even done: first of all, the text has been made a three-dimensional physical structure. It can be read and its content is perceivable by touch only; repetitions and the ornamental arrangement of repetition clusters provide not only a literary but also a sensual-esthetic experience. Art critic: Iliana Veinberga

Janusz Golik. The Line of My Horizon.

  Line, Colour, Symbol in the golik’s Graphic Work. In Janusz Golik's "right place" exhibition, the pages of graphics at first glance could have seemed like posters. Clearly defined signs or symbols, on a just as poster-like smooth surface in stop-signal red or black colour, are set out at the centre of the composition planes.

FEELING LATVIA. FEELING LATGALE.

     The exhibition is the result of the project implemented by the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre and “Saules skola”, Daugavpils Secondary School of Design and Art. The aim of the project is to encourage youth participation in the formation of Latgale’s culture, as well as the development of their civic awareness and sense of belonging.

DŽEMMA SKULME SUBSTANCE AND FORM. PATHOS AND RESIGNATION.

How does an artist act? Džemma Skulme slightly opens the door to her creative kitchen: “For example, while painting you have a feeling that you fail, fail and will never succeed. But you also know that there will be a moment and you will succeed. As if some forces come to help you to cope with everything.

Dmitrij Karpenko Foto exhibition SWEDEN FROM A BIRD’S EYE

  The photo exhibition “Sweden from the Bird’s-Eye View” by the Swedish photographer Dmitrijs Karpenko. The exhibition shows photos of the Swedish capital Stockholm and the region of Melar Lake.

Aija Meisters Pale Horses

  The artist Aija Meister was born in 1939 in Daugavpils at the time when Europe was ruled by confusion and, like several other world-famous Latvian artists, as a refugee Aija arrived in the USA. There she studied art at the University of Wisconsin, gaining Master's degree in Arts, as well as visited Master Classes of the Polish-American abstract expressionist Jack Tworkov. Later, the artist drew experience and studied art in Europe. Aija Meisters is an excellent painter, sculptor and graphic artist. Her Artist Statement follows:

Nele Zirnīte ORIGIN

   Nele Zirnīte’s solo exhibition “Origin” is her dedication to all artists – members of the society “Oforta ģilde“ [Etching Art Guilde] – who like Nele continue to develop etching art and try to blow a new breath into this ancient technique, simultaneously keeping the traditions alive.