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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.

Inese Lieckalniņa The Sound of Silence

  Inese Lieckalniņa was born in 1954. She has studied art at Riga secondary school of Applied Arts (1970-1974) and at the Art Academy of Latvia (1974-1980). She is an active member of the society Graphic Art Chamber, graphic and stained-glass artist, and a participant of many graphic art exhibitions in Latvia and abroad. She has also organized several solo exhibitions.

STRONG WATER Etching Art Guild – 5

  Etching is a technique of graphic art having a long-standing and rich history which goes back to the 16th century, but at present it continues to exist thanks to the artists who full of enthusiasm and obstinacy still continue working in this field. This is a demanding technique insisting that in order to achieve the desired result its users should be patient, precise and persevering, and technically masterful as well.

Dzidra Ezeregaile THE SONG OF THE SUN

  Dzidra Ezergaile (1926 – 2013) – a small, thin woman of very delicate build with a back bent by the load of years, but always wearing a good-natured, sincere and warm smile and having a radiant glance – she belonged to the generation of artists who prospered during the complicated post-war years. The artist went through a long, interesting and creative life, facing a lot of challenges and difficulties, but stubbornly and purposefully devoting herself to art.

II International Textile Art Symposium FORTRESS MAN

For the second successive year Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre organizes the International Textile Art Symposium. This time the theme of the symposium is “Fortress Man” - the theme which is both promising and offering various possibilities for developing it in creative works.

How we sailed to learn entrepreneurship

  This exhibition exposes the experiences, impressions, emotions and lessons learnt during international training SAIL4entrepreneurSHIP that took place from 15 – 27 August in the Baltic Sea and its coast harbours.

“LOST IN THE ARCHIVE” The Exhibition of Latvian Contemporary Art Center

  The exhibition “Lost in the Archive” is arranged on the basis of the data base and archive materials of Latvian Contemporary Art Center which is the most extensive information storage on the processes in Latvian contemporary art. In works displayed at the exhibition, the tandems of artists and curators deal with the archive as a significant potential of culture storage, treating it as a carrier of many-sided information which forms and reformulates the relationships with history as well as involves the viewer as an active user of the archive and art work.