At the end of March, in a lobby on the first floor of the Embassy of Latgale GORS will be opened a painting exhibition “Greeting to the Sun!” of four Latgalian artists V.I.V.A. The exhibition will be on display until the end of April.
Under the mystery title V.I.V.A. are hidden names of the artists Vēsma Ušpele, Ilze Griezāne, Vija Stupāne and Agra Ritiņa. All painters are coming from Latgale, and all are united by a school –Rezekne Art and Design School and the branch of Latvian Academy of Arts in Latgale.
Joint collaboration began in 2006, when the young artists started attending the workshops. This was the moment for sharing the knowledge, experience, way of gaining some rest, as well as energy and confidence about importance of the chosen creative path. Now the idea of what we understand as an art, has found an irreversible expression of itself in all of these four personalities. A long lasting collaboration is an acknowledgement of the strength of the painter`s personalities. Only confident artists can work side by side for such a long period of time, complementing each other, and still preserving their individual character; even more – developing, and with each public display of their creative works, they confirm that the unique creative signature is perfected even more.
All 23 displayed paintings are telling the story about the life that some times should be perceived as a game – easily and freely, as playing. This is the way the result can be found - incidentally, but still convincing and powerful. The exhibition “Greeting to the Sun!” will be on display until April 30, in the lobby of the first floor. No admission fee.
Image – the painting by Ilze Griezāne "Vakars" (“An Evening”)
