Taking part in the exhibition: Madara Gulbis, Frančeska Kirke, Dita Lūse, Daiga Krūze, Anita Kalniņa, Madara Neikena, Otto Zitmanis, Raimo Lielbriedis, Jānis Maļeckis, Māris Upzars and Ritums Ivanovs.
Change is part of every living process. At times it goes unnoticed in the busyness of the everyday and the flow of days; at other times the wind of change unexpectedly “turns upside down” our assumptions and ideas. Transformation is perhaps more bound up with changes in inner processes, whose result becomes visible and takes on an outward form.
The exhibition offers a rare chance to get to know how various artists interpret change and development — change that affects both their own work and society as a whole. Each artist gives their own view of the theme, using painting as a medium through which visitors can feel the depth and breadth of this transformation.
“Those who watch nature and the cosmos tend to say that the night is darkest just before sunrise. Similar processes take place in the whole World and in the human soul. Before every significant change the previous form of consciousness tries to hold its positions and resists the change that is coming. In nature, I think, we can observe such a transformation at the time when Spring draws near to Winter and Winter musters itself for a sudden blizzard once the snow has already melted.”
— Māris Upzars
“The various tree trunks stand for the variety and endurance of life; the fallen trunk points to the meaning of transformation – an ending as the possibility of a new beginning. The painting invites the viewer to think about the relations between life and death, between stability and change, offering a deep connection with the rhythms of nature, in which the old gives way to the new and affirms unceasing change and the force of life.”
— Jānis Maļeckis