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Agnese Stabina |
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The Artist Agnese Stabina paints people – the guests that are knocking on our door. The artist asks – why we meet exactly these people in our life? Every person that we meet, teach something to us, but how to understand it, what concrete person, case, relationships are trying to say to us? The Guests or people arise in our life only because they already are in our sense, they are the reflection of our sense.
That’s thy painter represent guests like seeing them through the door’s peep-hole. It is a symbolic representation like trough our mental prism to the world, to the people.
Also roundly and a bit spherical basement of painting has choosed wittingly to strengthen the conception.
Artworks are painted to the roundly, spherical curly base made of glass fibre.
Artist graduated Latvian Art Academy, Painting department, Master degree (2008), she is studied in Southwest Finland Institute for Art and Design ( 2001).
She takes a part in exhibitions and design projects since Year 2000 in Latvia as well as in France, Italy, Germany, Denmark and Belgium.
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“Guests I”, 2009
Glass fibre/oil, 75cm dia.
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Agnese Stabina |
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The Artist Agnese Stabina paints people – the guests that are knocking on our door. The artist asks – why we meet exactly these people in our life? Every person that we meet, teach something to us, but how to understand it, what concrete person, case, relationships are trying to say to us? The Guests or people arise in our life only because they already are in our sense, they are the reflection of our sense.
That’s thy painter represent guests like seeing them through the door’s peep-hole. It is a symbolic representation like trough our mental prism to the world, to the people.
Also roundly and a bit spherical basement of painting has choosed wittingly to strengthen the conception.
Artworks are painted to the roundly, spherical curly base made of glass fibre.
Artist graduated Latvian Art Academy, Painting department, Master degree (2008), she is studied in Southwest Finland Institute for Art and Design ( 2001).
She takes a part in exhibitions and design projects since Year 2000 in Latvia as well as in France, Italy, Germany, Denmark and Belgium.
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“Guests II”, 2009
Glass fibre/oil, 75cm dia.
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Andris Eglitis |
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Andris Eglitis is one of the young and promising Latvian painters, who has been exhibiting frequently and was recently nominated for the prestigious Purvitis Award in Latvia.
Andris Eglitis is conceptual realist, painting things and landscapes.
Artist has graduated Latvian Art Academy, Painting department ( 2005, Master degree), has studied in Manchester Metropolitan University Fine Arts department (2002). Since 2008 he is lecturer in Latvian Art Academy, Painting department.
Participate in exhibitions since 2001, has been 4 solo exhibitions, last of them in the Latvian Museum of Arts.
Artist has award of the Purvitis prize was founded by the Latvian National Museum of Art, nomination ( 2009), first prize in annual exhibition „Outumn 2007“, Riga, Latvia ( 2007), Prize for best debut in annual exhibition “Outumn 2002”, Riga, Latvia ( 2003).
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Paintig Nr. 78 from series “Order of things”, 2009
Canvas/oil, 40x40cm
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Guntars Sietins |
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The reflection of reality on a metallic sphere is one of artists most frequently used motifs. The artist is fascinated by the possibility to open an extra dimension in the dialogue of space and object, simultaneously preserving real or seemingly real form. The reflection on a sphere distorts the visible world. Where it is that reality ends and illusion begins? Which is the moment when shifts in time and space take place? In 2007 artist has started new series of mezzotints “Characters” with mirror reflected letters and words. The technological process itself, demanding to burnish the design onto a scratched metal plate and to acquire the impression on paper, concentrates artists energy that becomes essential part of the graphic works.
Guntars Sietins was born in 1962 in Latvia.
Artist has graduated Latvian Art Academy, Department of Graphic Art ( 1988), receive Gold Medal of the USSR Academy of Art for the graduation project.
Participant of exhibitions since 1986, has had more than 15 solo exhibitions in Latvia, Lithuania, Germany, Sweden, USA. Member of the Artists’ Union of Latvia since 1993. Professor (since 2004) at the Department of Graphic Art of the Latvian Academy.
Artist has award of the Rector of the Warszawa Academy of Fine Arts at the Cracow International Print Triennial, Poland; Purshase Prize at the 15th Space International Print Biennial, Seoul, Korea ( 2009); The 1st Prize at the 1st Printmaking Triennial, Thesaloniki, Greece ( 2008); Jury’s Encouragement Prize at the Aomori Print Triennial, Aomori / Japan ( 2007) a.o.
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Characters V (Light), 2007, mezzotint, aquatint, 30x40 cm |
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Guntars Sietins |
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The reflection of reality on a metallic sphere is one of artists most frequently used motifs. The artist is fascinated by the possibility to open an extra dimension in the dialogue of space and object, simultaneously preserving real or seemingly real form. The reflection on a sphere distorts the visible world. Where it is that reality ends and illusion begins? Which is the moment when shifts in time and space take place? |
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"Characters VII/Illusion-reality" 2008
Aquatint, mezzotint, 69x90 cm |
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Guntars Sietins |
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The reflection of reality on a metallic sphere is one of artists most frequently used motifs. The artist is fascinated by the possibility to open an extra dimension in the dialogue of space and object, simultaneously preserving real or seemingly real form. The reflection on a sphere distorts the visible world. Where it is that reality ends and illusion begins? Which is the moment when shifts in time and space take place? |
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"Levitation XVII ( Infinity)" 2007
Mezzotint, aquatint, 40x30 cm |
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Guntars Sietins |
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"Chestnuts IV" 2002
Mezzotint, 39x65 |
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Guntars Sietins |
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"Chestnuts V", 2002
Mezzotint, 35x60 |
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"Chestnuts VII", 2003
Mezzotint, 35x54 cm |
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Harijs Brants |
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The genre and techniques of portrait drawing is as if traditional – charcoal and paper. Nevertheless, the artist has developed his talent of drawing to the virtuosity, the finest nuances of light and dark tones, fully commanding over the technique.
Still, the artist’s capability to create impressive images by drawing seemingly common portraits is much more important – they address the viewers dumbly, without emotions, by looking deep into their eyes.
Artist was born 1970. Artist has graduated Latvian Art Academy, Department of Graphic Arts ( Bachelor degree, 1994) Painting department (Bachelor degree, 1996) Master class (Master degree, 2000), Participate in exhibitions since 1990, has been 4 solo exhibitions. Graphic designer since 1992, made a graphic design for International Song Festival Eurovision 2003, is author and designer of the computer game “Build the Castle of Light” ( 2006- 2007), have illustrations for the book А и Б. Стругацкие "Пикник на обочине" и
"Жук в муравейнике", Publishing House „Deich”, Moscow, 99 numbered copies of the book were published ( 2008), etc.
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“A steel dumpling”, 2008
paper / charcoal, 61x57
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