A record of three artists from
Latvia, have been shortlisted for the 2009-10 Sovereign European Art
Prize. Evelina Deicmane, who has previosly exhibited at both The Venice
and Moscow Biennales,Liga Purmale whose painting was sold in
internacional aucton house Sotheby`s sale in London (2009) and leading
conceptual
art representative - Kristaps Gelzis
KRISTAPS GELZISLIGA
PURMALEEVELINA DEICMANE
Jogging With My Blue Dog City Tour
Season Sorrow
The exhibition opened with great success and has had a record number of visitors since its been open to the public.
DAVID BIRKIN was announced the winner of this year’s €25,000 prize and was absolutely delighted!
The remaining 29 finalist art works will be auctioned, with the proceeds split between the artists and the Barbican Centre Trust, a charity whose recent project activity includes working in neighbouring boroughs in East London to make the arts more accessible to schools, families and communities.
Awarded annually, the Sovereign European Art Prize is the only European – wide prize for contemporary art. It offers the chance to purchase works by some of the rising starts of the European contemporary art world.
These works are available for bids until this Sunday 20th June. This is a wonderful opportunity to support these artists, put forward by yourselves, and also this charitable project.
The pieces can be viewed in advance of the event at the exhibition at the Barbican Centre from the 9 - 20th June (Monday to Sunday.10am-8pm)
Messe Wien , Hall A, Messeplatz 1, 1020, Vienna | Austria
LEONARDS LAGANOVSKIS
SOLO -
SHOW
Stand Number: A1802
Leonards Laganovskis (1955), one of most
visible and consequential Latvian contemporary art representative, his creative
actions started in beginning of 80ies when he brightly introduce himself
together with Hardijs Lediņš and Imants Žodžiks in avantgarde group.
Leonards Laganovskis
participated in legendary art exhibition in 1984. „Nature.
Environment. Man” at St. Peter’s Church (Riga / Latvia) and in first Latvian art important
exhibitions in the west „Riga – Lettische avantgarde” in Berlin 1988.
Artist’s most popular works from 80ies
– 90ies are based on language of socart using recognizable cliché from soviet
life (McLenin (1992), End of Movie etc.)
At paintings, prints, photographic and
objects which are created at late 80ies mark themes, motives and conceptual
developments whose are characterize artist’s creations till nowadays.
Criticizing authority mechanisms Leonards Laganovskis
with help of framing text or image and overstatement fragments ironical
paraphrase authority symbols and languages cliché in what he discover absurdity
of that.
In the early 90ies Leonards Laganovskis mostly worked at Berlin. Participating in Germany’s art life, organizing solo exhibitions as
well as taking part in the international group exhibitions and cooperate which
Germanys premier art Galleries and art institutions, artist has taken wide
international experience and is grand holder of several grants.
After returning in
Latvia with new verities and new experience Leonards
Laganovskis very bright confirms himself in International
12th Tallinn Print triennial (2001) to getting 1st Prize for his work in which
in one page were assemble all texts from Holy Bible.
At 2004
L.Laganovskis benefit Latvian Art Union Prize of Year for the best solo
exhibition “Right to Desire” hold at Riga Gallery.
Play with measures, concept and language
is brand and trade mark of Leonards Laganovskis.
His eternal theme - technologies of authority which are look through political,
social and commercial prism.
Works by Leonards
Laganovskis represented Latvian contemporary art in important
exhibitions like "Bouquet" at RussianStateContemporaryArtCenter (2008, Moscow/
Russia) and international
art fairs like ART MOSCOW (2005, 2006, 2009, Moscow/
Russia).
At 2009 in major solo exhibition “Normal” at Art Museum Arsenāls (Riga
/ Latvia)
metre of conceptual art confirms his reputation brightly.
At solo project in Vienna will be demonstrated selected works
from Leonards Laganovskis series
Vodka, Lecterns, Fashion and 90ies series Food.
Works in selected collections: Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga / Latvia
Collection of The Contemporary Art
Museum of Latvia, Riga / Latvia
Neue Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin / Germany Kupferstich Kabinett, Berlin / Germany Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New
York / USA Estonia Art Museum, Tallinn / Estonia Eestipank, Tallinn / Estonia
Private collections
in Latvia,
Europe, Russia etc.
RIGA GALLERY participates in the prestigious International Art Fair ART MOSCOW for the ninth time.
Art works are selected by an international and prominent jury. Among visitors of this exhibition are directors of art museums, art curators, art critics, collectors and representative of the international press.
At this Year exhibition will be open at the same time as The 3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art which is the most important visual art exhibition in Eastern Europe and Russia.
Press-conference - Wednesday 23rd September 2.00 p.m.
Opening - Wednesday 23rd September 4.00 - 9.00 p.m.
Riga Gallery exposition is supported by:
European Regional Development Fund
/ European Union (Nr.L-ĀTA-09-0013)
Embassy of the Republic of Latvia in Moscow
More about events: www.art-moscow.ru www.3rd.moscowbiennale.ru www.riga-gallery.com
For the first time Latvian contemporary artists Līga Purmale’s and Ritums Ivanovs’ works will be offered at the international auction house Sotheby’sexhibition-sale in London, 9 June.
The unprecedented idea to show a representative collection of Latvian art to an international audience occurred to Joanna Vickery, Head of Eastern European and Russian Art Department. A year and a half ago, she was surprised by our artists’ excellent achievements at the International Art Fair Art Moscow, and anticipated that this idea might be realised. She commissioned Dr. Alla Rosenfeld, a noted expert of Russian and Baltic non-conformist and conceptual art, Vice President Senior Specialist in Russian Paintings at Sotheby’s New York Department, curator at Norton and Nancy Dodge collection (permanent exposition at Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Jersey / USA), author of catalogues and books as well as specialist in Latvian art, to visit Riga Gallery last December. She also agreed that Latvian artists’ works deserve the highest valuation.
Taking part in Sotheby’s is a serious indication of Latvian art market’s international development. As is well known, Sotheby’s is the main player at the world art market and such celebrated artists as Damien Hirst, Gerhard Richter, Mark Rothko etc. have earned their world fame as a result of these auctions.
Sotheby’s auctions are in the focus of attention of world art collectors, businessmen and researchers. This event is extensively reported in mass media all over the world, and prices set at these sales by professionals and accepted by collectors are equivalent to artistic quality.
Sotheby’s auction catalogues are received by international art collectors and researchers.
Līga Purmale’s and Ritums Ivanovs’ works from the Riga Gallery collection will be included in the June edition of Sotheby’s London catalogue. On-line catalogue from 11 May at www.sothebys.com – contemporary Russian on-line catalogue.
Financial crisis forced to change the Sotheby’s plans, and two works will be offered instead of a separate section of Latvian art:
Līga Purmale “Saturday Night Movie” (2005 – 2009, 120x160 cm, canvas/oil)
Ritums Ivanovs “Frame 05” (2002, 150x185 cm, canvas/oil)
Reserve prices of these works are 8000 – 12000 GBP.
Exhibition on view from 5 to 9 June, 2009. Sale – 9 June, 2009, 11:00 Sotheby’s London 34-35 New Bond Street, London W1A 2AA, UK
Riga Gallery project supported by:
European Regional Development Fund
/ European Union (Nr. L-ĀTA-09-0013)
