Last updated 2019.12.11.
Inta Celmiņa, Edvards Grūbe Play of light and dark 2019. December 2020. March
Painting will
exist as long as light itself - colour and shape can appear in the most
incredible ways, either through the artist's conscious effort and
intention or as unexpected twists of the endless game of themes,
techniques and compositional arrangements. The title chosen
by artists Inta Celmiņa and Edvards Grūbe for their joint exhibition
project at Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, at first glance, can seem
frivolous and lacking proper gravitas. And yet, if we take care not to
downplay the meaning of game to its narrowest sense and imagine our lives
as journeys of perception, we cannot help but admit that we are all
players in a universal game, so why not apply this term to artistic
processes? The outcome of this game is known only to the players involved,
but we see their artwork that has value in its own right inasmuch as it
reveals the lived experience of each artist, things either specific to
their backgrounds or common to all. Undeniably, both
Inta Celmiņa and Edvards Grūbe are brilliant masters of the brush who have
shaped the traditions of 20th and 21st century Latvian painting and, to
this day, remain faithful to its fundamental tasks, pursuing topics that
stem from core values found in the natural interplay of light and dark.
Artist Inta Celmiņa explains that the exhibition is an ode to contrasts in
nature and in painting. Contrasts that invite us to open our eyes to the
triumphant power of colour and its subtle nuances; that allow expressing
different emotional states and staging original shows about topics that
concern us with a view to attracting spectators. In paintings by Edvards
Grūbe, light is their central element, solemn and majestic. Meanwhile, the
light of Inta Celmiņa flashes in mysterious dark. What unites us is our
shared understanding of the principal goals of painting. Inta Celmiņa was
born in Riga on 7 January 1946. In 1946, she graduated from Janis
Rozentals Riga Art Secondary School wherefrom she went directly to the Art
Academy of Latvia to study at the Department of Pedagogy [1964-1969). In
2001, she completed a master's degree at the Academy. Celmina exhibits her
work since 1969. In 1976, she was admitted into the Artists' Union of
Latvian. So far, the artist has had over 25 solo exhibitions in Latvia and
abroad and participated in countless group shows. Her work is held in
private hands and featured in prominent museum collections both in Latvia
and beyond. Edvards Grūbe was
born on 3 November 1935 in Riga. In 1946, he was admitted into year six at
the newly established Janis Rozentals Art Secondary School, which he
finished with the first crop of graduates in 1955 to pursue tertiary
education at the Painting Department of the Art Academy of Latvia. GrObe
joined the Artists' Union of Latvia in 1968. In 1992, he completed a
master's degree in art. Grūbe exhibits widely since 1974. He has had over
25 one-man-shows and appeared in countless group exhibitions in Latvia and
overseas. Artwork by Grūbe holds prominent positions in the collections of
Latvian National Museum of Art and the Museum of the Artists' Union of
Latvia. It is featured in museum collections in Russia, Lithuania and
Germany as well as held in private hands in Latvia and abroad. Both artists have
been instrumental to raising several generations of young artists, having
actively worked as art educators in different art institutions at
different points of their careers.
Inta Celmiņa. Paintings
1. Maijs. a/e, 2014., 146x162 2. Katedrāle. a/e, 2018, 146x162. 3. Pārklāšanās. a/e, 2019. 146x162. 4. Ūdens. a/e, 2018. 146x162 5. Sauciens. a/e, 2012., 146x114 6. Nakts. a/e, 2016., 162x97 7. Tumsas pārrāvums, a/e, 2018. 146x89 8. Baltā. a/e, 2011, 130x89 9.Noskaņa. a/e, 2018, 111x146 10.Pilsēta ziemā. 2019., a/e, 114x146 11.Patstāvība. a/e, 2017., 116x97 12.Maijs. a/e, 2014, 104x116 13. Atspīdums. a/e, 2018, 97x116 14. Ainava. a/e, 2018., 97x116 15.Jūra. a/e3, 2013, 97x130 16.Domātājs. a/e, 2019., 100x72, 17. Mēness aptumsums. 2018., a/e, 100x80 18. Migla. a/e, 2018., 100x80 19.Eņģelis. a/e, 2011, 100x50 20. Burvis. a/e, 2018, 100x50 21. Pūķis. a/e, 2018., 100x50 22. Jupis. a/e, 2018., 100x50. 23.Tēls. a/e, 2014, 95x58 24. Atgriezties. a/e, 2019, 90x80 25.Mēness. a/e, 2019, 92x73 26. Princese. a/e, 2018., 85x57 27.Zelta Rudens. a/e, 2019, 80x100 28.Princese. a/e, 2019. 80x60 29.Pavasaris. a/e, 2014, 81x116 30. Abas puses. a/e, 2015, 81x54 31.Saulīte. a/e2010, 90x60 32.Saulespuķes. a/e, 2019, 90x60 33. Rozes. a/e, 2019, 85x57. 34.Ceriņi. a/e, 2019, 90x70 35. Mēness. a/e, 2014., 55x44
Edvards Grūbe. Paintings
1. Durvis. a/e, 2016, 162x146 2. Pavasaris. a/e, 2019. 146x162 3. Nosakaņa. a/e, 2019, 130x162 4.Konsonanse. a/e, 2018, 130x162 5. Horiszonts. a/e, 2016, 114x146 6. Saules gaisma. a/e. 2018, 114x146 7.Stihija. a/e, 2016. 130x146 8.Motīvs. a/e, 2013, 146x114 9. Arka. a/e, 2018. 146x114 10.Gultas gals. a/e, 2015, 116x104 11. Vakara saule. a/e, 2011, 120x100. 12.Ķirbji. a/e, 2010, 104x116 13.Saspēle. a/e, 2014., 104x116 14.Maize. a/e, 2015, 97x130 15.Mākonis. a/e, 2018, 90x130 16.Ķirbji. a/e, 2015., 89x116 17.Vakara skaņas. a/e, 2015, 89x116 18.Saulespuķes. a/e, 2008, 92x83 19. Taure. a/e, 2012., 97x116 20.Logs. a/e, 2019, 100x100 21.Saulespuķes. a/e, 2019, 80x70 22.Sarkana gaisma. a/e, 2012, 130x89 23.Klusums. a/e, 2002., 80x100 24.Vijoles motīvs. a/e, 2013.,m 81x116 25.Noskaņa. a/e, 2019., 89x100. 26.Zelta rudens 2019.80x70 27. Zelta rudens. 2019, 80x70 28.Lauskas. 2004., 65x83. 29. Maize. 2014. 60x80 30. Rozes. 2015. 60x60
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