Diasporas Makslas Centrs Center for Latvian Diaspora Art
Latvian Art

Exhibitionlatvian art
Latvian Art in Exile: 1944-1950
October 15 through November 27, 2011 

OPENING RECEPTION: 
Saturday, October 15, 7 PM

Lithuanian Museum of Art
World Lithuanian Museum
14911 127th Street
Lemont, IL

This travelling exhibition has been organized by the Global Society for Latvian Art, and is presented in collaboration with the Klinklâva Gallery (of Three Rivers, Michigan).

The years spent as refugees in Germany were a time for Latvians to come to terms with their decision to flee Latvia. For artists this was a period of amazing creativity; the artwork was created in difficult conditions in refugee camps, where art materials were scarce. The artwork represents images from this unique period in Latvian history, as well as images based on memories from the Lost Homeland.

Among the featured artists: Evalds Dajevskis, Anslavs Eglitis, Janis Kalmite, Valdemars Tone.

above image: Niklavs Strunke "The Ravaged" ("Izpostitie") from the cycle "God, your Land is Burning!"

 

Artists whose work is pictured at top of page from left to right:
Ilga Reke Andersons, Gerda Roze, Visvaldis Reinholds

 

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