Ausstellung TAKE ME OUT
4.-21.12.2014
Eröffnung 3 Dezember 2014
18-20 Uhr
Artists: Luce (Edmunds Lucis), Edgars Mucenieks, Mārtiņš Rozenfelds, Sarmite Caune, Dace Lucia Kidd
Galleria Huuto Jätkäsaari 2
Helsinki, Finland
http://www.galleriahuuto.net/
Support by Nordic Culture Point
Support by State Culture Capital Foundation
For the exhibition “TAKE ME OUT” five Latvian artists of different age and experience have created works to encourage viewers to pay attention to their own imagination, searching for explanations to what they see. Emphasizing language connotations, the artists in their works analyse themes, mostly based on personal experience. Focusing on individual experiences, the exhibition will reflect on aspects related to psychological, emotional, historical and social environment.
The artworks raise questions about oneself as a person, surrounding environment and belonging to certain groups. Undoubtedly, correlations not only between artworks and their placement in the room, but also between artworks and their viewers become important. Spectators are called to participate by using the exhibition as a playground. Ways of participation in the game can be different – with body movements, touches and interpretations of meanings of the works. Mysticism and ignorance are an integral part of the game. The exhibition focuses on a viewer’s individual interpretation of an artwork, according a central role to it rather than to the art objects themselves. Organizing the exhibition, the key focus was targeted on senses and visual impact on viewers. Manner and form of presentation of these artworks extends from aesthetically harmonious and romanticized structured to very dynamic and sometimes even provocative style of presentation.
The title of the exhibition emphasizes not only positions of viewing, but also encourages spectators to respond and to take an active participation; this way – this is a call to a process of action and a real move, which means a potential shift of a focal element from object to subject. This happens regardless of whether the statement TAKE ME OUT is interpreted a request or a demand. The title pervades an emphasis on two individuals leading to apprehension of communicative distance or – on the contrary – to a close tie and search of a prototype of the other person. This is to highlight such concepts as “manipulation”, “responsibility”, “trust” and “duty” used to appeal to categories of morality of viewers and the society.
Psychological values, judgments about norms accepted by the society and systematic compliance with these norms enveloped in the narratives are topical issues the artists are also preoccupied with. Artworks feature search of way-out from conventions and norms that are regarded as self-evident; that is – a discussion about breach of the status quo. There’s no escape from various conflicts and interactions of contradictory views when meeting traditional way of thinking.
The art exhibition will display paintings, installations, art works of object and figurative sculptural groups created specifically for this exhibition.