Peace, Work, Happiness
Installation, 2014
In the 1960s the sculptor Leonids Kristovskis created a piece on commission for the Daugavpils Fibreglass Factory’s cultural centre, which consisted of an approximately 16 meter long and almost 3 meter high relief. The relief was created in the idiom of socialist realism, using the specific historical and ideological symbols characteristic of the time in order to present an image of the ideal society. The piece was never installed as it transpired that due to miscommunication between the architect and the artist, its size would have blocked the entrance to the auditorium. This installation reconstructs the situation, reflecting on the quintessence of the ideological and utopian ideas of the socialist regime in the present context, i.e. in an abandoned industrial building. Elizabete Šatrovska, Tālis Beņķis and Andžella Kristovska assisted in the execution of the project.
Artists' Bios:
Vilnis Putrāms lives in Latvia and Germany. Participates in exhibitions since 1986, member of the LPSR-Z group of artists until 1994. Has collaborated with the Bolderāja Group for a number of years. More recently he has turned to artistic activities outside the art galleries with the goal of addressing random, unprepared viewers in an environment that is unusual for them, aiming to provoke, encouraging collaboration and a change of viewpoint towards usual things and situations.
Vladimirs Jakušonoks has been the director of the Bolderāja Group since 1996, creating various actions in the urban space.