The hotel ‘s collection already includes seven paintings by young Latvian artists, and this year it will be supplemented with one of the sculptures created by the young sculptor.
At the exhibition Personalities combined works that are aimed at understanding the essence of man. Each of the works has a kind of insight into the essence of man. These insights focus on specific situations that were important to the sculptor at the time of creating the works. The works combine traditional sculptural knowledge, technical skills and modern problems, creating sculptures with great intensity.
“When creating my works, I always try to find something interesting, different – I call it ‘sweet food’, which cannot be given up. The more such works in the works, the better! when everything is already known and the unknown and full of surprises are left in. At this stage, the work acquires its gloss and uniqueness – why it was worth creating at all.These are the nuances that make you want to say “Mmmm” and create a sweet pleasant taste. Then I want to stay at work for as long as possible and understand the essence of the work, “invites the artist Roberts Bāliņš to visit the solo exhibition.
Gļebs Panteļejevs, a professor at the Latvian Academy of Arts and head of the Department of Sculpture, describes Robert as a sculptor who is talented in the physical form of his story: “In Robert’s anthropocentric art Roberts is a great narrator, and he manages to keep up with the urge to tell everything, now and immediately. “
Creating a unique collection of works by young Latvian artists, Grand Poet At the end of each exhibition, one of the most appreciated works of the visitors of the exhibition is purchased and included in the hotel ‘s art collection Grand Poet Art Collection.
“I am really pleased that, continuing the already started tradition, visitors can enjoy art in our hotel premises again this time. This time a different art direction is exhibited – sculpture – and the hotel collection will soon be supplemented with a sculpture by a young, promising artist,” says Grand Poet manager Māris Alnis, adding that the works can be appreciated by any visitor to the exhibition, giving the heart the sticker closest to the work – a coin worth 5 grand. Voting stickers are available Grand Poet.
Roberts Bāliņš graduated from the Latvian Academy of Arts in 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in sculpture. Participated in such projects as the international joint exhibition in Japan Transformation (2021), joint exhibition at the Liepāja Museum (2020), joint exhibition at the Culture Room Full stop (2020), joint exhibition at the Rainis monument (2021), joint exhibition at the Railway Museum The other side of art (2021), Cultural Devils 100 g of culture (2020), as well as his environmental facility near Ogre Hospital (2020).
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