Wild nature
“For me, Indians are a symbol of free and brave people,” says the author, who in the introductory text of the exhibition recalls her encounter with Indians in the works created by artists. The first beautiful Indian woman painted by Rosenthal was seen by Kristiana Dimiter in the house of older friends. “Perhaps it was a Latvian citizen in the shadows. And perhaps with Gaujmala’s tan,” the artist suspects.
She has “met” the second, a Native American, in the corridor of a friend. This painting was brought by his parents from Peru, his homeland. “Since then, I have always painted an Indian, because I find these people extremely attractive,” reveals Christiana Dimiter, who has placed them in an environment she knows. The artist grew up in Gaujmala and Loja rocks, where wild nature reigns, in which these American natives would fit so well.
“Once upon a time, fish were caught here with hands or forks, because the river is very shallow,” recalls Kristiāna Dimitere, who still lives in Murjāņi. Already later, she found out that Libyans lived here and the names of this place come from the Libyan language (for example, “lōja” is translated as “boat”). “It turned out that there were Libyan graves in the place where I go to pick mushrooms. This means that I have absorbed a lot of ancestors,” says the artist.
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