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A "The Girl with the Shoe" is unveiled. 17.05.2015.
Under the Boris and Ināra Teterev Foundation’s "Art in Public Space" programme, Aigars Bikše’s permanent environmental art object "The Girl with the Shoe" has been unveiled at the University of Latvia’s Botanical Garden.
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Aigars Bikše’s permanent environmental art object "The Girl with the Shoe" has been unveiled at the University of Latvia’s Botanical Garden.
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The art object that was unveiled was commissioned under the Boris and Ināra Teterev Foundation’s "Art in Public Space" programme.
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Artist Aigars Bikše once said that, “The girl is looking for a shoe, but you get the impression that she’s looking for you.” With this work, he has also emphasised the power of women and the strength of wives and mothers in particular.
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Small art lovers were among those who gathered in the Botanical Garden for the unveiling of the art object "The Girl with the Shoe".
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Guests attending the unveiling of the art object included: University of Latvia Rector, Professor Indriķis Muižnieks, Deputy Chairman of Riga City Council Andris Ameriks, philanthropists Boris and Ināra Teterev.
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According to the Curator of the "Art in Public Space" programme, Helēna Demakova, “The artist has remained faithful to his metaphorical, imaginative and storytelling style of expression, which is embodied here by monumental colourfulness.”
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The art object "The Girl with the Shoe" was unveiled at the Botanical Garden on 17 May 2017.
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This 6.2 metre high sculpture that is made from aluminium and wood is an impressive story about a girl who has lost a shoe and therefore taken the roof off a house in order to find it.
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The figure is higher than the house, thus symbolising the initial supremacy of femininity in the realm of housekeeping. Photographed: artist Aigars Bikše.
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In attendance at the unveiling of the art object: Curator of the “Art in Public Space” programme Helēna Demakova and philanthropist Boris Teterev.
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Guests present at the unveiling of the art object included: Deputy Chairman of Riga City Council Andris Ameriks, Acting Director of the LU Botanic Garden Toms Andersons, philanthropists Boris and Ināra Teterev, artist Aigars Bikše, Curator of the “Art in Public Space” programme Helēna Demakova and LU Rector Professor Indriķis Muižnieks.
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Aigars Bikše’s art object is the eighth permanent work of art commissioned and executed under the “Art in Public Space”.
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Artist Aigars Bikše and philanthropist Boris Teterev at the unveiling of the art object "The Girl with the Shoe".
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LMA Prorector Professor Kristaps Zariņš and Curator of the “Art in Public Space” programme Helēna Demakova.
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The practical goal of the "Art in Public Space" programme is to create is to create permanent works of contemporary art for installation in the urban environment. The leitmotif for the programme is THE JOY OF THOUGHT, which serves to emphasise that contemporary art in the urban environment can be a source of positive surprises, paradoxes, global influences, as well as being a catalyst for thought.
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Aigars Bikše was one of the winners of the "Riga Smiles Again" competition organised by the Foundation in 2014. He is a graduate of the Riga Secondary School of Applied Arts’ Sculptural Department (1989) and the Art Academy of Latvia’s Sculptural Department (1997). He holds a Master’s Degree in Art (2000), and is a tutor (from 1998), docent (from 2000), and Associated Professor (from 2008) at the Art Academy of Latvia.
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Philanthropist Boris Teterev and AAL Rector Professor Aleksejs Naumovs at the unveiling of the art object "The Girl with the Shoe" at the LU Botanical Garden.
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