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Art Object "The Large Vase". 26.09.2016.
The second part of "The Large Vase", a large-format object by artist and Art Academy of Latvia Professor Ojārs Pētersons, now is on public view.
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Installed under the auspices of the Boris and Ināra Teterev Foundation’s programme “Art in Public Space”, the second part of “The Large Vase”, a large-format object by artist and Art Academy of Latvia Professor Ojārs Pētersons, was unveiled on 26 September and is now on public view.
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"The Large Vase" is divided into three parts, which together form a whole. The largest of these can be found outside the Castle of Light, while a further second of the work has now been installed. The third and final part of the work is comprised of a publication that will be available to the general public in all of Latvia’s libraries. At the photo: philanthropist Ināra Tetereva, artist Ojārs Pētersons and curator Helēna Demakova.
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The exterior surface of the object is lined with a ceramic mosaic inscribed with Garlieb Merkel’s text; each of the ceramic tiles, of which there are over 14,000, is adorned with a letter.
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Artist Ojārs Pētersons explains that, “These parts can be pieced together by anyone, infusing them with his or her own content." At the photo: artist Ojārs Pētersons and philanthropist Ināra Tetereva.
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The first section of “The Large Vase” was erected in 2014.
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Visitors to Latvia’s public libraries will be able to browse through a publication, which was conceived by the artist as an integral element of the work of art and contains the relevant excerpt of Merkel’s text. At the photo: artist Ojārs Pētersons un curator Helēna Demakova.
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The source of inspiration that precipitated the creation of this art object was Garlieb Helwig Merkel’s book, “Vidzeme’s Ancient Times”, which is actually more a work of 18th century contemporary art than a historical document testifying about the Latvians of that day and age. At the photo: artist Ojārs Pētersons.
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