The competition - exhibition “Riga Smiles Again” is a continuation of the “Riga Smiles” project. Most of its authors have participated in the exhibition "Greetings Head!" at the Latvian Railway Museum in March and April 2014.
Artists who are able to express a conceptual and at the same time benevolent message that brings paradoxes of thinking and modern imagery to the urban environment were invited to participate in the competition. The motto of the competition is again - THE JOY OF THINKING"!
The exhibition “Riga Smiles Again” was realized within the framework of the annual Boris and Ināra Teterev arts programme TÊTE-À-TÊTE.
This time, philanthropists Boriss and Ināra Teterev have put emphasis on figurative works.
Winners of the competition
Competition jury:
Ināra Tetereva, philanthropist
Boriss Teterevs, philanthropist
Māra Lāce, director of the LNMA
Aleksejs Naumovs, Rector of the Latvian Academy of Arts
Juris Dambis, head of the State Cultural Monuments Protection Inspectorate
Helēna Demakova, art scientist and curator of the “Riga Smiles” exhibition
Gvido Princis, Riga city architect
10 artists took part in the exhibition. The winners of the "Riga Smiles Again" are:
- Ieva Rubeze with the art work "The Ghost".
- Līga Marcinkeviča with the art work "The Soap".
- Brigita Zelča-Aispure with the art work "The Edge".
- Aigars Bikše with the art work "The Girl with the Shoe".
- Vilnis Vītoliņš and Sandis Aispurs with the art work "An Evening at the Lake".