STARS. LIGHTS ON. exhibition opening May 20! May 17
RITUMS IVANOVS
STARS. LIGHTS ON.
May 20 until June 30, 2010
New paintings
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As compared to the series TRADE MARK BEAUTY, where young Ritums Ivanovs dealt with the analysis of the power of beauty that also reflected in his posh and refined style of painting, we can now see the changes in the his handwriting. In his newest exhibition that opens Thursday the 20th, he shall show a more expressive form, figural portraits and the disharmony of the beautiful and the ugly. On the first floor of the gallery you shall see six new large format paintings with expressive images of Madonna, Michael Jackson, and others, and on the second floor we will exhibit a selected collection of Ivanovs' previous shows to show the origins of his painting style (images of Johnny Depp, Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot etc.).
Fresh paintings from Ritums Ivanovs, new series STARS. LIGHTS ON. opening May 20 at Riga Gallery Exhibition curator – Inese Riņķe
Ritums Ivanov (b. 1968) is one of the most popular Latvian new generation of painters. Upon completion of the Latvian Art Academy (1994) he studied at the prestigious year Humboldt University, USA.
In his work combines the characteristic hiperreālismam accurate portrayal of reality in a separate kadrējumu multiplying effect and opārta bright multicolor. Pašizgudrotajā stripe technology created portraits, faces, painted on the law of very large format canvases ("1 / 24" - 145 x 250 cm, "She is sleeping" - 145 x 250 cm). Working on ideas for paintings, the artist used the camera, the same painting - by hand. Ritums Ivanova research work is the central theme of human emotions, different emotional state. His characters are both real life members of the artist (solo "girl"), both photographically prototypes of the already existing printed materials - art history books (one-man show "Heroes"), show the industry promotional photographs ("Depeche Mode" members "Portraits), even erotic magazines (solo "Erotic Film").
The artist's first solo Riga Gallery "To Be and to watch" was the 1999th year (catalog). Followed by a personal "Girl" 2000. year (directory) and "Heroes" 2,001th year (catalog).
2002nd October was held at Riga Gallery Ritums Ivanova exhibition "Erotic Film". This exhibition was shown at the Riga Gallery project "Mask" within the 7th International contemporary art exhibition "Art Moscow 2003". This exhibition work "Still 05" was allotted the international auction house Sotheby `s auction in London on 9 June 2009.
2004th Autumn Ritums Ivanova solo "Optical Diffusion" was seen in Eva Poll Gallery in Berlin.
The artist had solo galleries in Paris (1993., 2001.), California (1995).. His works have been exhibited in important group exhibitions - the international project "Gallery Tour of the Ten" program in Berlin and Munich (2004)., Latvian art exhibition "A New Reality. Identification of the "5. International contemporary art exhibition "Art Moscow" Central House of Artists in Moscow (2001)., Multimedia Latvian art exhibition "Nothing Personal" Bremen City Gallery (2002.), Young artists in the exhibition "Fresh Art" Business Design Centre in London (2002nd, 2003 .) Stairs & Co. Gallery, London (1998). etc.
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