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Irt
Curator Kristiāna Kārkliņa
@Artist residency D27
27.06.2018 — 17.07.2018To come apart, to unravel, to fall to pieces.
To row a boat, immersing and sweeping the oars through water.
To be something that moves and cannot be found where it is being searched for.
To become covered or filled with fabric.
To steer several boats together.
To become porous, as the connection between stitches or threads dissolves and comes undone.
To change form or quality due to certain circumstances.
To make a knot from your body.
To be something that can be divided into segments or units.
To divide yourself in to a potato.
To be suspended in liquid, in a state of equilibrium.
To pop down
(Fragments from the Latvian Explanatory Dictionary)
Laimdota Malle’s practice is characterized by fragmented sequences of images and the use of various surface treatment techniques, resulting in painterly installations. The drawn units, enlarged in scale and transferred onto a light, semi-transparent material, are based on found photographs carefully selected by the artist, who analyzes their semiotic complexity, altering the image’s origin, context, and meaning throughout the process. Within the framework of the exhibition “Irt,” the artist, for the first time, examines the impact of the image in large format and outside conventional gallery spaces.Photographed by Ignath Monokhromov
