{"id":34523,"date":"2018-09-11T16:49:49","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T13:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visitdaugavpils.lv\/rotko-centra-atzimes-makslinieka-marka-rotko-115-gadu-jubileju\/"},"modified":"2018-09-11T17:29:51","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T14:29:51","slug":"rotko-centra-atzimes-makslinieka-marka-rotko-115-gadu-jubileju","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitdaugavpils.lv\/en\/rotko-centra-atzimes-makslinieka-marka-rotko-115-gadu-jubileju\/","title":{"rendered":"Rothko Centre will celebrate Mark Rothko\u2019s 115th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Friday 21 September at Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, the 115th anniversary of the world-renowned Daugavpils-born artist Mark Rothko will be celebrated with a concert of an Italian duet, a creative workshop for children, a press conference and the opening of eight new exhibitions.<\/p>\n

Anniversary celebrations at Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre will begin at 1 p.m. with a new concept performance called \u201cRedshift\u201d from Italian musicians \u201cPassepartout Duo\u201d \u2013 a 40-minute long recital created expressly for the Rothko Centre. The concert takes inspiration from Rothko\u2019s later works and the aesthetics of a unique time in the middle of the twentieth century. Bound by an improvisation on Terry Riley\u2019s piece \u201cDorian Reeds\u201d, it creates a soundscape that dissolves in colour and is reminiscent of Rothko\u2019s red colour field paintings.<\/p>\n

At 2 p.m., the concert will be followed by a meeting with the artists or curators of the eight new exhibitions. They will introduce the ideas, concepts and messages of the new projects, highlighting the key points of the autumn exhibition season at Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre.<\/p>\n

The new exhibition season will feature the launch of a commemorative exhibition to an artist from Daugavpils \u2013 Silva Veronika Linarte, which will be displayed next to the room with Mark Rothko\u2019s originals. Whereas at 3 p.m. there will be presentation of \u201cLife Stories of Latgale-Born Artists. Silva Linarte\u201d publication.<\/p>\n

In parallel with the book launch, at 3 p.m. outside, near the Rothko Centre, students of the local art school \u201cSaules skola\u201d will be joined by participants of the international painting symposium \u201cMark Rothko 2018\u201d in a creative workshop \u201cPainting Our Future Together\u201d. The event will be part of the European Cooperation Day 2018.<\/p>\n

The day will reach its climax at 4 p.m. with the grand opening of the new exhibition season.<\/p>\n

The new autumn exhibition season, conceived as an homage to Mark Rothko on his 115th anniversary, creates a space where the past meets the present while looking onwards, into the future. A nation\u2019s past is the common thread in the LEGACY exhibition by a group of Lithuanian artists. In her SCREEN project, artist Sandra Krasti\u0146a contemplates time, memory, power and heroes, using her work as a platform to speak about the things she finds relevant today. Breaking the boundaries of time across two generations of artists is the central theme of the TWO CHAGALLS project, which juxtaposes the work of the world-renowned artist Marc Chagall from the collection of the Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk, Belarus with the work of Lithuanian artist Jonas Daniliauskas who draws heavily on Chagall in his creative pursuits. The past and its achievements as the driving force for the future is at the core of the Israeli project INDEPENDENCE IN THE ART OF THE LATVIAN-BORN SHAMIR BROTHERS.<\/p>\n

In their joint exhibition SIMILAR CODES, twin sisters Ilona Linarte-Ru\u017ea and Dace Pud\u0101ne talk about continuity in the present through lessons from the past. The past preserved through the present and into the future shines through two commemorative exhibitions \u2013 SCENES FROM THE SOUL in memory of Silva Linarte and MAXIMALISM FOREVER! in memory of ceramic artist Maruta Raude. Meanwhile, references to Mark Rothko and his past achievements viewed through the prism of their relevance today are present in the group exhibition of the participants of the international painting symposium MARK ROTHKO 2018.<\/p>\n

At 11 a.m. through 4 p.m. on 21 September, entrance tickets to the Rothko Centre will be available at special discount prices \u2013 all temporary exhibitions (Sectors B, C and D together) for 1.50 EUR, permanent exhibition \u201cMARK ROTHKO. LIFE AND ART\u201d (Sector A) for 3.00 EUR, and full ticked to the entire centre for 4.50 EUR. After the grand opening of the new exhibition season, entrance to all temporary exhibitions and the permanent exhibition will be free of charge.<\/p>\n

PROGRAMME SUMMARY*:<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 p.m. Concert by \u201cPassepartout Duo\u201d (Italy)<\/em> at the concert hall of the Rothko Centre<\/p>\n

2 p.m. Press conference at the conference hall of the Rothko Centre<\/p>\n

3 p.m. Presentation of artist Silva Veronika Linarte\u2019s life story at the conference hall of the Rothko Centre<\/p>\n

3 p.m. Creative workshop for children at the courtyard of the Rothko Centre<\/p>\n

4 p.m. Opening of the new exhibition season at the courtyard of the Rothko Centre<\/p>\n

*Free entrance<\/em><\/p>\n

The new season\u2019s exhibitions will be on display until 4 November 2018.<\/p>\n

Supporters<\/u><\/em><\/strong>:<\/strong> Daugavpils City Council, State Cultural Capital Foundation, the U.S. Embassy to Latvia, the Israel Embassy to Latvia, Latvia \u2013 Lithuania \u2013 Belarus Cross-Border Cooperation Programme within European Cooperation Day, Valmiermui\u017ea Brewery, Devona.<\/em><\/p>\n

Additional information and descriptions of the exhibitions:<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.rothkocenter.com\/en\/exhibitions<\/a> <\/u><\/em><\/p>\n

Publicity photo:<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n