{"id":94280,"date":"2020-06-29T12:48:52","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T09:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitdaugavpils.lv\/peterdiena-rotko-centra-piemin-latvijas-laikmetigas-keramikas-aizsaceju-peteri-martinsonu\/"},"modified":"2020-06-29T15:23:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T12:23:07","slug":"peterdiena-rotko-centra-piemin-latvijas-laikmetigas-keramikas-aizsaceju-peteri-martinsonu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitdaugavpils.lv\/en\/peterdiena-rotko-centra-piemin-latvijas-laikmetigas-keramikas-aizsaceju-peteri-martinsonu\/","title":{"rendered":"On Peter\u2019s Day Rothko Centre remembers the pioneer of Latvian contemporary ceramics P\u0113teris Martinsons"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 29th June, celebrated in Latvia as Peter\u2019s Day, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre remembers the internationally acclaimed Latvian ceramicist P\u0113teris Martinsons, who was born in Daugavpils and pioneered Latvian contemporary ceramics.<\/p>\n

P\u0113teris Martinsons\u2019s earliest childhood memories are tied with Daugavpils, where he spent the first thirteen years of his life and had his first experience with clay.<\/p>\n

In 2013 P\u0113teris Martinsons symbolically returned to Daugavpils, donating to the newly created Mark Rothko Art Centre a retrospective selection of his life\u2019s work. It became the centre\u2019s first memorial collection, that is being built to the present day. Owing to valued donations from his family, friends and associates and some targeted purchases, Rothko Centre currently holds more than half a thousand ceramic works by P\u0113teris Martinsons in a variety of materials and techniques, as well as some of his personal archives.<\/p>\n

By the way of acknowledging the contribution of this outstanding ceramic artist and educator to the medium of ceramic art, an ambitious project was announced seven years ago \u2013 to make a memorial home in the name of P\u0113teris Martinsons to hold his artworks and spread the story of his life.<\/p>\n

In the spring of 2020, owing to project No. LV-RU-002 \u201cConservation and Promotion of Cultural and Historical Heritage in Latvia and Russia\u201d (LV-RU HERITAGE) implemented within the framework of the Latvia-Russia cross-border cooperation programme 2014-2020 by Development Department of Daugavpils City Council, restoration and adaptation works began in the powder magazine of bastion No. 7 of Daugavpils Fortress, 1 Nikolaja Street, to transform it into a new exhibition sector of Mark Rothko Art Centre (\u201cP\u0113teris Martinsons Gallery\u201d), accompanied by improvements of adjacent territory to set up recreational and artisan trading areas and a children\u2019s playground. The building is currently under active renovation, so that in about a year, marking the ninetieth anniversary since the birth of P\u0113teris Martinsons, his art may be viewed in a permanent display.<\/p>\n