AAL Rector Kristaps Zari\u0146\u0161 and Olga Smirnova, Member of the Board at Semarah Hotels, a hotel chain founded in Latvia, participated in the gallery\u2019s ribbon-cutting ceremony and signing the memorandum. Later on, \u201cPhenomenon\u201d (Par\u0101d\u012bba), a solo exhibition of the AAL third-year student Madara Kv\u0113pa, opened at the new gallery and will run until September 13.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWith the establishment of the Latvian modern art collection Grand Poet Art Collection, we especially want to spotlight and support our young and talented artists, and at the same time we want our patrons to not only discover and explore Latvian art, but also involve them in the assessment of artists and their works of art. Most of our patrons are life lovers, travellers from different countries of the world who are interested in the culture of other countries, and we are very excited to give them a chance to meet Latvia\u2019s young talents,\u201d says Olga Smirnova who came up with the idea of the project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The objective of the cooperation is to support AAL students and young Latvian artists \u2013 to encourage them to strive for new achievements, build self-confidence and pursue an international career, provide financial support for talent development, create a space for solo exhibitions, thereby promoting the development of art in Latvia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe closest neighbours of the Art Academy of Latvia are the Ministry of Culture, the Latvian National Museum of Art, and Grand Poet Hotel, and we are very pleased with our successful cooperation with these institutions. Our students are the creators of the bustling life in the centre of Riga, they embody creative energy. We are very happy that young artists will have the opportunity to exhibit their works at the hotel. This is a nice tradition that will benefit both sides,\u201d points out Kristaps Zari\u0146\u0161. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The solo exhibition by the young artist Madara Kv\u0113pa is the first exhibition in the newly opened gallery. \u201cThe opportunity to have my works exhibited at Grand Poet Hotel\u2019s art gallery is the most significant turning point in my career so far. Even though painting has always been an intimate process for me, which I often compare to a special form of meditation, I cannot disagree with Edgar Degas, who said that \u2018art is not what you see, but what you make others see.\u2019 The hotel is an international venue for culture lovers from all over the world, so I can hardly imagine a better place for exhibiting my works to a wider audience,\u201d emphasizes Madara Kv\u0113pa, adding that any passer-by and art lover can visit the exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each visitor to the gallery is welcome to participate in voting for the best works until September 13, giving his or her favourite work a special sticker \u2013 a five-grand coin. The stickers are available at the reception of Grand Poet Hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About Madara Kv\u0113pa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>
\n Madara Kv\u0113pa began her art studies at Janis Rozent\u0101ls Art School, in 2012 she graduated from the Fashion Department of Riga School of Design and Art. She is currently studying painting at the Visual Arts Department of the Art Academy of Latvia. She has been exhibiting since 2016. In 2017, she had her first solo exhibition, \u201cIntueriI\u201d. In the spring of 2018, she participated in the international project Gattopardo II Palermo-Riga-Vienna.<\/em><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n About Grand Poet Hotel<\/em><\/strong><\/p>
\n Grand Poet Hotel was opened by Semarah Hotels, a hotel chain founded in Latvia. At the moment, the hotel chain includes resort hotel Lielupe in J\u016brmala and two hotels in Riga: the four-star historic Metropole hotel on Aspazijas Boulevard and the elegant five-star design hotel Grand Poet Hotel at 5\/6 Rai\u0146a Boulevard. Each one has its own unique story to tell. <\/em><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n Grand Poet Hotel officially opened on May 31. The hotel\u2019s Diplohemia concept combines diplomatic and bohemian design solutions developed by the internationally acclaimed and award-winning concept and design agency Stylt Trampoli (Sweden). The hotel was designed by the architectural firm Sarma un Norde (Latvia), preserving the architectural uniqueness of the building. The name of the hotel carries a duality that is often embodied in poets \u2013 earnest and bohemian.<\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" painter Madara Kv\u0113pa\u2019s solo exhibition opens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n