“Only in Venice and Maskačka can you paint everything in a row”, says the artist. With the cycle of works dedicated to Forštát, the artist wants to emphasize the special cultural and historical situation of this district, draw attention to the positive development trends of the neighborhood and dispel stereotypes about the degraded and criminogenic environment.
The second part of the exhibition consists of a cycle of travel impressions – Portugal, the French Riviera, Venice, Liepāja… Personal observation is also important in these works, avoiding the depiction of tourist objects, but showing the peculiarities of a foreign environment, which have been perceived by a traveler with a fresh eye, i.e. a stranger’s point of view.
Inga Jurova represents the direction of magical realism in painting. When painting realistic motifs, the artist is interested in the metaphysical content of things hidden behind the external form. He is fascinated by the situation depicted in his works, likes to include figures in landscapes.
Inga Jurova was born in Riga on March 16, 1972. Since 1996, she has been participating in art projects as a painter and curator, and has also organized several solo exhibitions. Educated at the Latvian Academy of Arts (LMA) – in 1998 she graduated from the Painting Department of the Latvian Academy of Arts with a Bachelor of Arts degree. In 2000, she obtained a master’s degree in art and specialized in painting and graduated from the painting workshop of Aleksej Naumov and Kaspar Zariņš.
In 2020, Inga Jurova won the Ęedert Elias Award for the representation of rural themes in contemporary painting at the Ęedert Elias Prize competition exhibition at the Ęedert Elias Jelgava Museum of History and Art.
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The award-winning work “The owners of Dindinės”. Alfred and Elfrida” appealed to the jury of the competition not only with his technical performance, but also with his deeply personal story.
On the other hand, in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, the artist was nominated for the Jāzeps Pīgožnias Memorial Award for her works at the “Latvijas ainava” competition exhibitions in St. Peter’s Church.
The solo exhibition of the painter Inga Jurovas “Forštate and other countries” will be on view in the art gallery “Bazar’t”, T/c “Mols”, 2nd floor, Krasta Street 46, Riga, from August 2 to August 31, every day from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
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2023-08-05 06:06:25
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